History Anime / Kyousogiga

Hidden in an old ink painting is the "Looking-Glass City" of Kyoto, where demons and humans live together and anything broken is instantly fixed. Created by Myoe, a Buddhist monk with the power to bring drawings to life, and his lover Koto, a black rabbit given human form by a kindly bodhisattva, the city is now ruled by their three adopted children: the secretive temple priest Kurama, the aristocratic yet childish demon Yase, and Myoe's lazy girl-crazy successor Yakushimaru, who have grown estranged and jaded waiting for their parents' return. One day, a schoolgirl from another world, also named Koto, arrives with her "brothers" A and Un to search for the black rabbit, who she believes is her long-lost mother too.

** Myoe got his chance to call out his adapted dad for his abandonment, [[spoiler:along with messing with Koto]].

* DissonantSerenity: The original Myoe was so calm [[spoiler:when he came home while covered in blood and carrying Yakushimaru's corpse. When Yakushimaru comes back to life and is angry at this, Myoe cheerfully reminds him that he has to get used to it.]] This is later extended when he returned to Mirror Kyoto as Inari [[spoiler:and he doesn't seem to mind how much grief he had caused to his family]].
* DysfunctionJunction: The three siblings have their own problems after their parents left and each of them have their own reasons for them to return:

It was [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-08-27/discotek-adds-hana-yori-dango-07-ghost-beelzebub-kyousougiga-getter-robo-armageddon-z-x-ignition-karate-master/.92209 licensed for North American release]] by Creator/DiscotekMedia, set for a 2016 release.

''Kyousogiga'' is an original net animation written by Izumi Todo (a pseudonym for the staff of Creator/ToeiAnimation, who are also the minds behind ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' and the ''Anime/PrettyCure'' franchise) and produced by ToeiAnimation with the collaboration of Banpresto which debuted on December 2011 on Website/NicoNicoDouga. From September to December 2012, five additional shorts were released which expanded the setting and characters. After it garnered sufficient attention, a TV series was greenlit for the Fall 2013 anime season. The original ONA series was adapted as a two-volume manga serialized in ''Dengeki Maoh'' from February 2012 to March 2013. Another manga adaptation following the TV series began serialization in November 2013.

''Kyousogiga'' is an original net animation written by Izumi Todo (a pseudonym for the staff of Creator/ToeiAnimation, who are also the minds behind ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' and the ''Anime/PrettyCure'' franchise) and produced by ToeiAnimation with the collaboration of Banpresto which debuted on December 2011 on NicoNicoDouga. From September to December 2012, five additional shorts were released which expanded the setting and characters. After it garnered sufficient attention, a TV series was greenlit for the Fall 2013 anime season. The original ONA series was adapted as a two-volume manga serialized in ''Dengeki Maoh'' from February 2012 to March 2013. Another manga adaptation following the TV series began serialization in November 2013.

It was [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-08-27/discotek-adds-hana-yori-dango-07-ghost-beelzebub-kyousougiga-getter-robo-armageddon-z-x-ignition-karate-master/.92209 licensed for North American release]] by DiscotekMedia, set for a 2016 release.

* XMeetsY: ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' meets Buddhist Imagery, more in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In4YoCWTKiM promo video]] than the actual ONA.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Mentioned by [[spoiler: Lady Koto after the credits of ONA so much to Koto's disappointment.]]

* KissOfLife: [[spoiler:Lady Koto fed the pomegranate to Yakushimaru via mouth-to-mouth]]. It's not really that intimate, though later on Yase teases Myoe and calls him [[FreudWasRight "Oedipus"]].

* WhatTheHellDad: Koto gives her dad a beating for [[spoiler:his selfish actions such as abandoning his children and lack of communication to them]].

* ShrinesAndTemples: As befitting of its Buddhist theme, the show takes lace in many well-known Buddhist temples in and near Kyoto--or at least their surreal counterparts.

The series contains a lot of Buddhist and Shinto imagery along with AliceAllusion motifs.

* RealPlaceBackground: Mirror Kyoto has many landmarks of the original Kyoto and its surroundings, including many shrines and temples. They are often [[ArtisticLicenseGeography at completely different locations]] though, and twisted in surreal ways or repurposed.

The series contains a lot of Buddhist imagery along with AliceAllusion motifs.

* FunbagAirbag: Young Koto apologizes and bows to one of the teachers of Shrine but she ends up burying her face on her boobs.

->''Life, what is it but a dream?''
-->--'''Creator/LewisCarroll''', "A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky" (quoted in the opening narration)

Hidden in an old ink painting is the "Looking-Glass City" of Kyoto, where demons and humans live together and anything broken is instantly fixed. Created by Myoe, a Buddhist monk with the power to bring drawings to life, and his lover Koto, a black rabbit given human form by a kindly bodhisattva, the city is now ruled by their three children: the secretive temple priest Kurama, the aristocratic yet childish demon Yase, and Myoe's lazy girl-crazy successor Yakushimaru, who have grown estranged and jaded waiting for their parents' return. One day, a schoolgirl from another world, also named Koto, arrives with her "brothers" A and Un to search for the black rabbit, who she believes is her long-lost mother too.

Hidden in an old ink painting is the "Looking-Glass City" of Kyoto, where demons and humans live together and injuries and broken objects heal instantly. Created by a Buddhist monk named Myoe and his lover Koto, a black rabbit given human form by a kindly bodhisattva, the city is now ruled by their three children: the temple priest Kurama, the aristocratic demon Yase, and the Buddhist monk Yakushimaru, who await the return of their parents but eventually grow jaded. One day, a young girl, also named Koto, arrives with her familiars A and Un to search for the black rabbit, who she believes is her mother.

''Kyousogiga'' is an original net animation written by Izumi Todo (a pseudonym for the staff of Creator/ToeiAnimation, who are also the minds behind ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' and the ''Anime/PrettyCure'' franchise) and produced by ToeiAnimation with the collaboration of Banpresto which debuted on December 2011 on NicoNicoDouga. From September to December 2012, five additional shorts were released which expand the setting and characters. After it garnered much attention, a full one-cour TV series was been greenlit for the fall 2013 anime season. The original ONA series was adapted to a two-volume manga serialized in ''Dengeki Maoh'' from February 2012 to March 2013. Another manga adaptation following the TV series began serialization in November 2013.

''Kyousogiga'' is an original net animation written by Izumi Todo (a pseudonym for the staff of Creator/ToeiAnimation, who are also the minds being ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' and the ''Anime/PrettyCure'' franchise) and produced by ToeiAnimation with the collaboration of Banpresto which debuted on December 2011 on NicoNicoDouga. From September to December 2012, five additional shorts were released which expand the setting and characters. After it garnered much attention, a full one-cour TV series was been greenlit for the fall 2013 anime season. The original ONA series was adapted to a two-volume manga serialized in ''Dengeki Maoh'' from February 2012 to March 2013. Another manga adaptation following the TV series began serialization in November 2013.

''Kyousogiga'' is an original net animation written by Izumi Todo and produced by ToeiAnimation with the collaboration of Banpresto which debuted on December 2011 on NicoNicoDouga. From September to December 2012, five additional shorts were released which expand the setting and characters. After it garnered much attention, a full one-cour TV series was been greenlit for the fall 2013 anime season. The original ONA series was adapted to a two-volume manga serialized in ''Dengeki Maoh'' from February 2012 to March 2013. Another manga adaptation following the TV series began serialization in November 2013.

* KickTheDog: Kurama tossed Yase's favorite doll away just to test if they can reach their mother but this made Yase more devastated. Though it turns out that [[spoiler:it works when Yase noticed that her doll is attached to Koto's hammer which made her realized that it did reached their parents]].

* ArtInitiatesLife: The original Myoe and Lady Koto create not only the Mirror City but also Kurama and Yase. Myoe also draws the black rabbit which later gains a human form thanks to a bodhisattva.

* {{Familiar}}: Though A and Un refer to Koto as their sister, this is what they actually are to her.

** Although [[spoiler: it may be that Yakushimaru and Koto are in fact blood related in a fashion. The original Myoe gave Yakushimaru a strand of green, DNA-shaped power before he left, and after that Yakushimaru grew up to look just like original Myoe even though Yakushimaru was adopted. There's also a green dna helix background to Koto and Yakushimaru's last scene in the OP.]]

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Koto is Creator/RieKugimiya
** Lady Koto is Creator/AyaHisakawa
** Myoe/Yakushimaru is Creator/KenichiSuzumura
** Yase is Creator/EriKitamura
** Kurama is ShigeruNakahara
** Shouko is Creator/ChiwaSaito
** Ah is Creator/NorikoHidaka
** Un is Creator/RyokoShiraishi
** Inari is Creator/AkiraIshida
* NeverTrustATrailer: Almost all of the scenes from the PV are not featured in the ONA.