History Main / AkashicRecords

* The [[GreatBigBookOfEverything Wizard's Manual]] of the ''Literature/YoungWizards'' series acts as an access point for something like the Akashic Records. Note that it's never referred to as "Akashic", and in one book is actually referred to as a ''database''.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' has the Black Library, hidden in the depths of the [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace webway]], which supposedly holds all secrets of the universe, but can only be entered to those who have "mastered the Warp within themselves". Seeing how in real life, Black Library is Games Workshop's publishing house...

The Akashic Records are, in some New Age circles, held to be a mystical, otherworldly compendium of all knowledge. This is reflected in the etymology: the word "akashic" derives from the Sanskrit "akasha", meaning "sky" or "space". Some even call it the "mind of God." Fiction, of course, uses "Akashic Record" as a [[RuleOfCool cool phrase]]. It's been used in mysticism since the 19th century, being part of the UsefulNotes/TheosophicalSociety doctrines.

See GreatBigBookOfEverything, MagicalDatabase, and OmniscientDatabase for a more modern interpretation of the idea. Also refer to this entire website.

* The character Kanade from ''Literature/BofuriIDontWantToGetHurtSoIllMaxOutMyDefense'' has a staph called this, which revolves around the concept of knowledge. It grants him a random skill every day, which he can store in a special stash for later use.

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* ''LightNovel/AkashicRecordsOfBastardMagicInstructor'': It's right there in the title. It also doubles as the series' MacGuffin.

* Referenced heavily in the ''Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}'' through various means, typically as 'Akasha', 'The Origin', 'Radix' or 'The Root'. Implied to be what most (if not all) mages work towards in their studies, either consciously or not. Those who succeed become Sorcerers, capable of magic that is otherwise utterly impossible, such as TimeTravel and [[AlternateUniverse accessing alternate realities]] (only five mages in all of history have accomplished this). The Grail in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' can be used to open a gate to Akasha [[spoiler:[[PoweredByAForsakenChild by sacrificing all seven Servants]].]] Also, one of the main characters is [[spoiler:[[AnthropomorphicPersonification an avatar of sorts]] for the Record (Ryougi Shiki from ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'')]]. [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder Later entries]] eventually reveal there ''are'' [[EldritchAbomination beings who aren't connected to Akasha]] from "[[Franchise/CthulhuMythos another reality]]", [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow but they're not the sort of things a normal person would want to be getting knowledge from]]]].

* In ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', the Claire Bible. [[spoiler:It's literally the complete and infinite knowledge of ''a'' god, the Water Dragon King.]]
* In ''LightNovel/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime'', this in the web novel is the name of [[spoiler:[[BigBad Yuuki Kagurazaki's]] Origin Skill and ultimate ability "Information King Akashic Records". Formerly owned by [[DragonsAreDivine Stellar Dragon King Veldanava]], this skill allows the user full access to use and create [[AllYourPowersCombined each and every skill created or could possibly be created]] in the world, along with knowledge about everything in existence. When combined with "[[ThePowerOfCreation Creation Lord Ahura Mazda]]", the user is effective TheMaker capable of creating entire worlds, universes, or realities at will. However, Yuuki himself couldn't use this skill to its full potential due lack of experience and needing an outside source to even gain access to the skill in question, which is part of the reason he still loses despite owning one of, if not ''the'', [[SuperpowerLottery most overpowered abilities in the whole series]] (the other being of course Rimuru evolving a Skill powerful enough to rival it).]]

* Right in the title of ''LightNovel/AkashicRecordsOfBastardMagicInstructor''. The Akashic Records are the main goal of multiple groups, who are prepared to do anything to acquire them.

** Close contact with the Akasha through near-death experience may provide that person with an extremely rare ability called "Mystic Eyes of Death Perception", which currently, only VisualNovel/{{t|sukihime}}wo [[LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners characters]] in the multiverse possess. Specifically, it allows the user to see the Akashic record of the predetermined "death" of a person or object in the form of lines and cut the object in pieces by tracing the line with a cutting tool of any size and/or sharpness, even hands, or outright [[OneHitKill kill the object (or person) by stabbing them in their "point of death", erasing them from existence]].

** In ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'', we meet an avatar of the Akashic Record itself, in the form of [[spoiler:Shiki Ryougi's "third personality"]]. Because it is the embodiment of Akasha, it is both [[TheOmnipotent omnipotent]] and [[TheOmniscient omniscient]], but it is also absolutely neutral in all things, neither doing anything nor desiring anything. It only briefly revealed itself to one person, for unclear reasons, and even its "host" is unaware that it exists.

** * In ''VideoGame/FateExtra'', the purpose of the Moon Cell is to observe and record the entirety of human history.

* Shows up in ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD''. Those who can read them know the future. Those who can write or rewrite them can change reality. Surprisingly, D can flat out NoSell them and rewrite them

* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': [=AncientWisemon=], according to the [[UniverseCompendium Digimon Reference Book]], possesses the Akashic Records that records "all of the excellent intellects of ancient times", meaning that there is nothing which the Digimon doesn't know.

** The Book of Prophesies, introduced within VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX, serves as this for the entire universe in everything but name. It has information about things that was, things that is, and things that will be and, according to Maleficent via a {{ret|con}}roactively added scene within ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsCoded'', one can, among other things, create new worlds simply by adding onto it.

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* ''Manga/ZombieLoan'' has an organization called the "Akashic Record Reform Committee" who seem to want to get their hands on and change the records for some purpose.

* Referenced heavily in the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} through various means, typically as 'Akasha', 'The Origin', 'Radix' or 'The Root'. Implied to be what most (if not all) mages work towards in their studies, either consciously or not. Those who succeed become Sorcerers, capable of magic that is otherwise utterly impossible, such as TimeTravel and [[AlternateUniverse accessing alternate realities]] (only five mages in all of history have accomplished this). The Grail in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' can be used to open a gate to Akasha [[spoiler:[[PoweredByAForsakenChild by sacrificing all seven Servants]].]] Also, one of the main characters is [[spoiler:[[AnthropomorphicPersonification an avatar of sorts]] for the Record (Ryougi Shiki from ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'')]]. [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder Later entries]] eventually reveal there ''are'' [[EldritchAbomination beings who aren't connected to Akasha]] from "[[Franchise/CthulhuMythos another reality]]", [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow but they're not the sort of things a normal person would want to be getting knowledge from]]]].
** * In ''VideoGame/FateExtra'', the purpose of the Moon Cell is to observe and record the entirety of human history.
* ''Manga/AngelSanctuary'': Also known as "Heaven's Tablet". Allegedly, these contain the power that God used and the holder will have control over the universe. [[spoiler: The actual records are a supercomputer located outside time and space. ''[[DeusEstMachina And God]] [[AIIsACrapshoot is its AI.]]'']]
* Referenced frequently in ''Manga/GoodnightPunpun'' by Pegasus, and evidently the source of his supposed precognition.

* In ''Manga/AkaAkatoretachiNoMonogatari'', Shirley becomes a vessel for universal knowledge thanks to Taiga's experiments.
* In ''LightNovel/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime'', this in the web novel is the name of [[spoiler:[[BigBad Yuuki Kagurazaki's]] Origin Skill and ultimate ability "Information King Akashic Records". Formerly owned by [[DragonsAreDivine Stellar Dragon King Veldanava]], this skill allows the user full access to use and create [[AllYourPowersCombined each and every skill created or could possibly be created]] in the world, along with knowledge about everything in existence. When combined with "[[ThePowerOfCreation Creation Lord Ahura Mazda]]", the user is effective TheMaker capable of creating entire worlds, universes, or realities at will. However, Yuuki himself couldn't use this skill to its full potential due lack of experience and needing an outside source to even gain access to the skill in question, which is part of the reason he still loses despite owning one of, if not ''the'', [[SuperpowerLottery most overpowered abilities in the whole series]] (the other being of course Rimuru evolving a Skill powerful enough to rival it).]]

* In Literature/HorusHeresy novel ''Mechanicum'', a major subplot features [[TheProfessor Forge Master Zeth]] attempting to construct a machine to read [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace the Warp]]. In an inversion of what Warp reading is usually done for (predicting the future), she was trying to create an "Akashic Reader", [[WillingChanneler channeled by hundreds of psykers]], to gain back all scientific knowledge humanity lost over a galactic Dark Age. Unfortunately, it never got off the ground, and in fact was seriously set back when [[PoorCommunicationKills she didn't reveal the full system plans]] of how it would work to her chief assistant.[[note]]The assistant crew was brought in to help with the last and most sophisticated component, but the "power supply" was much stronger than they knew what to calculate for. The backlash killed all of the psykers and nearly destroyed the entire machine.[[/note]] Before Zeth could resume her project, the Horus Heresy came to Mars, which was swiftly embroiled in its own civil war, in which Zeth, and the plans for the system, was killed, and the Akashic Reader was destroyed utterly. [[CrapsackWorld Can't have nice things happening in the 40K universe, after all...]]

* In ''Literature/QuantumGravity'', the Akashic record is mentioned in the last book. [[spoiler: The artifacts that the cyborgs were made from, and therefore by extension Lila herself, are physical expressions of it.]]

* In Creator/MercedesLackey's ''Literature/BurningWater'', psychic expert Literature/DianaTregarde uses her associate, who is by nature a medium, to access the akashic record to get information about the ancient history behind the threat they're facing.
* The [[GreatBigBookOfEverything Wizard's Manual]] of the ''Literature/YoungWizards'' series acts as an access point for something like the Akashic Records. Note that it's never referred to as "Akashic", and in one book is actually referred to as a ''database''.

* Right in the title of LightNovel/AkashicRecordsOfBastardMagicInstructor. The Akashic Records are the main goal of multiple groups, who are prepared to do anything to acquire them.

* In the ''Series/Charmed1998'' episode "They're Everywhere", the plot revolves around demons wanting to find the knowledge contained in the Akashic records.
* In ''Ultraseven Evolution'', the 2002 direct-to-video follow-up of ''Series/UltraSeven'', the antagonist tries to rewrite Akashic Records to alter the Earth's future to fit his own purpose. The fifth and final volume of this work is even titled ''Akashic Records''.
* ''Series/UltramanOrb'': The SSP (Something Search Party) has an Encyclopedia called the Pacific Records, which they often use as reference to study unnatural phenomenon. More often than not, the phenomenon turns out to be kaiju activities, for the titular Ultra to battle at the end of the episode.

* In various media by [[Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} Type-Moon]] the ultimate goal of the magi of the Mage's Association is to find a path to obtain the Akashic Records. Another name for this in the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} is The Origin, and also the goal of every magus. Fundamentally, the Akashic Records is a database for the world's history and serves as a place where souls are recycled. While some mages have achieved this, almost all of them vanish without a trace once they do, and it's assumed that they AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence or something; the Mage's Association would like to access it and not have that happen to them. There are a number (five) mages in history who came extremely close and accessed a tiny portion of Akasha, which gave them a spell of True Magic, instantly making them among the most powerful mages on the planet.

* ''Minna to Akashic Heroes'' was a Creator/{{Capcom}} game about the Book of Destiny.

* The song ''Almagest'' in ''VideoGame/{{Beatmania}} IIDX 17th style SIRIUS'' has this as its genre title. Considering how quite a few bemani songs have [[RuleOfCool ridiculous genres as it is]], it really didn't register on the fandom's radar.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Dominions}} 3'', this Astral spell reveals all magical sites within a province.
* In ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'', Akashic Points are used to travel to other dimensions to fight certain assassins.
* The records also appear as an item available for points scored in multiplayer games in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyThe4HeroesOfLight''.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0'', the Akashic Records ([[DubNameChange renamed into the Nameless Tome in the English version]]) contain information about all magic in existence, as well as doubling as a [[TomesOfProphecyAndFate Tome of Prophecy and Fate]]. According to in-game bios, no human should have the ability to read them, but Queen was able to do so with some difficulty, and it's implied that the rest of Class Zero can do so as well. At some point, their mentor figure even tells them that they have the ability to "write" the last few pages, [[spoiler:which plays into the final chapter of the game when Class Zero needs to decide what to do once Tempus Finis arrives]].
* ''VideoGame/ExaPico'':
** In ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoMelodyOfElemia'', the Akashic Record is a rare item that is supposed to be like a CD for a 3D holographic projector, but since the technology for using it properly has been lost, it's only used now for crafting.
** In the prequel series, ''[[VideoGame/CielNosurge Surge]] [[VideoGame/ArNosurgeOdeToAnUnbornStar Concerto]]'', it's been explicitly stated once by the creators that accessing the Seven Dimensions (Space, Time, Possibilities, Qualia and World) that form its world setting is pretty much like perusing the Akashic Records of that universe.
* ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline2'' has a mysterious entity called the Akashic Record, which is essentially a record of all things past, present, and future. Xion, being an AllPowerfulBystander, has direct access to the Akashic Record and essentially acts as its "librarian", granting her omniscience. In ''EPISODE 5'', [[spoiler:the whole thing winds up turning into an AlternateUniverse that [[ItMakesSenseInContext re-interprets its own records into a fantasy world setting]], including and up to pulling characters from TheMultiverse]]. And at the end of ''EPISODE 6'', its origins are revealed to be [[spoiler:the protagonist caught in a StableTimeLoop due to the Profound Darkness possessing them and time traveling to the beginning of the universe to purify their existence, becoming the Akashic Records as Xion then creates the protagonist to sustain the cycle.]]
* In ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'' the All, or Antikytheria, is a symbolic representation of Tyria and the forces that govern. Mortals who see it perceive a vast and complex machine with Tyria at its heart, but they can only see a fraction of the forces at work and how they interact. The Eternal Alchemy of the Asura is either a very similar principle or their own perception of the All.

* In ''Webcomic/AutumnBay'', sorcerers can access the Akashic Record. In fact, if they aren't careful, or are inexperienced, it is possible that they get lost inside their own personal "bubble" ([[http://autumnbaycomics.com/comics/51/ this happens to Ghoul]] as part of his TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening).