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Lament of the Lamb | |
羊のうた (Hitsuji no Uta) | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Kei Toume |
Published by | Gentosha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Comic Birz |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | November 25, 1995 – September 30, 2002 |
Volumes | 7 |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Gisaburō Sugii |
Written by | Gisaburō Sugii |
Music by | Ken Miyazawa |
Studio | Madhouse |
Released | May 25, 2003 – February 25, 2004 |
Runtime | 30 minutes per episode |
Episodes | 4 |
Lament of the Lamb (Japanese: 羊の歌、ひつじのうた, Hepburn: Hitsuji no Uta, lit. "Song of the Sheep"), alternatively titled The Lament of a LamborSheep's Song, is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Kei Toume. It follows Kazuna, a boy with a mysterious illness which turns out to be vampirism. It was adapted into a live action film in 2002 directed by Junji Hanado, a three-part Drama CD in 2002-03, and an anime OVA series in 2003–04.
The manga was licensed in North America by Tokyopop,[1] and in Russia by Comics Factory.[2]
The story centers on Kazuna, an "average high school student" who starts to lose control at the sight of blood, or even just a blood red colour (as seen in volume one when Yaegashi shows him a bottle of red paint). This problem is traced down to him being a vampire, like his lost sister, Chizuna, who he now turns to for help.
Kazuna lives with his "aunt" and "uncle" (both of whom are actually old friends of his father), after his mother died, and his father took Chizuna and left. Kazuna is friends with an aspiring artist named Yaegashi, who later learns about his condition. They both have feelings for each other at the beginning of the story.
Kazuna and Chizuna's father had committed suicide six months before the start of the (manga) story and trying to understand his suicide is one of the central plot points of the story.
Natsuko is voiced by Yoko Sasaki. Shin is voiced by Jurouta Kosugi.
Works directed by Gisaburō Sugii
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