Ghost Slayers Ayashi

Ghost Slayers Ayashi
Key visual for the series
天保異聞 妖奇士
(Tenpō Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi)
GenreHistorical fantasy
Created by
Manga
Written byYaeko Ninagawa
Published bySquare Enix
English publisher
  • NA: Bandai Entertainment (former)
MagazineYoung Gangan
Original runSeptember 15, 2006July 20, 2007
Volumes2
Anime television series
Directed byHiroshi Nishikiori
Produced by
Written byShō Aikawa
Music byKow Otani
StudioBones
Licensed by
Original networkJNN (MBS, TBS)
English network
Original run October 7, 2006 March 31, 2007
Episodes25 + 5 OVAs

Ghost Slayers Ayashi (Japanese: 天保異聞 妖奇士, Hepburn: Tenpō Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi) is a Japanese anime television series. The series was created and written by Shō Aikawa, produced by Bones, directed by Hiroshi Nishikiori, and featured character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto. It was broadcast for twenty-five episodes on MBS and TBS from October 2006 to March 2007. A two-volume manga adaptation by Yaeko Ninagawa was published in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan from September 2006 to July 2007. Both the anime series and the manga adaptation were licensed for English release in North America by Bandai Entertainment.