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NAMUAMIDABUTSU! -UTENA- - Season 1

The pain that everyone cannot escape when living: the living, old, sick, and death. The way to save it is through Buddhist enlightenment. At the end of a war, a prince who obtained the Buddhist enlightenment became the Shaka Nyorai and saved the world. Long time has passed since that, currently the latter age of decadence. Mara, the worry that once tried to destroy Shaka's enlightenment, has made a contract with the devil in order to seek revenge against Shaka. He begins to control people with worries. Meanwhile, a team centering around Shaka, called the Thirteen Buddhas, and the two benevolent deities who protect the dharma, Taishakuten and Bonten, have stood up to fight against Mara to protect people from worries. A battle between Mara and the Buddhist gods that involves people begins now!

Top Cast

  • Masaaki Mizunaka

    Masaaki Mizunaka

    帝釈天

  • Tomoaki Maeno

    Tomoaki Maeno

    梵天

  • Tetsuya Kakihara

    Tetsuya Kakihara

    大日如来

  • Yusuke Kobayashi

    Yusuke Kobayashi

    阿閦如来

  • Daisuke Hirakawa

    Daisuke Hirakawa

    阿弥陀如来

  • Showtaro Morikubo

    Showtaro Morikubo

    釈迦如来

  • Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

    Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

    薬師如来

  • Ryuichi Kijima

    Ryuichi Kijima

    文殊菩薩

  • Shun Horie

    Shun Horie

    普賢菩薩

Overview

The pain that everyone cannot escape when living: the living, old, sick, and death. The way to save it is through Buddhist enlightenment. At the end of a war, a prince who obtained the Buddhist enlightenment became the Shaka Nyorai and saved the world. Long time has passed since that, currently the latter age of decadence. Mara, the worry that once tried to destroy Shaka's enlightenment, has made a contract with the devil in order to seek revenge against Shaka. He begins to control people with worries. Meanwhile, a team centering around Shaka, called the Thirteen Buddhas, and the two benevolent deities who protect the dharma, Taishakuten and Bonten, have stood up to fight against Mara to protect people from worries. A battle between Mara and the Buddhist gods that involves people begins now!

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