Karas: The Prophecy

Anime, Fantasy, Action

Wada Toshihiro	Karas / Otoha
Steve Staley	Karas / Otoha
Kasumi Suzuki	Yurine
Piper Perabo	Yurine
Takahiro Sakurai	Houshun'in Ekou / Eko
Matthew Lillard	Houshun'in Ekou / Eko
Keiji Fujiwara	Nue
Jay Hernandez	Nue
Hiroto Torihata	Detective Narumi Kure
Dave Wittenberg	Detective Narumi Kure
Tetsuo Gotô	Detective Minoru Sagisaka
Doug Stone	Detective Minoru Sagisaka
Asuka Shibuya	Hinaru
Julie Ann Taylor	Hinaru
Hitomi Nabatame	Homura

Director	Kei'ichi Sato; Akira Takata
Producer	Takaya Ibira; Shoichi Yoshida
Writer	Shin Yoshida; Masaya Honda
Musician	Yoshihiro Ike

The film presents Karas, a kind of city spirit that sets the balance between people and yokai, protecting them. Every Karas has a 'master', Yurine (Piper Perabo), who represents the people’s will and determines Karas’s actions. The two species live together, but people have lost their ability to see the yokai, which bothers Eko (Matthew Lillard) , a former Karas. He returns to lead this city after he kills the current Karas ignoring the duty to maintain harmony between the two species and to protect people. He has an evil plan to master both species and remake Tokyo. The first step he does is to transform the yokai into mikuras, the process in which yokai’s bodies are replaced with machines which need human blood. Without a protector, the city needs another Karas to maintain balance and Otaha (Steve Staley) is chosen as the new Karas. He starts fighting against Eko, who represents a danger to the population.