The anime series was also licensed by Viz, but has since been re-licensed by Discotek Media. Pierrot adapted the series into a 24-episode anime television series, broadcast on WOWOW from April to September 2000.

Ceres' spirit begins manifesting in Aya, and to save her brother she must find Ceres' long-lost celestial robe, while avoiding being killed or captured by family members who want to use Ceres's supreme celestial abilities for their own personal gain. The series focuses on Aya Mikage, who learns on her sixteenth birthday that she is the reincarnation of an ancient and supremely powerful celestial maiden or angel ( tennyo) named Ceres, and her twin brother Aki the reincarnation of Ceres' former husband, Mikagi, the progenitor of the Mikage family, who had stolen Ceres' robe. The manga was licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media. It was originally serialized in Shōgakukan's magazine Shōjo Comic from May 1996 to March 2000, with its chapters collected in 14 tankōbon volumes. Their 'birthday present' turns out to be a mummified hand-the power of which forces an awakening within Aya, and painful wounds all over Aki's body! Grandfather Mikage announces that Aki will be heir to the Mikage fortune, and Aya must die! But Aya has allies in the athletic cook and martial artist Yûhi, and the attractive, mysterious Tôya.Ceres, Celestial Legend, known in Japan as The Mystery of Ceres ( 妖しのセレス, Ayashi no Seresu), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuu Watase. Aya thought she was a normal teenager until she discovered that she can transform into a vastly powerful “heavenly maiden” named Ceres.But Ceres is furious and out for revenge!Īya and her twin brother Aki thought they were going to a celebration of their sixteenth birthday at their grandfather's home, but the funeral-like atmosphere tips them off that something's not right.

Yuu Watase, the immensely popular writer/artist of the shôjo (girl's) fantasy smash Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, has turned her creativity and wry sense of humor to the horror genre with her anime/manga hit Ceres: Celestial Legend.

Horror, Comedy, and Romance Made in Heaven Hell hath no fury like a heavenly maiden.

Ceres by Yuu Watase