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XxXx BIG A LITTLE A xXxX
Presents
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Jigoku shôjo
AKA
Hell Girl/The Girl From Hell
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Movie Information
Genre...................: Animation/Drama/Fantasy
IMDb rating.............: 7.3/10
IMDB Link...............: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0962740/
Language................: English/Japanese
Subtitles...............: Softcoded English
Total Duration..........: 9h 45mn
Source..................: DVD R1
Format..................: MPEG-4
Format/Info.............: Base Media V2
Total File size.........: 4.90 GB
Writing application.....: HandBrake 0.9.5
Plot
The story revolves around a girl named Ai Enma, who is known to most people as Jigoku Shoujo (Hell Girl) very few people have any idea of her existence in the
first place. The reason for her being known by such a name is because of the service she is rumored to provide.
The rumored service in question is to carry out other people's grudges on their behalf. The service requires the use of a website known as the
Jigoku Tsuushin (Hotline to Hell), and very few people know about its existence too, though more people know about it than they know of the existence of
Jigoku Shoujo herself. The existence of such services and website are therefore matters of urban legend to the few who know it, as even fewer have first
hand experience about it.
The website can only be accessed exactly at midnight, and can only be seen by those who bear significantly powerful grudges. The contents of the website
are very little, and consists of only a message, a text box, and a 'send' button. If one is to receive Ai's service, they have to enter the name of the person
they have a grudge against in the text box, and send it. Ai will then investigate the client, i.e. the sender, to see if their grudge is genuine or not, usually
by supernatural means. Sometimes, she investigates by herself, and sometimes with additional help from her servants. If she accepts the client's request, she will
approach the client and hand them a straw doll, which is actually one of her servants transformed. She will then explain the terms of her service, which state
that if the client wishes to continue, he or she must pull the red string tied around the neck of the straw doll. After doing so, Ai will take the person who the
client sent the name of immediately to hell. However, by pulling the red string and seeking the service, the client also agrees to be sent to hell, but only after
his or her natural life comes to an end.
 Hell Girl, Vol 1 Butterfly-Eps 1-5
Ep 1 From Beyond the Twilight (Yuyami no Kanata Yori)
Mayumi Hashimoto, a junior high school student, is bullied by classmate Yoshimi Kuroda: the latter framing the former for embezzling class money, coerces her into
immoral behavior and then blackmails her with photographs of the activity. At her wits' end, Mayumi overhears of a website that can send the object of one's grudge
to hell. Visiting the website at the appointed time, Mayumi learns that the price of sending her enemy to hell is the cost of her own soul. Mayumi hesitates, but her
situation gets worse. In desperation, Mayumi sends Yoshimi to Hell. Free of her enemy, her life becomes peaceful again; yet she now must live the remainder of her
life knowing that she is bound for hell, bearing the mark on her chest.
Ep 2 The Possessed Girl (Miirareta Shojo)
Ryoko Takamura is being tormented by a seemingly unstoppable stalker, and her life is becoming a living hell. She and her family seek the aid of investigator Koichiro
Kisaragi, unaware that he is in fact the stalker. In desperation, Ryoko accesses the Hell Link, and receives a doll with a string around its neck; she is required to
remove the string to complete the contract and send her enemy to hell. She hesitates, but when she is kidnapped by Detective Kisaragi, who has murdered his partner,
Ryoko sends him to Hell in self defense.
Ep 3 The Filthy Mound (Yogoreta Maundo)
High school baseball player Daisuke Iwashita's friend and teammate Shinichi Muroi is being bullied by their team's ace pitcher, Mamoru Hanagasa. After Shinichi dies
from injuries inflicted by Mamoru, Daisuke is framed for the murder and the town turns against him and his family. In desperation, Daisuke accesses the Hell Link, then
sends Mamoru to Hell. His grudge and Shinichi's death avenged , Daisuke moves to another town to start over, knowing that his soul belongs to Hell starting from when he
dies.
Ep 4 Inaudible Cry (Kikoenu Sakebigoe)
Junko Kanno takes her sick dog to veterinarian Yoshiyuki Honjo for treatment, but her dog dies anyway. She later on finds out through the veterinarian's assistant, Masami
Sekimoto, that Honjo had not bothered to treat her dog at all, and while looking for evidence, finds that he does not care at all about treating the animals. For both her
dog's sake and the other animals, she sends him to Hell.
Ep 5 The Woman of the High Tower (Takai To no Onna)
Riho Kaifu, the CEO of a computer company (but ironically computer illiterate), coerces a junior high school student and computer expert named Misato Tamura into working for
her as a hacker, even going as far as to order Tamura to hack the Hell Correspondence website. However, Misato is unable to take much more of Riho's abuse and ends up using
Hell Correspondence for her own means.
 
 Hell Girl, Vol 2 Puddle-Eps 6-10
Ep 6 The Window on an Early Afternoon (Hirusagari no Mado)
Keiko Yasuda witnesses her neighbor, Nanako Todaka, committing adultery while walking past Todaka's house one afternoon. Knowing this, Nanako constantly harasses Keiko so that
the latter would keep what she saw to herself. Nanako also encourages her daughter, Yuria, to bully Haruka, Keiko's daughter, at school. Haruka seeks revenge against Nanako
after watching her mother constantly suffer and after having suffered under Yuria's bullying as well.
Ep 7 Cracked Mask (Hibiwareta Kamen)
Ayaka Kurenai, a rising theater actress, schemes against fellow actress Kaoruko Kurushima after the latter outshines her in their theater company. After having thugs force Kaoruko
to drink a tonic that ruins her voice, Midori Kurenai, Ayaka's adopted mother and the owner of their theatrical company, cancels the show. Enraged by Midori's bias toward Kaoruko,
Ayaka attempts to send Midori to Hell, only to find that the straw doll given to her had changed (it was not the doll that Wanyudo turns into, but rather, just an ordinary straw doll)
because Kaoruko already requested that she (Ayaka) be sent to Hell.
Ep 8 The Silent Relationship (Seijaku no Majiwari)
Chiaki Tanuma seeks revenge against Goro Ishizu after she witnesses the latter shove her best friend (Ishizu's girlfriend) off a building, injuring her. This episode marks the debut
of Tsugumi and Hajime, the Shibatas.
Ep 9 The Sweet Trap (Amai Wana)
Yuka Kasuga and her sister, Hiromi fulfill their dream of opening a bakeshop, and allow their father's friend, famous baker Shinya Morizaki, to taste one of their father's unique
creations. After Morizaki then steals their recipe and claims it as his own on national television, the reputation of the Kasugas' bakeshop suffers greatly, and they go bankrupt.
Yuka eventually uses the Hell Correspondence to send Morizaki to Hell.
Ep 10 Friends (Tomodachi)
Minami Shibuya is obsessed with her friend Shiori Akasaka, and after Shiori seems to abandon her, Minami accesses the Hell Link to send her former friend to Hell. The two eventually
become friends again after Shiori is outcast from her new clique, and Minami abandons her plan to banish Shiori. Shiori, discovering the straw doll but not fully understanding its
purpose, tries to use it against the girls who outcast her by making Minami pull the string, thus banishing both her enemies and Minami to Hell... the selfish Shiori is now sent to
Hell, and Minami is strangely comforted by the fact that they will both be reunited in Hell eventually.
 
 Hell Girl, Vol 3 Cherry-Eps 11-14
Ep 11 The Broken String (Chigireta Ito)
Masaya Kataoka seeks revenge against crooked journalist Kentaro Inagaki, who framed him and his late father for criminal misdeeds. Hajime Shibata, now aware of the Hell Correspondence
and its hellish price, tries to stop Masaya from using the straw doll by searching for evidence to use against Inagaki and clear the Kataoka's name. Will Masaya be satisfied with the
justice of Man?
EP 12 Split Shards (Koboreta Kakeratachi)
Akane Sawai becomes a hikikomori and stops going to school due to emotional problems; holed up in her room, she only interacts with her textmate, whom she met on the internet. Her
concerned teacher, Yoshiki Fukasawa, constantly visits her to check on her and tries to convince her to return to school. Akane gets irritated by this, and is convinced by her textmate
to send Fukasawa to Hell. Akane (who goes by the screen name "Anemone" when online) eventually finds out that her textmate ("Cheppo") is Fukasawa. They are both tired of life, and
looking for an end, and as they finally come to an understanding, Fukasawa convinces Akane to send him to Hell. Fukusawa does not realize that Akane will also go to Hell when her life
ends; Akane, who has started going to school again, seems strangely at peace with the idea of going to Hell, almost eager. Ai, while taking Fukasawa to Hell, tells him that the price for
sending him to Hell is that Akane will be sent there as well when her life ends; realizing this, Fukasawa feels some regret.
Ep 13 Imprisoned Girl (Rengoku Shojo)
Hell Correspondence isn't just a recent phenomenon, but has been occurring for hundreds of years. This episode reveals how the Hell Correspondence was accessed through the classified ads
in print newspapers before the war. A man named Fukumoto sent a man named Okochi to hell using the method, and Hajime Shibata hears his story; Fukumoto has also become infatuated with the
visage of Ai Enma, and Hajime senses that Fukumoto is looking forward to seeing her one last time. We see a rare moment of empathy between Ai and Fukumoto, but what could this emotion mean
for Hell Girl?
Ep 14 Beyond the Tiny Road (Fukurokoji no Muko)
Saki Kirino seeks revenge for the death of her father, a Japanese politician who was earnestly trying to do good; Mayor Ryuzo Kusunoki seems to have nefarious yakuza ties that assassinated
her father and put him into power. Hajime Shibata managed to convince Kusunoki to apologize to Saki, but she refuses to forgive him and sends Kusunoki to Hell.
 
 Hell Girl, Vol 4 Marble-Eps 15-18
EP 15 Island Woman (Shima no Onna)
Fujie Minato is a domineering and paranoid woman who refuses to let her niece Mina Minato live life away from their tiny island; in reality Fujie's psyche was broken after a traumatizing
event on the mainland. Mina's boyfriend, a marine biologist named Yuji Numata, was also assaulted by Fujie for trying to escape with her to the mainland; Mina accesses the Hell Correspondence
to win her freedom. After finding out that Fujie had killed her mother just to prevent her from moving away, and in danger of being the next to die, Mina sends her aunt to Hell.
Hajime Shibata makes another appearance in this episode, seeking more clues about the Hell Link and Ai Enma on the island.
Ep 16 A Night Among Travelling Entertainers (Tabigeinin no Yoru)
Yuki and Yumi, two twin sisters, both work as circus performers. Even though she is a worse performer than Yumi, Yuki is favored over Yumi. While the former (Yuki) is pampered, the
latter (Yumi) is constantly and heinously abused verbally and physically by the ringmaster. Despite Hajime Shibata's efforts to intervene, Yumi sends her twin to Hell.
Ep 17 Glass Scenery (Garasu no Fukei)
A fog descends on the highway and the Shibatas find themselves stranded at an eerie sanitarium in the company of a mysterious girl calling herself Nina.
Ep 18 Bound Girl (Shibarareta Shojo)
Miki Kawakami finds herself and her two Welsh Corgies enslaved by an evil, reclusive and paranoid rich woman named Chinatsu Shimono; because Miki's dogs bit her, Shimono now holds the dogs
hostage and forces Miki to be her slave. Miki calls for Ai Enma's help when Shimono kills one of her dogs, hoping to save the other. Miki hesitates at first, but pulls the string after
Shimono (who had been arrested moments before) kills her other dog, and even the dog's newborn puppies. It is revealed Shimono killed her own parents to inherit their fortune, and even
killed her own child so she wouldn't have to share it with anyone.
 
 Hell Girl, Vol 5 Carp-Eps 19-22
Ep 19 Bride Doll (Hanayome Ningyo)
An orphan named Inori was picked by her orphanage's main benefactor, a doll-maker named Kyogetsu, to be her son's bride...but with the condition that she literally act like a doll: Inori is
to do nothing, not even serve her husband's breakfast, except sit still, eat very little and remain beautiful. For the sake of the other children in the orphanage, Inori puts up with the
mistreatment for as long as she can, but is pushed to her limit and sends Kyogetsu to Hell.
Ep 20 Hell Girl vs. Hell Boy (Jigoku Shojo tai Jigoku Shonen)
TV psychic Gil de L'Enfer seeks to prove his powers against Hell Girl. Ai and her servants seem overmatched, but Hiroshi "Esper" Watanabe, the phony whom Gil had humiliated and manipulated
to get to them, wants revenge. A new supernatural player is introduced.
Ep 21 The Kind Neighbour (Yasashii Rinjin)
Yuko Murai and her father move to a farm to take a break from urban life. Ryosuke Sekine, their neighbor,eagerly helps them out with the work on the farm... perhaps too eagerly. The Murai's
crops are eventually overrun by pests, the farm fails and Yuko's broken father eventually dies because of alcoholism. Yuko eventually finds out that Sekine had sabotaged their crops in order
to settle an old grudge against her family. Yuko wants to send him to Hell, but is convinced otherwise by Hajime Shibata, to the annoyance of Hell. As Tsugumi tells Yuko that she still has
the family farm to remember her father by, the neighbor shows up with title to the land that her father had used to borrow money to pay for the "bug poison". He gives Yuko a week to get out
so he can sell the farm. As Yuko's new foster family shows her around, her gaze fixes on the computer in her new room. As they move on, Ai is standing in the hall and states
"the choice is yours."
Ep 22 Rain of Remorse (Kaikon no Ame)
Goro Suetsugu, a heartbroken husband who is being cheated on by his wife Mariko Hayashi, calls on Ai for help and sends his wife to Hell. Hajime Shibata attempted to stop him but failed,
and ended up telling Goro about a similar experience that he had with his wife, Ayumi.
 
 Hell Girl, Vol 6 Pinwheel-Eps 23-26
Ep 23 The Light of the Hospital Ward (Byoto no Hikari)
Tsugumi's visions point to nurse Kanako Sakuragi as Ai's next objective. She appears to be a kind person, beloved by her patients and co-workers, but will that matter when the question is
one of vengeance? Hajime Shibata once again attempts to intervene, but the nurse is then sent to Hell by an unknown drug addict who dies afterwards. Hajime is shaken by the blind vengeance
wrought by the Hell Correspondence.
Ep 24 Village in the Twilight (Yugure no Sato)
Realizing that their fates are somehow linked to Hell Girl, the Shibatas look for the reasons in a remote spot in the mountains. There they learn that they are bound to her more deeply than
they had ever imagined.
Ep 25 Hell Girl (Jigoku Shojo)
This episode reveals the sad story of Ai's past. Doomed to be a harvest sacrifice, Ai is abandoned in the mountains to die of exposure; her older cousin and only friend, Sentaro Shibata,
tries to save her life by smuggling her food and water, but they are discovered. The villagers then bury Ai alive, and coerce Sentaro into helping; Ai's grudge is born of this betrayal.
Ep 26 The Ephemeral (Karinui)
Ai Enma encourages Tsugumi Shibata to send her father Hajime to Hell, using her late mother Ayumi to provoke her. But Hajime admits his part in her mother's accidental death, revealing the
entire story, and he is forgiven by Tsugumi. Ai recovers her composure, but is all really well?
 
Production
Takahiro Omori..........: Director (unknown episodes)
Taliesin Jaffe..........: Writer (26 episodes, 2005-2006)
Hiroshi Watanabe........: Writer (26 episodes, 2005-2006)
Ai Abe..................: Producer (unknown episodes)
Masahiro Matsumura......: (unknown episodes)
Masahiro Hosoda.........: Storyboard artist (1 episode, 2005)
Katsuyuki Kodera........: Storyboard artist (1 episode, 2005)
Takahiro Omori..........: Storyboard artist (1 episode, 2005)
Adrian Cook.............: Sound re-recording mixer (26 episodes, 2005-2006)
Mariko Oka..............: Character designer (26 episodes, 2005-2006)
Ingen...................: Calligrapher (unknown episodes)
Isao Satô...............: Thanks (26 episodes, 2005-2006)
Cast
Mamiko Noto.............: Ai Enma (26 episodes, 2005-2006)
Brina Palencia..........: Ai Enma (26 episodes, 2005-2006)
Kent Williams...........: Clown (4 episodes, 2006)
Masaya Matsukaze........: Ren Ichimoku (3 episodes, 2005)
Takako Honda............: Hone Onna (3 episodes, 2005)
Takayuki Sugo...........: Wanyudo (3 episodes, 2005)
Shigeru Muroi...........: Narration (3 episodes, 2005)
Ai Hayasaka.............: Joseito (3 episodes, 2005)
Eriko Matsushima........: Ai no Sobo (2 episodes, 2005)
Cassandra Hodges........: Gotanda (2 episodes, 2005)
Christopher Sabat.......: Director (2 episodes, 2006)
Nana Mizuki.............: (unknown episodes)
Massaya Matsuzake Ono...: (unknown episodes)
Kanako Sakai............: (unknown episodes)
Hidekatsu Shibata.......: (unknown episodes)
Toshiyuki Toyonaga......: (unknown episodes)
Yûji Ueda...............: (unknown episodes)
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Posted by..........: XxXx BIG A LITTLE A xXxX
Date of post.......: 09.10.2011 |
