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Siren Visual Add Ayakashi Samurai Horror Tales to their January 2013 Release Slate

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Siren Visual Add Ayakashi Samurai Horror Tales to their January 2013 Release Slate 1Earlier in the year, Australian anime publisher Siren Visual announced that they had acquired the license to Ayakashi Samurai Horror Tales, one of the earlier noitaminA works from 2006 and a title which has since gone out-of-print in North America. Recent updates to the companies website shows that they intend to release the series on the 24th January 2013 at a price of $49.95, alongside their other releases for the month Heartworn Highways and UN-GO. The release has a total runtime of 273 minutes and includes both the original Japanese and English dub.

Samurai Horror Tales is a collection of three short stories based on Japanese supernatural folklore.

Yotsuya Kaidan (Yotsuya Ghost Story)
In 18th Century Japan, a ronin samurai named Tamiya marries the beautiful Oiwa. But after the birth of their child, he begins to feel the burden of poverty. When Tamiya is offered a job by a local rich man, he must marry the rich man’s daughter in return. Conspiring to murder his wiife with the help of his servants; her vengeful spirit returns to haunt him when he remarries.

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Tenshu Monogatari (Goddess Of The Dark Tower)
Tenshu Monogatari tells the story of forbidden love between a human and a god. Zushonosuke Himekaw is sent by his master, Lord Harima to retrieve a treasured falcon named Kojiro. He encounters a beautiful woman bathing in a lake and falls in love instantly. When his search for Kojiro leads him to the castle of Shirasagi-jo, he learns that it’s rumoured to be inhabited by the “forgotten gods”. There he re-unites with the beautiful woman of the lake and their forbidden romance begins, whilst a clash between Lord Harima’s army and the “forgotten gods” unfolds.

Bake Neko (Goblin Cat)
When a young samurai bride dies, the village druggist swears it’s the work of bakeneko (a catlike monster), which hunts each family member before revealing itself to horrified villagers, exposing a long forgotten scandal.

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