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The first season ran for 24 episodes and aired from July 6, 2010 to December 21, 2010 on Yomiuri TV and other channels. A second season titled Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan – Demon Capital ran for 24 episodes and aired from July 5, 2011 to December 20, 2011 on Yomiuri TV and other channels.
A video game called Nurarihyon no Mago: Hyakki Ryōran Taisen (ぬらりひょんの孫:百鬼繚乱大戦, "Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan – Great Profuse Hyakki War") was announced as developed by Arc System Works and published by Konami. It was released in November 2011 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. [34]
Rikuo Nura is the third heir of the Nura Clan as one-quarter yōkai and a middle school student as three-quarters human. Meanwhile, Gyuki secretly plans to usurp Rikuo. At school, Rikuo is invited by classmate Kiyotsugu Kiyojuji to the old school building, where it is rumored to be haunted by yōkai at nighttime.
Nurarihyon (ぬらりひょん, Nurarihyon) Elderly Nurarihyon Voiced by: Chikao Ōtsuka (Japanese); William Frederick Knight (English) Young Nurarihyon Voiced by: Kōji Yusa (Japanese); Keith Silverstein (English) Nurarihyon is Rihan's father and Rikuo's grandfather. He is the Supreme Commander of the Nura Clan.
The chapters of the Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan manga series were written and illustrated by Hiroshi Shiibashi.The series was first published in Shueisha as a one-shot in 2007.
Afterwards, Nurarihyon appeared in Princess Yo's bedroom at night, taking interest in her beauty and godly gift. Meanwhile, Hagoromo Gitsune ordered the Kyoto Yokai to bring back a noble human's liver. Nurarihyon later took Princess Yo to the Nura House, introducing her to his comrades.
Nurarihyon no Mago was adapted into an anime series starting in July 2010. Abe no Seimei also appears in the manga Igyoujin Oniwakamaru as an evil spirit who plans to revive himself to begin his second life and rule over humans and yokai.
One legend of recent vintage states that "every year the yōkai Nurarihyon, will lead all of the yōkai through the streets of Japan during summer nights." Anyone who comes across the procession would perish or be spirited away by the yōkai , unless protected by exorcism scrolls handwritten by Onmyōji spell-casters.