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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.
The episodes were collected on eight DVDs from September 23, 2010, to April 22, 2011. [26] The second season, 'Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan – Demon Capital (ぬらりひょんの孫 千年魔京, Nurarihyon no Mago Sennen Makyō), aired in Japan from July 5 to December 20, 2011. [27]
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.
At sunset, Rikuo asks Nurarihyon if he can go to Kyoto, leading Nurarihyon to defeat Night Rikuo in a sparring match at nightfall. Two days later, Nurarihyon has no choice left but to send off Rikuo with the Namahage to the hidden Tono Village for training purposes since his current abilities are somewhat lacking.
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.
The Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Toriyama Sekien depicts a nurarihyon hanging down from a kago. Like the emakimono, this one has no explanatory text, so not many details are known, but the act of disembarking from a vehicle was called "nurarin," so it is thought that nurarihyon was a name given to a depiction of this. [3]