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Ys

Ys

19897.72 Seasons11 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Adol Christin, a young man from the mainland, sails to the besieged land of Esteria in search of adventure. Esteria is being overrun by beasts under the control of the evil priest Dark Fact, and the people of the land are running out of time. However, there is a prophecy that tells of a hero from another land who will come to save Esteria -- and his name would be Adol Christen.

Created by Haruki Kadokawa
Produced by Keiji Someya, Fujio Sakai, Kengo Kimura

Top Cast

Takeshi Kusao

Takeshi Kusao

Adol Christin (voice)

Chieko Honda

Chieko Honda

Lea (voice)

Minami Takayama

Minami Takayama

Feena (voice)

Katsuji Mori

Katsuji Mori

Dark Fact (voice)

Tessyo Genda

Tessyo Genda

Narrator / Dogi (voice)

Kotono Mitsuishi

Kotono Mitsuishi

Lilia (voice)

Ikuya Sawaki

Ikuya Sawaki

Ban (voice)

Hideyuki Tanaka

Hideyuki Tanaka

Keath (voice)

Junichi Sugawara

Junichi Sugawara

Rupa (voice)

Jurota Kosugi

Jurota Kosugi

Ghot (voice)

Themes & Keywords

based on video game

About Ys

Ys is a action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy, animation series that first aired in 1989 exploring themes of based on video game. Created by Haruki Kadokawa, it stars Takeshi Kusao, Chieko Honda, Minami Takayama. Adol Christin, a young man from the mainland, sails to the besieged land of Esteria in search of adventure. Esteria is being overrun by beasts under the control of the evil priest Dark Fact, and the people of the land are running out of time. However, there is a prophecy that tells of a hero from another land who will come to save Esteria -- and his name would be Adol Christen.

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