Spectre Hunters: Capture the Spirits!

Spectre Hunters: Capture the Spirits (Japanese title: スペクターハンター：精霊を捕まえよう！Hepburn: Supekutāhantā: Seirei o Tsukamaeyou!) is a Japanese-South Korean-Israeli sci-fi magical girl action comedy anime series developed by Mikeiru Hashimoto and produced by Avi Maor and Jim Hwan-Soo, based on the Spectre Hunters video game franchise. The series was produced by Madhouse, Crystal Studio Korea, and Hikhabor Studios, and was released in Japan on May 1, 2004, and ended on October 20, 2010.

On November 1, 2004, Nelvana Ltd. announced that they were making an English dub of the show. It later premiered on July 12, 2005 on Kids WB. In 2009, FUNimation announced that they were making an English dub of the show. That dub was launched on DVD on June 1, 2010. Both dubs were distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

In 2016, a sequel, titled Spectre Hunters Stories, was produced by the same team that worked on the original. This one was available via Netflix and Crunchyroll, and was also aired in the US on Adult Swim's Toonami block.

Plot
1,000 years ago, evil spirits known as Spectres (also called Phantoms or Spirits) ruled the land of Tokyo, and tormented the people who lived there. They haunted people, they destroyed villages, and they drove people mad. This endured for two years until a warrior banished the spirits to another dimension, using a device known as the Bane of Phantoms to do so.

Millennia passed, and everyone forgot about the spirits. Until one day. Meet Mimoka Hashigaru, 13-year-old student at Kurabashi Junior High, and president of her own manga club. Straight A's student, pretty, popular, athletic, the works. As she was walking home from school, she found a strange device lying in an alleyway. As she picked it up, the ground around her began to glow, and the next thing she knew, she had released the Spectres. However, she had also gained an incredible ability: She can use the power of a chosen spirit she has captured to aid her in battle.

She is accompanied by Note Kizura and Xiao-Lan Ru, and later on, Kappa Makyorou, who also gain rewards from battles, though not as powerful as Mimoka's.

In Season 2, Mimoka and the gang face a new foe, a dark Spectre Hunter known as Xadashi, who wants to use the power of the Spectres for evil. Towards the end of the series, they face him and his goons off at the Droagon Tower, as Mimoka had collected all the Spectres that Xadashi hadn't. (I will not tell you who won or what happened because of spoilers.)

Episodes
List of Spectre Hunters: Capture the Spirits episodes

Voice cast
TBD

Home Media
TBD

International Versions

 * Albania - Bang Bang
 * Brazil - Animax, Cartoon Network, PlayTV, SBT
 * Canada - Teletoon
 * China - CCTV-14
 * Croatia - RTL
 * Czech Republic - Cartoon Network, TV Barrandov
 * Denmark - DR Ramasjang
 * Finland - Fox Kids, MTV3
 * France - Boing, Canal J, Disney XD, France 3, Teletoon+, Toonami
 * Germany - Nickelodeon, RTL II
 * Greece - Nickelodeon, Star Channel
 * Hungary - Cartoon Network
 * India - Disney XD, Hungama TV, Toonami
 * Indonesia - SpaceToon
 * Israel - Arutz HaYeladim, Nickelodeon
 * Italy - Boing, Cartoon Network, Italia 1, Rai 2
 * Japan - TV Tokyo
 * Kurdistan - Niga Kids
 * Latin America - Animax, Cartoon Network, ETC TV
 * Netherlands - Nickelodeon
 * Poland - Cartoon Network
 * Portugal - Panda Biggs, SiC Radical
 * Romania - Cartoon Network
 * Russia - 2X2, Karusel
 * Saudi Arabia - Cartoon Network, MBC3, Nicktoons, SpaceToon
 * Serbia - Happy TV, Ultra
 * South Korea - Animax, Cartoon Network, Tooniverse
 * Spain - Boing, Clan, Jetix
 * Sri Lanka - Hiru TV
 * Thailand - Toonami
 * Turkey - Cartoon Network
 * UK - Cartoon Network, Pop Girl
 * Ukraine - PLUSPLUS
 * US - Cartoon Network, Kids WB, The CW4Kids, Toonami, Vortexx
 * Vietnam - HTV3