Series synopsis
ISUCA is a Japanese animation comedy sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on Tokyo MX on January 24, 2015. It ended on March 28, 2015. It stars Keisuke Komoto, Ibuki Kido, Mao Ichimichi and Kaori Sadohara.
Shinichirou decides to look for a job in order to pay his rent, and his teacher suggests that he work for someone at their house doing housekeeping; however, the person who hired him was Sakuya, a girl who is the 37th head of the Shimazu family, and her job is to exorcise and eliminate unwanted creatures. Shinichirou accidentally releases one of the creatures that Sakuya captures and they cooperate to catch it.
Premise
Shinichirou decides to look for a job in order to pay his rent, and his teacher suggests that he work for someone at their house doing housekeeping; however, the person who hired him was Sakuya, a girl who is the 37th head of the Shimazu family, and her job is to exorcise and eliminate unwanted creatures. Shinichirou accidentally releases one of the creatures that Sakuya captures and they cooperate to catch it.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Keisuke Komoto as Shinichirou Asano (voice)
- Ibuki Kido as Sakuya Shimazu (voice)
- Mao Ichimichi as Suseri Shimazu (voice)
- Kaori Sadohara as Tamako (voice)
Guest cast
- Shunsuke Sakai as Naoya Ookubo (voice)
- Saeko Zogo as Nadeshiko Souma (voice)
- Yumeha Kouda as Fuzuki Matsuura (voice)
- Sarah Emi Bridcutt as Kanae Tachibana (voice)
- Akane Kohinata as Matsuri Souma (voice)
- Ayumi Fujimura as Isuca (voice)
- Kazue Ikura as Sagiri Shimazu (voice)
- Ikue Otani as Nami Shimazu (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 11 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | August 26, 2015 | August 26, 2015 |
| Season 1 | 10 | January 24, 2015 | March 28, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paradise | August 26, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Chance Meeting Strange things start happening to Shinichirou Asano, a second year student. A woman turns into a centipede, and he sees a girl is attacked by a monster. During all the chaos, he runs into Sakura Shimazu, who uses a bow as a weapon. She is the 37th head of the Shimazu family, tasked with ridding the world of monsters. Shinichirou and Sakuya end up fighting one of the monsters together, when Shinichirou accidentally releases one of the creatures that Sakuya captures and they cooperate to catch it. |
January 24, 2015 |
| 2 |
True Name Shinichirou becomes friends with Tamako, the cat-monster, and ends up helping Sakuya clean, as she lives alone. Sakuya is bossy and doesn't give Shinichirou a break. Another monsters appears at the school, which takes girls underground and eats their flesh. |
January 31, 2015 |
| 3 |
Confrontation Sakuya's younger sister, Suseri, shows up. She also works to rid the world of monsters, and is a rival to the head of the Shimazu family. She wants to bring Shinichirou over to her side, so she attempts to seduce him, and eventually kidnap him, but they run into a bit of trouble with monsters on the way... |
February 7, 2015 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Tokyo MX |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 24, 2015 |
| Last aired | March 28, 2015 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Saturday at 01:35:00 |