Sekai no Hikari: Shinran Shounin
Japanese title: 世界の光 親鸞聖人
Alternative titles: Sekai no Hikari: Shinran Seijin
Type: OVA
Source: Unknown
Episodes: 6
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jun 1992 to May 3, 1999
Duration: 32 min per ep
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Producers: AIC
Themes: Historical

Young Matsuwakamaru loses his father as an infant. To make matters worse, his beloved mother Kikkou passes away when he's 8 years old. While facing her death, Matsuwakamaru is puzzled at where people go when they die. If there is a cycle of heaven, hell, and rebirth, is there a way to escape this torturous circle, he wonders. With this great determination for the discovery of knowledge in mind, at only 9 years old, he joins a Buddhist monastery on Mt. Hiei, and changes his name to Shinran. This is the story of the man who would someday open the doors to the Joudo Shinshuu sect of Buddhism.

(Source: ANN)