Otome Youkai Zakuro
English title: Zakuro
Japanese title: おとめ妖怪 ざくろ
Alternative titles: Girl Demon Zakuro
Type: TV
Source: Manga
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 5, 2010 to Dec 28, 2010
Broadcast: Tuesdays at 01:30 (JST)
Duration: 24 min per ep
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Studios: J.C.Staff
Producers: Aniplex
Licensors: NIS America, Inc.
Genres: Romance, Supernatural
Themes: Historical, Military, Mythology
Demographics: Seinen

Second Lieutenant Kei Agemaki, the son of a famous general, has hidden his extreme fear of paranormal beings all his life. However, when he and two others are reassigned to live and work with youkai in the Ministry of Spirit Affairs, he is brought face-to-face with his worst nightmare. Now with the help of the fox spirit Kushimatsu, he and his fellow officers must learn to work alongside youkai maidens—Zakuro, Susukihotaru, Hoozuki, and Bonbori—to solve paranormal cases.

Set in the midst of an alternate version of Japanese Westernization, Otome Youkai Zakuro explores the clashes and unions that can occur when east meets west, local meets foreign, and women meet men. The unusual alliance of the youkai maidens and human officers must learn to work together in a world that is changing around them.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]