Yakumotatsu
English title: Eight Clouds Rising
Japanese title: 八雲立つ
Alternative titles: Yakumo Tatsu
Type: OVA
Source: Manga
Episodes: 2
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 25, 1997 to Nov 25, 1997
Duration: 29 min per ep
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Studios: Pierrot
Producers: Bandai Visual
Licensors: Media Blasters
Genres: Adventure, Horror, Supernatural
Themes: Historical
Demographics: Shoujo

When Takeo Nanachi and a few of his friends visit a rural village in search of inspiration for a theater production, they find the village holding a strange, somber festival that they only practice every few decades. Takeo hopes to use this chance to purify his grandfather's antique sword, but the festival's proceedings leave no opportunity for outsiders to participate. However, after an untimely car failure makes it impossible for Takeo to return home, he finds himself drawn into the villagers' dark and mesmerising practices and forming a bond with Kuraki Fuzuchi, the son of the head priest.

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Yakumotatsu was released on DVD in North America as Eight Clouds Rising by Media Blasters on August 17, 2004.