Haigakura
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinobu Takayama. It was initially serialized in Ichijinsha's manga magazine Comic Zero Sum WARD from January 2008 to May 2015, when the magazine ceased publication, and was later transferred to the Zero-Sum Online manga website in September 2015. Its chapters have been collected in seventeen volumes as of October 2024.
An anime television series adaptation produced by Typhoon Graphics aired from October 2024 to September 2025.
Plot
The world, which is supported by four gods known as the Four Evils, is in crisis after two of them escape. In order to recover the gods, who have fled to other realms, and restore stability to the world, song officers known as Kashikan use "songs" and "dances" to confine the gods in their "sai". One of the Kashikan, Ichiyo, who was considered a dropout because of his tone-deafness, travels to modern-day Japan to recover the evil gods and return to his ordinary life with help from the subordinate god Tenkō.Characters
;Ichiyō;Tenkō
;Hakushurin
;Ransaiwa
;Sontō
;Kaka
;Ryuu
;Heikan
;Hōryūsei
;Hiki
;Sanu
;Hakugō
;Sōkōmei
;Ritekkai
;Kanshōri
;Rakan
;Bui
;Jungei
;Gaishi
;Gas Mask
;Rabbit Mask
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Shinobu Takayama, Haigakura initially began serialization in Ichijinsha's manga magazine Comic Zero Sum WARD on January 16, 2008. On May 16, 2015, the magazine ceased publication and Haigakura was later transferred to the Zero-Sum Online website. Ichijinsha has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on November 25, 2008. As of October 31, 2024, seventeen volumes have been released. Ichijinsha republished the first ten volumes of the series in from February 29, 2024, to June 28, 2024.Volumes
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on August 24, 2023. It is produced by Typhoon Graphics and directed by Junichi Yamamoto, with Yū Murai handling series composition, Masaki Satō designing the characters, and Yuki Kurihara composing the music. The series aired from October 7, 2024, to September 26, 2025, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is "Chaser", performed by Madkid, while the ending theme song is "Phoenix", performed by Hikaru Makishima. Remow licensed the series for streaming on Amazon Prime Video and It's Anime YouTube channel in North America. Muse Communication licensed the series in Southeast Asia.After the broadcast of the seventh episode, the anime's website announced that the series past the eighth episode would be delayed and would be rebroadcast from November 25, effectively restarting from the first episode. The series restarted airing on July 5, 2025, with the first new episode aired on August 22 of the same year.