According to myth, Ceres will ultimately exterminate the entire Mikage family in retaliation for stealing her hagoromo (celestial robe), thus preventing her returning home to Heaven.
When she transforms into Ceres, Aya obtains supernatural abilities of flight, teleportation, telepathy, powerful telekinesis, premonition, and superhuman speed she can also project destructive pink energy blasts from her hands, and create impenetrable shields of bright pink-colored celestial energy. Aya learns she is one of many reincarnations of a vengeful and supremely powerful celestial maiden named Ceres who takes over her mind and body only under intense stress or fury. In 1998, Ceres, Celestial Legend won the 43rd Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo category.Īya Mikage and her twin brother, Aki, are forced to go to their grandfather's home for their sixteenth birthday, unaware that it's actually a test to see if they have angel or celestial maiden blood. The anime series was also licensed by Viz, but has since been re-licensed by Discotek Media. Pierrot adapted the series into a 24-episode anime television series, broadcast on WOWOW from April to September 2000. Ceres' spirit begins manifesting in Aya, and to save her brother she must find Ceres' long-lost celestial robe, while avoiding being killed or captured by family members who want to use Ceres's supreme celestial abilities for their own personal gain.
The series focuses on Aya Mikage, who learns on her sixteenth birthday that she is the reincarnation of an ancient and supremely powerful celestial maiden or angel ( tennyo) named Ceres, and her twin brother Aki the reincarnation of Ceres' former husband, Mikagi, the progenitor of the Mikage family, who had stolen Ceres' robe. The manga was licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media. It was originally serialized in Shōgakukan's magazine Shōjo Comic from May 1996 to March 2000, with its chapters collected in 14 tankōbon volumes. Ceres, Celestial Legend, known in Japan as The Mystery of Ceres ( 妖しのセレス, Ayashi no Seresu), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuu Watase.
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