Kekkaishi is about teenagers Yoshimori Sumimura and Tokine Yukimura, heirs to rival clans of kekkai (barrier magic) users, who must defend their school from the spirits drawn to the sacred land it is built upon. “We are committed to utilizing the web to deliver the best in anime through innovative web-based, video streaming outlets like Hulu. This is a list of main characters from the manga Kekkaishi by Yellow Tanabe and the anime television series adapted from it. audiences on Hulu and we hope that fans will enjoy its lively mix of adventure, comedy and demon-slaying action,” says Candice Uyloan, Director, Brand Management at VIZ Media. “KEKKAISHI is the latest series to join the VIZ Media family of animated titles available to U.S. Protecting people from danger while growing stronger himself, Yoshimori will battle the forces of evil again tonight!

But by day, Yoshimori's got other demons to battle: an addiction to sweets and a seriously crotchety grandfather! Yoshimori's pretty neighbor, childhood friend and rival, Tokine Yukimura, is also a “kekkaishi,” but their families are feuding over who is the true practitioner of the art.

Following in the tradition that's been passed down through generations, he is the twenty-second “kekkaishi” of the Sumimura clan.

Yoshimori Sumimura is a junior high school student at Karasumori Academy. For over 400 years, it has been the duty of a clan of “kekkaishi”-barrier masters-to guard the land and exterminate the supernatural creatures that are drawn to the area night after night. Mystical forces are powerful in the region called Karasumori. The anime has been licensed in North America by Viz Media. The series was broadcast for 52 episodes in Japan between Octoand February 12 2008. To view KEKKAISHI, please visit KEKKAISHI is based on a hit manga series by Yellow Tanabe (also published in North America by VIZ Media). Kekkaishi was adapted by Sunrise as an anime television series directed by Kenji Kodama with character designs by Hirotoshi Takaya and music by Taku Iwasaki. The series debuts with 5 episodes with new installments launching each week.

Today, VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, brings the animated demon-battling action and adventure of KEKKAISHI to Hulu, an online video service that offers hit TV shows, movies and clips at and other online destination sites - anytime in the U.S. VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF THE KEKKAISHI ANIMATED SERIES ON HULU

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( Buddhism ) restricted access to a specific area for purposes of Buddhist training.

( archaic ) an old name for the loris, more specifically as presented in curiosity shows.

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