Fairy King

ヨウセイオウ

Aired: 1988

An OVA based on Ryoko Yamagishi's shojo manga. Centred on Tadai, a youth carrying both fairy and human blood, the work renders a fantastical world where folk-tale spirits intertwine with a boy of the modern world, brought to life through delicate character designs and poetic direction. Under director Katsuhisa Yamada, the original's aesthetic and mystical mood is faithfully reproduced, and Yuriko Nakamura's image soundtrack lends a dreamlike expansiveness to the story, making it an emblematic title from the golden age of shojo manga OVA adaptations.