Completed Anime
Ceres, Celestial Legend

“Aya, a celestial maiden's descendant, battles her destructive alter-ego Ceres while evading her murderous family.”

Ceres, Celestial Legend

7.19
4,094 rank · 66,921 viewers · 498 favorites
Adventure Drama Horror Romance Supernatural Psychological Reincarnation Shoujo
24 episodes · 21 min per ep min · Spring 2000 · Studio Pierrot · R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
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Synopsis

Aya, a celestial maiden's descendant, battles her destructive alter-ego Ceres while evading her murderous family.

Ceres was a tennyo (Celestial maiden) who came down from the heavens to bathe in a stream. She hung her hagoromo (robe) on a tree nearby, which was her key to returning to the heavens. But the robe was stolen and the man who had stolen it forced her to become his wife, thus producing a family full of human and tennyo blood mixed. Now, in modern day time, Aya Mikage is a descendent of Ceres, and has quite an amount of tennyo blood. On her 16th birthday, she and her twin brother, Aki, are thrown a party. At the "party," Aya's grandpa plans to kill her, for she has tennyo powers unlike the rest of the family, and can actually become Ceres herself and destroy the Mikage family. Aya, however, can switch back, so this transformation happens quite frequently. With protector Yuuhi by her side, it is up to Aya to control Ceres and keep her from coming back, but her relationship with an ex-worker for her evil grandpa may be a distraction.

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Derived from 36 sampled reviews

7.4 /10

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87% recommend
Score distribution
median 8 mode 8 σ 2.24
1510
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σ 2.24 · split reception

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The polarity gap

6.2 pts

Recommenders 8.4 · others 2.3

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↑ 1.42

Running avg · Nov 2006 → Apr 2026

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Production slate

A Tv Production · Spring 2000

Studio Pierrot.
in association with

Bandai Visual · Shogakukan

  • Format 24 × 21′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 8h 24m all episodes
  • Aired Apr 2000 – Sep 2000 Spring 2000
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
  • Ref. BS-0084 catalog

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