Ceres, Celestial Legend

Ceres, Celestial Legend
First tankōbon volume cover
妖しのセレス (Ayashi no Ceres)
Genre	Drama[1] Supernatural[1]
Manga
Written by	Yuu Watase
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	US: Viz Media
Magazine	Shōjo Comic
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	May 1996 – March 2000
Volumes	14 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Hajime Kamegaki
Produced by	Akito Yamashita Shigeru Watanabe Yuji Nunokawa
Written by	Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
Music by	Ryō Sakai
Studio	Pierrot
Licensed by	NA: Discotek Media
Original network	WOWOW
Original run	April 20, 2000 – September 28, 2000
Episodes	24 (List of episodes)

Ceres, Celestial Legend, known in Japan as The Mystery of Ceres^{[citation needed]} (妖しのセレス, Ayashi no Seresu), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuu Watase. It was originally serialized in Shōgakukan's magazine Shōjo Comic from May 1996 to March 2000, with its chapters collected in 14 tankōbon volumes. The manga was licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media. 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. 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.

Pierrot adapted the series into a 24-episode anime television series, broadcast on WOWOW from April to September 2000. The anime series was also licensed by Viz, but has since been re-licensed by Discotek Media.

In 1998, Ceres, Celestial Legend won the 43rd Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo category.