A tale of eternal love, cosmic retribution, and celestial maidens with sublime supernatural powers. An ancient legend has devastating and unfathomable consequences on 16-year-old Aya Mikage. Her world turned upside down, Aya sets out on a journey to discover the truth about herself and the disturbing history of her family line. From the creator of Fushigi Yûgi, Yû Watase brings you the last 12 episodes to conclude a tale about eternal love, cosmic retribution, and celestial maidens with sublime supernatural powers. High-tech super science is combined with an ancient legend about a powerful celestial maiden—what results is a nefarious plan by Mikage International to create a new world order. Ceres, a powerful celestial maiden, is out to stop them by any means necessary while 16-year-old Aya Mikage is caught in the middle and just wants her old life back. But it may already be too late for that...

Based on a manga by Yu Watase (Fushigi Yugi), Ceres mixes elements of standard "magical girl" anime with the legend immortalized in the No play "The Robe of Feathers": an angel descends to Earth to bathe, hanging her celestial robe of feathers on an ancient pine. A man steals the robe, imprisoning the angel, and, in some versions, forcing her to marry him. Sixteen-year-old Aya Mikage discovers she and her twin brother Aki are the direct descendants of an angel (or "celestial being"), and the psychic powers they've inherited make them the targets of a vast, murderous conspiracy. Aya quickly finds herself in a classic Watase dilemma, with two bishonen ("beautiful boys") on hand to protect her: silent, mysterious Toya and cheerful, slightly klutzy Yuhi. Rated 16 Up: Violence, nudity, mild risqué humor. --Charles Solomon