Ceres: Celestial Legend (2000): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2000, Ceres: Celestial Legend is an animation, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy and comedy series.

What it’s about. Aya Mikage and her twin brother Aki are soon driven apart by the forces of fate... On their sixteenth birthday, Aya and Aki are called to the family home to be given a special present. What they thought was a birthday party, however, was really a test—one which Aya failed. She was found to possess the reincarnated spirit of an ageless celestial maiden (tennyo), one bent on the recovery of her heavenly raiment (hagoromo) and the destruction of the Mikage family. Aya quickly finds herself separated from her beloved brother, and hunted by her own family.

Who’s in it. Ceres: Celestial Legend stars Katsuyuki Konishi as (voice), Kujira as (voice), Junko Iwao as (voice) and Ayako Kawasumi as (voice), among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.5/10, Ceres: Celestial Legend has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Crunchyroll. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Ceres: Celestial Legend page.

If you liked it. Fans of Ceres: Celestial Legend tend to enjoy Rick and Morty, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan: No Regrets.