Editing Akuryo Taisan

{{Senshi Attacks 4
| image                    = http://www.wikimoon.org/images/attack/akuryotaisan.jpg
| caption                  = Akuryo Taisan in the manga
| color                    = #ff9999
| Name                     = Akuryo Taisan
| JP Name                  = 悪霊退散
| Dub Name                 = Mars Fireball Charge, [[Evil]] Spirits Disperse, Evil Spirits Begone ([[Sailor Moon in North America#English Dub|dub]]); Akuryo Taisan ([[TokyoPop|Mixx]] [[Sailor Moon (manga)|manga]], [[Viz Media|Viz]] dub: [[Sailor Moon Eternal]]); Evil Spirits, Be Exorcised (Viz dub, [[Kodansha]] manga); Evil Spirit Begone (Kodansha manga)
| Senshi                   = [[Rei Hino]]/[[Sailor Mars]], [[Sailor Venus]] ([[Chapter 3 Rei's and Minako's Girls School Battle?|once]]; manga only)
| Item                     = [[Ofuda]]
| Anime                    = [[Cursed Buses! Fire Senshi Mars Appears]]
| Manga                    = [[Act 3 Rei SAILORMARS]] (Rei Hino/Sailor Mars), [[Chapter 3 Rei's and Minako's Girls School Battle?]] (Sailor Venus)
| PGSM                     = [[Act 3 - The Third Senshi is Miko Rei]]
| Myu                      = [[Sailor Moon - Gaiden Dark Kingdom Fukkatsu Hen]]
}}
'''''Akuryo Taisan''''' was one of [[Rei Hino|Rei]]'s powers as a [[miko]]. It was also one of her first attacks as [[Sailor Mars]] in most versions of [[Sailor Moon (series)|''Sailor Moon'']]. "Akuryo Taisan" is a Japanese phrase used to exorcise demons, which translates into "[[Evil]] Spirit, Begone."

==Anime==
In the [[Sailor Moon (anime)|anime]], since Rei learned the chant as a miko and not as a [[Sailor Senshi]], she could also use it while untransformed. She first used it on [[Usagi Tsukino|Usagi]] in [[Cursed Buses! Fire Senshi Mars Appears|episode 10]], when she felt an evil spirit. She first used it as Sailor Mars in [[Usagi vs Rei? A Nightmare in Dreamland|the subsequent episode]] to dispel [[Murido]]'s poison and keep her arm from turning to stone.

To perform this attack, Rei called out, "Akuryo Taisan!", then placed an [[ofuda]] on the enemy. Sometimes she would also chant the names of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuji-in kuji] - "Rin, Pyou, Tou, Sha, Kai, Jin, Retsu, Zai, Zen!" (臨、兵、闘、者、皆、陣、列、在、前！; when combined into a sentence, it literally means "all warriors have been lined up in formation here") - while holding up the ofuda before performing the attack. Usually it was used to immobilize an enemy, giving the Senshi time to attack, but could also be used to purify people of an evil influence.
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==Manga==
This attack appeared in many forms in the [[Sailor Moon (manga)|manga]]. When Rei first used it in [[Act 3 Rei SAILORMARS|Act 3]], it looked similar to the anime in that she threw an ofuda at Usagi when she felt an evil presence. When she used the attack later after transforming into Sailor Mars, the attack did not seem to include the use of any ofuda, but rather appeared as a ball of fiery energy, similar to [[Youma Taisan]]. At that point she used the attack to surround [[Jadeite]] with flames which burned him to death. When she used Akuryo Taisan against [[Nephrite]]'s shadow in [[Act 4 Masquerade Kamenbutoukai|Act 4]], it looked like a wall of flame. This was the only attack Rei ever used during the [[Sailor Moon (manga)#Sailor Moon|Dark Kingdom arc]]. 

After that arc she used it only one more time in the main manga storyline: during the [[Sailor Moon (manga)#Yume (Dream)|Dream arc]] in [[Act 41 Yume 3 Mars Dream|Act 41]], she used Akuryo Taisan with a single ofuda in order to repel [[Tiger's Eye]]. She also used it against [[Zoisite]] in the manga side story "[[Casablanca Memory]]," where Sailor Mars performed the attack by using numerous ofuda. 

In the [[Chapter 3 Rei's and Minako's Girls School Battle?|third Exam Battle story]], when Rei was possessed by [[Ghost Cistern]], [[Sailor Venus]] had to use this attack to destroy the spirit, leading Rei to become annoyed at her later.
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==Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon==
This attack first appeared in [[Act 3 - The Third Senshi is Miko Rei|Act 3]] of the [[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon|live-action series]], when Rei threw a single ofuda at floating leaves; this was the only time she used the attack as a civilian. She first used the attack as Sailor Mars against a [[Youma]] in [[Act 4 - Sneaking into the Party!|Act 4]]. To perform the attack, she would first hold her hand to her chest, then circle her arms, bring them to her stomach, and finally extend her arms in front of her, releasing a stream of fire and ofuda from her hands.  
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==Sailor Moon Crystal ==
This attack was portrayed inconsistently in [[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal|Sailor Moon Crystal]]. When Rei first performed the attack as Sailor Mars, she conjured an ofuda out of thin air and used it to draw a circle made of blue energy. The blue energy then turned into fire which Sailor Mars collected in her hand, then sent against her target, in a manner similar to [[Burning Mandala]] in the original anime.

In [[Act.4 Masquerade - Kamenbutoukai -|Act 4]], the attack looked like a regular blast of fire that was shot from her hand, and in [[Act.5 MAKOTO - SAILOR JUPITER -|Act 5]], Sailor Mars threw multiple red ofuda that exploded upon contact with Nephrite's Youma's flower petal attack.

==Musicals==
This attack first appeared in the very first [[Sera Myu|musical]], ''[[Sailor Moon - Gaiden Dark Kingdom Fukkatsu Hen|Gaiden Dark Kingdom Fukkatsu Hen]]''. It was used by Rei against [[Haruna Sakurada]] in order to force her to reveal her true identity as the Youma [[Managin]].

==Video Games==
This attack was used in two [[Sailor Moon Games|video games]]. In the game [[Sailor Moon (Super Famicom)|''Sailor Moon'']] for the Super Famicom, it was the second attack which the player could activate by simultaneously pressing the attack and jump buttons. When she performed the attack in this game, Sailor Mars just raised her arm, making ofuda fly around her from bottom to top before they disappeared, hurting opponents on each side of her in the process. When the attack was successful in making contact with an enemy, however, some of Sailor Mars' life meter would be lost.

In the [[Sailor Moon (arcade)|''Sailor Moon'' arcade game]], Sailor Mars required three [[crystal]]s to perform this attack. During the attack's full-screen animation, she swirled around with two ofuda in her hands.  

==Trivia==
* [[Michie Tomizawa]], the voice actress who played [[Rei Hino]]/[[Sailor Mars]], confessed in an interview that she had mispronounced the character "Jin" (陣) as "Chin" (陳) in the first two episodes in which this incantation was used, until a member of [[Sailor Moon Anime Production Staff|the staff]] noticed the error and corrected her.

* In the [[DiC]] [[Sailor Moon in North America#English Dub|English dub]] the attack was renamed to "Mars Fireball Charge," and bore no relation to her status as a [[miko]]. This led many [[Sailor Moon Fandom|fans]] to wonder why Rei could use her attack while untransformed. Also, the scenes of a figure surrounded by flames that appeared between each word of the chant were replaced by a fireball. These changes were later corrected in the [[Viz Media|Viz]] dub.

* In the [[Sailor Moon in France#Manga|French]] and [[Sailor Moon in Spain#Manga|Spanish]] manga, this attack was called "Vade retro, Satanas," which is a Latin exorcism usually translated as "Get thee behind me, Satan."

* In the [[Sailor Moon in Korea#Anime|Korean dub]] of the [[Sailor Moon (anime)|''Sailor Moon'' anime]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanji kanji] on the [[ofuda]] were smudged.

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