Yume Tsukai (夢使い) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Riichi Ueshiba. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from January 2001 to December 2003, and is a spin-off of Ueshiba's earlier manga series, Discommunication.[1]
Yume Tsukai was adapted into an anime television series produced by Pony Canyon and Madhouse. It was broadcast from April to June 2006.
Plot
The series revolves around "dream masters" (夢使い) who turn nightmares into peaceful dreams. On behalf of their clients they go around searching for nightmares which have escaped the mind of the owner and have manifested themselves into the real world, causing havoc. The nightmares are a paranormal phenomenon which have the appearance of poltergeist activity. The dream masters' goal is to defeat the nightmares, and returning them to their respective owners as pacified dreams. However, the dream masters do not interfere with an owner's life, and the owner is left to deal with the source of the nightmare. The show is characterized by haunting music, strange ghost like nightmares and the transformation of children's toys known as "play offerings" into weaponry and monsters.