Based on the manga by Okazaki Takeshi begun in 1990. 
After a family tragedy, Kagura is left with only his beloved friend Asami for consolation. Meanwhile, there is a war beginning in the spiritual world. Beings known as "Elementalors" call upon power from spirits to maintain harmony in the world by balancing individual forces of nature. Lord Shiki, a water Elementalor, kidnaps Asami in order to use special powers she posesses to retrieve his daughter, who has been imprisioned for nearly destroying the Earth. Kagura discovers that he is also an Elementalor - a very powerful one. He must join forces with other Elementalors to save Asami and prevent Lord Shiki from causing a great imbalance by releasing his daughter.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

In ancient times, minds and spirits dwelled in all the materials on earth. At the end of a battle these minds dwelling in matter conquered the hostile matter of the enemy and mutiplied. Sacred wars gave birth to the elementalors. Fierce battles between the elementalors raged continuously in the struggle to create a new utopia. 
Kagura is an elementalor reincarnated in the present. After a billion nights, the battles of the elementalors have returned... but only one can rule. Kagura's long, fiery trial is about to begin. Now!

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