Directed by Hideki Takayama
Region 2 DVD
Manga
English Audio
1989
There is a prophecy that will unite the three worlds – the world of Humans, the Jyujinkai (man-beasts) and the Makai (Demons). A superbeing will appear through the body of a human – The Chojin, The God Of All Gods, The Overfiend. He will create The Land Of Eternity.
In a Japanese high school, Nagumo, a shy and retiring boy, takes his first tentative steps towards love.
Meanwhile Amano, a Jyujinkai, has spent three hundred years searching for a sign of the Chojin and, finally, his quest is at an end. Dogged by members of the Makai who seem intent on murder, Amano must protect the human bearer of the Chojin from harm. Unable to understand why the Makai should resist the coming of this bringer of peace to the worlds, Amano turns to an elder of his own place and finally uncovers the truth. It is not what he expected.
Here we have a story that rivals Wagner’s very own Gotterdamerung. In very impressive animation and direction, we are subjected to the end of the world Manga-style. With a plot that twists and turns like a python crushing your brain, it is sometimes hard to follow(at least it was for me). This movie is rife with action and scenes of extreme sex and violence so be aware that this is not one for the kids. The amount of blood and entrails on show here is unbelievable but I suppose the subject matter lends itself to such stuff. Nightmare visions of destruction on a vast scale is the order of the day in this piece of technicolour mayhem.
Violent, convoluted, disturbing, extreme, vicious. Think carefully before you watch this one. Good, but likely to leave you a bit flabbergasted by all the blood guts and graphic sex.
Region 2 DVD
Manga
English Audio
1989
There is a prophecy that will unite the three worlds – the world of Humans, the Jyujinkai (man-beasts) and the Makai (Demons). A superbeing will appear through the body of a human – The Chojin, The God Of All Gods, The Overfiend. He will create The Land Of Eternity.
In a Japanese high school, Nagumo, a shy and retiring boy, takes his first tentative steps towards love.
Meanwhile Amano, a Jyujinkai, has spent three hundred years searching for a sign of the Chojin and, finally, his quest is at an end. Dogged by members of the Makai who seem intent on murder, Amano must protect the human bearer of the Chojin from harm. Unable to understand why the Makai should resist the coming of this bringer of peace to the worlds, Amano turns to an elder of his own place and finally uncovers the truth. It is not what he expected.
Here we have a story that rivals Wagner’s very own Gotterdamerung. In very impressive animation and direction, we are subjected to the end of the world Manga-style. With a plot that twists and turns like a python crushing your brain, it is sometimes hard to follow(at least it was for me). This movie is rife with action and scenes of extreme sex and violence so be aware that this is not one for the kids. The amount of blood and entrails on show here is unbelievable but I suppose the subject matter lends itself to such stuff. Nightmare visions of destruction on a vast scale is the order of the day in this piece of technicolour mayhem.
Violent, convoluted, disturbing, extreme, vicious. Think carefully before you watch this one. Good, but likely to leave you a bit flabbergasted by all the blood guts and graphic sex.
