Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend
1989 [JAPANESE]
Action / Animation / Fantasy / Horror / Romance
Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend
1989 [JAPANESE]
Action / Animation / Fantasy / Horror / Romance
6.3/10
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Plot summary
Legend has it that the human race is not the only dominant civilization living on Earth. Two other races exist in this world: the Makai (a demon race) and the Jujinkai (a half-man, half-beast race). Once every 3,000 years, a supreme being known as the "Choujin" (Overfiend) will emerge and bring balance to all three realms on Earth. In present-day Japan, after 300 years of endless searching, a Jujinkai named Amano Jyaku has discovered the presence of the Choujin inside high school slacker Tatsuo Nagumo. But now, Amano, along with his sister Megumi and their sidekick Kuroko must protect Nagumo and his new girlfriend Akemi Ito from the Makai, who believe that Nagumo is not the Choujin, but an evil entity bent on destroying all living beings on Earth.
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Movie Reviews
Groundbreaking work in the field of lurid sex
Not "Just Another Hentai"
Keeping in mind that this animation was released in 1989, the production values and voice overs are pretty high quality. Having said that, the film itself is rather terrible. The plot is strikingly outlandish and the characters are strikingly undeveloped. I consider this "film" to be basically an animated porn.
While Legend of the Overfiend has a complicated plot, it falls far short of other well known anime such as Akira or Vampire Hunter D. While the violence in either of these animated movies is directly driven by the plot - especially in Akira - the violence in Legend of the Overfiend seems to have little purpose or meaning.
There are some very funny moments in Legend of the Overfiend, but once again, the characters are so cardboard that you get only a chuckle out of them and then forget about it a moment later.
All in all, I would recommend Legend of the Overfiend to anyone that has a deep curiosity about where the current state of Japanese Hentai originated from, but if you really must watch "tentacle porn", try La Blue Girl instead.