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Demon City Shinjuku [DVD] [US Import] [NTSC]
 
 

Demon City Shinjuku [DVD] [US Import] [NTSC]

Hideyuki Hori , Hiromi Tsuru , Yoshiaki Kawajiri    DVD
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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Product details

  • Actors: Hideyuki Hori, Hiromi Tsuru, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Yûsaku Yara, Ichirô Nagai
  • Directors: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
  • Format: Animated, Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC
  • Language Japanese
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Us Manga Corps Video
  • DVD Release Date: 1 Dec 1998
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: 6305167257
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 143,481 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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By Mayday
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Great film, just like Ninja scroll and Oedo 808 Cyber Punk City. But unlike those classics there is a fatal flaw with this movie. The ending is terrible. Everything up unit the end is great but when it comes to the final battle its an anti climax. Could of been one of the greatest but instead leaves you stunned.

Still a classic. Wish they could go back and do it properly!
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
An anime that is not for all tastes 8 Dec 1999
By Peter murphy - Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
Demon city is a mixed bag of anime. The story centres on the life of a young kempo swordsman who must travel to the forbidden city to avenge his fathers death. Aside from this typical storyline the anime features some exellent voice casting and memorable people such as the angel Mephisto.It has it's downside though.The main critisism is that the story might not appeal because it lacks the depth and scope of more established mangas.Anyone interested in this type of anime should see the superior Wicked city.Although this is still a worthwhile purchase for anyone who likes horror anime.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
A great adventure 23 Oct 2004
By Chumash - Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
I won't bore you with a recap of the plot, except to say that this is an exceptional example of the relucant-hero genere. This movie is very violent, with plenty of blood & guts, but there is no--repeat, *NO*--sex! There is brief partial nudity by a female demon, and the human heroine is almost raped by demons, but the rape attempt is broken up before much skin is shown. Also, the heroine's clothes seem to magically repair themselves afterwards.

The (relucant) hero lusts after his gorgeous companion, but somehow restrains himself. He doesn't even make a pass at her until...well, see for yourself. I give it 5 out of 5 stars.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Good, could have been better. 27 Jun 2004
By Dave Biel - Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
I had originally seen this in Japenese, then some bootleg dubbed version, thoroughly enjoyed it, so I decided to pick up the DVD. The movie is good, but the English dubbing in this DVD definitly left a bit to be desired. The waitress at the beginning had a very heavy southern accent (wich is fine in Georgia or Alabama, but not when you are supposed to be Japenese)and it also had alot of unnecessary prophanity dubbed into it. And a character who was neutral to an extreem, Mephisto, sounded like he borrowed his accent from other Anime, specifically Vampire flicks. Alot of F**K for no reason at all, it seemed that it was used to fill in gaps in the translation.
Now bad dubbing aside, it was a well done and very entertaining movie. The classic good vs evil/ avenging a dead relative adventure movie. IT was a fun movie with alot of action, and it definitly belonged in with other classics like Bio Hunter and Wicked City, albeit this is tame in comparison to either of those. It made the action very enjoyable without having to have carnage/nudity in every other sceen, not that it offends me when it does, but its nice to see action make its point without it sometimes. Good developed, SHORT, story. Fast paced, lots of action, with an ending that left the movie done and resolved.This would have been 4 stars if the dubbing had been better.
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