Accompanied by the President's beautiful daughter Sayaka, Kyoya must survive the hazards of the Monster City and master the power of nempo within him to kill Rebi Rah before the whole world is doomed forever! Their pasts are empty, their presents are uninteresting, and their futures lack change. At an anime it while dated but if you grew up watching this movie it may give you a nostalgic felling. Ultimately, one cannot escape the conclusion that this was a bargain basement anime thrown onto the American market to cash in on the success of better features like those named above. Shinjuku was devastated by the power of the underworld and in the years following the disaster became known as the Monster City, inhabited by few and avoided by all others. While Demon's City plot may be straight forward it is well worth your time to watch it.
It was the stylized, over-the-top bad I like from Kawajiri. And even if they do, will they be able to destroy Levih Rah himself? Manga Corps year: 1995 82 minutes condition: good Cover has some wear from age, use, shelf. But a plucky girl and jaded street samurai are on hand to foil their plans. It has good character development,typical 80s animation good in it own right. Master Rai, keeper of the mystical art of nempo, chooses Kyoya Izayoi, whose father was killed trying to stop Rebi Rah fifteen years ago, to go forth and slay the evil sorcerer.
Demons trying to take over tokyo thus the world. The only problem is that he's not exactly your classic hero type, and his powers are still latent. The glittering skyline that once rivalled any in the world, lies cracked and crumbling under the weight of an oppressive evil. A simple sushi-western, Clint Eastwood kind of story about a lone warrior saving the girl. If you like great visuals with lots of action, you will enjoy this. This is really cool looking anime, with a pretty thin plot, as previously mentioned.
Humanity is threatened with enslavement by creatures who can appear human but who are terrifyingly inhuman when they reveal their true form. I had never seen this movie before I bought it. Actually better than a lot of anime's out there. The characters swear on an almost constant basis, that's the humor of this movie. You can see this kind of stuff in many other crappy forgotten demon anime. The animation was top notch as well as the fights and character development in this good piece of old school anime.
Also I liked the English dub and Brad Lavelle did a great job in voicing the main character Kyoya Izayoi and Bob Sessions was great in voicing the main villain Levi Rah. However, the young, beautiful Sayaka Rama is desperate to save the life of her father, who has been bound by a parasitic plant controlled by Rah, on the brink of death. Japanese Dub with English subtitles. Unless you're in the mood for something to complain about don't watch this anticipating anything. There isn't even wasted effort here. This is a Bruce Willis meets anime type of film. Good action, english dubbing is Ok.
The demons, the big bad guy, and the cursed city of Shinjuku itself, all well though out and beautifully designed. So in closing to this film,if you plan to see this film. Sure, it's not the best anime out there, but it's not bad at all either. The character designs are appealing, the story solid, the English dub is awful, however, and the animation is good. My favorite character had to be Mephisto.
Excellent animation and some very cool fight scenes. This is one of my favorite anime movies I have seen. This should've been put on Nick Jr as a joke. That is not to say that the movie is really bad, it's just disappointing. The animation and action scenes are alright, but without any likable context to ground them, I wasn't amused.
That ruins the film even for the most tolerant retro-nerd side of me. It's also interesting to note that some of the characters in the English-dubbed version have British, Mexican and German accents, rather than just standard American English. Yoshiaki Kawajiri has made his reputation for eye-popping fright visuals and this is his masterpiece of terror. Demon City Shinjuku Movie is provided and hosted from a third-party video-sharing website like YouTube, Veoh, Megavideo, Myspace and other sites by which AniLinkz does not own or is not affiliated to in any way. Its just as pandering as the shallow moe anime of today, only for a different audience of a different time. So why don't I give it one point? I would recommend only watching if you are a hardcore Kawajiri or Hideyuku Kikuchi fan. Let's just say that there aren't many boring parts to speak of.
I would've been happier with a guy dancing around in a dinosaur outfit than the ending they put in this piece of crap. A single man stands responsible — the tyrannical Levih Rah who has created this Demon City in Shinjuku, the heart of Tokyo. The hero is the stock, young, masculine, Japanese every-man. If you buy multiple items, please request an invoice. I don't really know why, because it's quite different from what I usually enjoy in anime titles, but I love it nonetheless.
And this is among the favourites of Yosiaki Kawajiri's works I seen. It's funny, that's all it is. Demon City Shinjuku Demon City Shinjuku Tokyo. Moreover, the animation comes across as that of a rather grimy Saturday morning cartoon, with none of the beauty of artists such as Hayao Miyazaki. A single man stands responsible — the tyrannical Levih Rah who has created this Demon City in Shinjuku, the heart of Tokyo. Each battle scene is very different from the next, my favorite being the one in which our heroine confronts a wall of fire conceived from the pain, hatred, and sorrow of the dead. Worst of all, it has little to laugh at, or guilty-pleasure action.