Product Details

• Actors: Hideyuki Hori, Hiromi Tsuru, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Yûsaku Yara, Ichirô Nagai
• Directors: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0), Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Us Manga Corps Video
• DVD Release Date: December 1, 1998
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305167257
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,841 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Demon City Shinjuku" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This 1988 OVA reunited author Hideyuki Kikuchi and director Yoshiaki Kawajiri of Wicked City (1987). Ten years after his father Genichirou was killed battling the evil Rebi Ra, teen-aged Kyoya Izayoi is called to stop Rebi from releasing demons from hell onto the Earth. Demon City borrows heavily from Star Wars: Ag'ni Rai, Genichirou's teacher, tells Kyoya that he must learn to harness the web of spiritual energy that flows among living things. This minimal training, plus his father's sword and the love of beautiful Sayaka enable Kyoya to destroy Rebi Ra. The film is oddly paced, with a long build-up to a disappointing climax, problems that are exacerbated by the very stiff vocal performances. Kawajiri uses color with his accustomed skill, especially in the monochromatic opening duel, but Demon City hardly ranks among his important works. (Unrated: suitable for ages 16 and older: violence, violence against women, grotesque imagery, brief nudity) --Charles Solomon

Customer Reviews

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An anime that is not for all tastes, December 8, 1999

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Peter murphy (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Demon City Shinjuku (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:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great adventure, October 23, 2004

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Chumash (CT, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Demon City Shinjuku (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:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, could have been better., June 26, 2004

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Dave Biel (Anaheim, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Demon City Shinjuku (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.