Undescribable Perfection

Captivating movie !

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

...okay, so, yes, I was drunk when I watched this movie, but dear god was it a sobering experience.The animation is terrible, with the backgrounds sticking out like an unmoving sore thumb, the main romance comes out of nowhere, and immediately after the female lead is raped, it feels like it's ending twenty minutes in (and you wish it was), the dub is terrible (but you'd have guessed that), the ending is a giant amalgamation of nonsense, the tone is all over the place, with comical fairy sidekicks delivering comedic dialogue in the midst of demons ripping people in half and raping them, too, and, worst of all, this film has an inexplicable 6.4 score.WHAT?!!!! This is a terrible movie.Don't trust anyone who says otherwise.By the way, yes, I am aware that I am judging this by western standards, but that's the culture I was raised in and adhere to. A Japanese person raised in Japan is both most likely, and more than welcome, to judge western media from their own cultural standing, just like how I have done with this review. Get over it, weeb.

I'm almost hesitant to review Legend of the Overfiend, as I am only familiar with the dubbed version of the movie. The uncut version is nearly impossible to find, so I had to settle for the edited dub. To put it mildly, it left something to be desired. Aside from the fact that the edit cuts out much of what made the film infamous in the first place, it is a very cheaply done effort.To start with, the voice acting and dialogue is terrible. The actors frequently over-emote, with many of them putting emphasis on random words in their dialogue. This gives the film a very stilted feeling, taking viewers out of it. Furthermore, the editing is at times rather choppy, with bits of dialogue cut midway at times.However, some of the animation is very good, with some scenes of destruction disturbingly rendered. Furthermore, although the soundtrack itself is rather generic, it features some early work by Masamichi Amano, composer of the Battle Royale soundtrack. All in all, it's worth seeing if only to say that you have.

"Urotsukidoji - Legend of the Overfiend" is quite groundbreaking in its delivery of content. As an animated manga production, the film is a mix of teen angst, humour, horror and sexual scenes. At times, the film is visually breathtaking - although I found the standard of animation occasionally slipped, unlike the always-consistent "Akira".The plot of "Urotsukidoji" is difficult to explain in brief but the basic premise is that Demons have started to invade the Earth causing havoc in the form of depraved attacks. Two characters from the Beast World have come to try and put things right by finding The Overfiend. Hopefully, by locating The Overfiend, peace may be found. Failure will mean the end of the Earth....The "Urotsukidoji" ("Wandering Kid") series are love-'em or hate-'em affairs. They contain excessive sex and violence (and usually violent sex) and may offend viewers. Certainly, these animated movies are a far cry from political correctness! The style of manga featured in this production is known as Hentai - this loosely translated is cartoon pornography. As a result, there are a number of sexual scenes which appear in the film and most of the characters involved meet a sticky end (and not the usual kind!).To see the film in its uncut glory, you need to catch the now deleted "Urotsukidoji: Perfect Collection" DVD set. This contains the first movie in its complete form and with subtitles rather than horrible dubbing. Contained within the 2 disc set is also the rather good sequel, the tastefully named "Legend of the Demon Womb".If you like your horror adventurous, bloody and taboo-breaking, "Urotsukidoji" is the animated feature for you!

I have seen many crazy animated films, and unusual foreign films, but when you mix the two (and dub it in English), this is a pretty good film. Ozaki fancies Akemi Ito, and actually wanked over her, and they do get together eventually, after all the terrifying stuff that happens throughout. It is all about the three worlds, Beasts, Demons and Humans, and they obviously collide with the story. The nightmare starts off with Akemi Ito's teacher saying that she wants to shag her, ripping her clothes off, and then penis-like tentacles trapping and raping her. The rest of the film it a lot of ripping and bursting of blood, swearing and pornographic imagery, for example, creatures that eat spunk for strength, rape many innocent people, giant penises coming under floors, six breasted creatures, and a normal geeky guy during into one of them during sex. The ending is rather different as well because it seems like the villains win with the city destroyed and the heroes wondering what to do. I did try to watch the sequel, Legend of the Demon Womb, but it wasn't continuing the story. It was number 72 on The 100 Greatest Cartoons. Very good!