Demon City Shinjuku (1988)

Original title

魔界都市＜新宿＞

Directed by

Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Genre

action anime and manga, horror anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

MA 15+

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 113 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man must rescue the president's daughter from a demonic warlord who has taken over a district of Tokyo. He uses sword fighting and psychic powers to battle monsters through ruined streets.

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What happens

Demon City Shinjuku (Japanese: 魔界都市〈新宿〉, Hepburn: Makai Toshi: Shinjuku) is a novel by Hideyuki Kikuchi that was adapted into an original video animation (OVA) in 1988, directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. The title has also been translated as Hell City Shinjuku and Monster City. It was also released as two manga by ADV Manga in 2003 and 2004. The novel was also released in English in 2011 by Digital Manga Publishing, compiled with its sequel Demon Palace Babylon. The film was released in North America by Central Park Media in 1993. Portions of the opening fight scene were featured in the 1995 cyberpunk film Johnny Mnemonic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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