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Summary: fiction
Review: actio
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Summary: Not that great...
Review: Being an anime fan (check my top 25 list) i wasent suprised at the quality of this movie. What did suprise me was how many people consider this a good anime.
The poor animation, lackluster story and typical characters make this movie nothing more then a bad copy of already bad horror/anime.
The storyline is so crammed and condensed that theres not much point in paying attnetion to it.
Ive watched the movie time and time again, each time finding something new out. But this isent always a good thing, atleast not in this movie. Infact each time i watched it i had less and less respect for it.
So i gave it 2 stars
1 for all the unnessasary violence (seeing as how this is a major attraction to younger anime fans).
1 for the story attempt
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Summary: Very good.
Review: Dark anime, with interesting demons, and cool charecter who cusses excessively. It's one of those relaxing good feel anime. I cherish it.
Similair to Wicked City (but better)
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Summary: One of those small adventures...
Review: Demon City is a classic tale, good against evil. The animation is great, but the plot suffers because there isn't one! ha! Not really, but the story is set in such a small timeline that it goes by very quickly and is just chalked up to being one of those small one time adventures that a few characters have. Then it ends. A definite purchase if you want to own a milestone in gothic anime history though. I thought it was good in English which I saw years ago on television, as well as the original Japanese version.
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Summary: Violent, fast paced and action packed
Review: Demon City is a mesmerizing, and very stylish film, detailing the journey of a young swordsman fighting through a nightmare city to find his lost master, accompanied by the president's daughter. Surly and foul-mouthed script is given a boost by the unique, strange characters which people its world, best of which is Mephisto, the slick shaman who throws his lot in with the unlikely hero. Extremely dark and violent, but very well acted and animated.
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Summary: An anime that is not for all tastes
Review: 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.
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Summary: Why not more on Mephisto?
Review: DSC is a great anime movie that you won't regret watching. The fight scenes are pretty sweet with lots of close calls and flash. The only problems with the movie is that 1) The ending really sucked... I was looking for some huge fight scene but there wasn't any... then the characters seem to just say "Wahoo, we won. Lets go home." 2) Mephisto is easily the coolest character in the movie but he didn't have much of a part. Despite these two flaws though DSC is a solid movie.
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Summary: One word comes to mind when I think of this film: boring.
Review: For some odd reason, there are mature-rated anime films out there that are considered either huge milestones in anime or cult classics yet aren't accepted by the majority of the anime-loving community. Examples include "Biohunter", "Twilight of the Dark Master", and, yes, "Demon City Shunjuku". Putting aside all prejudices that might hinder my enjoyment of the film, I watched this movie. What did I think of it? Not very much.It isn't the cliched plot that's the biggest problem, because some of the best anime out there is practically riddled with cliches. The biggest problem is the characterization, or, more correctly, lack thereof. None of the characters felt real to me; all of them were cardboard cutouts with little or no substance. This could be largely contributed to the lackluster English voice acting, which seems to have zero emotion or motivation whatsoever. Even in battles or emotional scenes, whenever someone opened his or her mouth, the dramatic tension just falls apart. That's how weak the voice acting sounds. And the love story between the two main characters? Very underdeveloped, unsatisfying, and just plain flat. Speaking of dramatic tension, there practically is none in this movie. When the hero fought a demon in the subway, I was expecting something dramatic to happen, such as (but not limited to) the hero awaking his powers to slay the monster. Instead a combination of the hero's flimsy power, electrified rails, and a hand granade thrown in the demon's mouth killed it. It was just so anti-climactic. When the hero finds his father's powerful weapon, we're supposed to feel glad for him. But the way the scene was presented, I couldn't have cared less. Nothing managed to build up in that "powerful" moment. And I won't even mention the ending, except that it's one of the worst endings I've ever seen in anime. Finally, the plot. It tried to fit so much into such a limited time, and this was a bad move. The characterization might've been saved if the film had been just a little bit longer, but that isn't the case. There was so much potential in this movie, and it was lost because of the shortness of the film. To put it simply, "Demon City Shinjuku" was disappointing. It's interesting to watch once, but then you'll quickly realize how underdeveloped this film really is. I haven't seen the Japanese version of this film, but even a better Japanese voice track will only make me give this film three stars at best, because the flaws go beyond the voice acting. Even the fact that it's possibly a landmark in it's genre doesn't help it, because a film has to be rated upon its own merit.
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Summary: What would happen if I mix sulfuric acid with spirits???
Review: Hmmm, there's a reaction. When I saw this movie on the Sci-Fi Channel, that scene made me laugh when the female demon exploded after having beer poured down her throat. I knew she intended to kill the man who tried to prevent his own death by using the beer left on the pool table. I've seen many other anime movies like "Vampire Hunter D", "Galaxy Express 999" (all three of these) and some others I cannot remember the names of. Of all these, "Demon City of Shinjuku" is my favorite because of the above scene. If this scene didn't exist, the movie would be a typical Japanese cartoon. Others have tried to copy the anime format but they have failed miserably, recent example, "Titan A.E." Unlike "Titan A.E.", "Demon City of Shinjuku" has a real story line that isn't hard to find or follow. Somebody must go to the Demon City and destroy the demon before his power reaches full strength or the Earth will be destroyed. Simple, right? Well, the boy chosen for this quest doesn't realize his inner strength. He surpasses his father's skill with a sword. Along the way to the city, he meets a girl searching for her father, also in the Demon City, and falls in love with her. There was one thing that bothered me. The hispanic boy was able to skateboard through the streets without being harmed physically. I guess it pays to learn how to defend yourself. It made me laugh when the boy ended up wetting his bed after havng a nightmare hosted by the demon. I would not recommend this movie to anyone under the age of 17 because even dubbed in English, this movie has a lot of raw language that was not cleaned up during dubbing.
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Summary: What would happen if I mix sulfuric acid with spirits???
Review: Hmmm, there's a reaction. When I saw this movie on the Sci-Fi Channel, that scene made me laugh when the female demon exploded after having beer poured down her throat. I knew she intended to kill the man who tried to prevent his own death by using the beer left on the pool table. I've seen many other anime movies like "Vampire Hunter D", "Galaxy Express 999" (all three of these) and some others I cannot remember the names of. Of all these, "Demon City of Shinjuku" is my favorite because of the above scene. If this scene didn't exist, the movie would be a typical Japanese cartoon. Others have tried to copy the anime format but they have failed miserably, recent example, "Titan A.E." Unlike "Titan A.E.", "Demon City of Shinjuku" has a real story line that isn't hard to find or follow. Somebody must go to the Demon City and destroy the demon before his power reaches full strength or the Earth will be destroyed. Simple, right? Well, the boy chosen for this quest doesn't realize his inner strength. He surpasses his father's skill with a sword. Along the way to the city, he meets a girl searching for her father, also in the Demon City, and falls in love with her. There was one thing that bothered me. The hispanic boy was able to skateboard through the streets without being harmed physically. I guess it pays to learn how to defend yourself. It made me laugh when the boy ended up wetting his bed after havng a nightmare hosted by the demon. I would not recommend this movie to anyone under the age of 17 because even dubbed in English, this movie has a lot of raw language that was not cleaned up during dubbing.
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