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Holistic Guidance - Urotsukidoji 3: Return of Overfiend 3
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List Price: $29.95
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Manufacturer: Anime 18
Directed By: Hideki Takayama
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303224596
Format: Animated
ISBN: 6303224598
Label: Anime 18
Manufacturer: Anime 18
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Anime 18
Release Date: 1994-11-09
Running Time: 50
Studio: Anime 18
Theatrical Release Date: 1994
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Summary: Nagumo, tell me it was just a bad dream.
Comment: This is the perfect example of an animated series that begins with 100% full force, but somehow forgets its footing, its actual roots, or plain disregards the foundation it was built and quickly destroys from within. I began watching "Legend of the Overfiend" with some hesitancy. I wasn't sure what I was getting myself into, but I knew that it was going to be both violent and sexual. Boy, I wasn't wrong, but what made this first film stand above was the story itself. "Legend of the Overfiend" may have quite a bit of rape, violence, and nudity, but the science-fiction story behind these actions is incredible. It reminded me of the first time that I watched the film Ghost in the Shell, it broke some boundaries, but the story was incredible. Sadly, that is what hurt the other three films. While I was watching these series, I made a note, if I could take the sex, nudity, and rape, put it all to the side, and still enjoy the story, then the animators and storytellers were doing a great job. With "Legend of the Overfiend" I was successful. "Legend of the Demon Womb" was slim, and it failed with "Return of the Overfiend". By the last of this series, the animators had grown too big for their britches, the story was completely destroyed, and our familiar faces seemed like strangers by the end. Everything that you never wanted to see happen to a series happened with Chôjin densetsu Urotsukidôji.
I must admit, this was a shocking series. It is impressive to see the leaps and bounds that Japanese animation is taking, and how they are bringing adults into a very child infested market. I have always thought that is what American animation needs to do, but alas, we just haven't caught on. Here we have amazing stories coming from overseas that are not afraid to push the sexual envelope and instead of embracing them, we shun them as pornographic and dismiss them as garbage. While I agree that half of the second film and all of the third could literally be labeled as garbage, you have to give some credit to the creative mind behind this series. This is not an easy storyline. It is deeply embedded in science-fiction themes, strong folklore characters, and imagination. It was like reading Dune and watching Akira simultaneously. It would be difficult, but once you got fully immersed in the stories, you would be lost in the sheer beauty of the world. That is exactly what happened here. It is a beautiful story of survival, of humanity, of heroism, but because of the graphic nature of the sexual scenes, it is not regarded as important outside of cult circles. We could argue all day behind the power of the sexual scenes, but again, if you look back to the story ... if the story is what draws you back to the remaining films, then you know that you have found a winner.
With those good remarks said, it is now time to shred the rest of this to pieces. "Legend of the Demon Womb" bordered on idiotic. The entire beginning references to Hitler and the door to Hell nearly made me laugh. It did not seem to follow the groundwork that "Legend of the Overfiend" seemed to have laid. While the segments concerning Nagumo's cousin's disaster were intense (as well as secret form), the story began to fault when the focus fell less on the imagination of the world, but instead on the scenes of rape. You could see a distinct difference between these two. Then, there is the third installment, which is just disastrous. I could not watch it all, but instead continued to fast forward through the ¾'s scenes of rape just to find any remnants of the story. Sadly, there wasn't any. Again, all of our characters seemed to be forgotten, the original story was completely shelved, and we were left with nothing creative, nothing original, and nothing enjoyable ... just random sex with overly clichéd beasts. It just wasn't worth the time. With that said, this final installment ruined the whole series for me. If a team cannot follow the beginnings of their story throughout the course of their characters, then what is the point of continuing? By the end of "Return of the Overfiend" I felt tired, apathetic, and bored.
Overall, I wasn't happy with this series. Again, the beginning installment, "Legend of the Overfiend" was my definite favorite (if I had to name one) which boasted a great story and original characters. After that, it just quickly fell downhill. The inability to continue a story that remained true to itself hugely disappointed me and irritated me. Urg. I started with curiosity and ended with aggravation. For those looking to start this series, watch "Legend of the Overfiend" and end, if you watch either "Legend of the Demon Womb" or "Return of the Overfiend" you will only find chaos, disappointment, and a complete lack of respect. BLAH!
Grade: ** out of *****
Customer Rating:
Summary: Pure craziness
Comment: This is something that most people should not see, personally I can tolerate alot of things but this stuff will give some people nightmares for a month! Not for everyone, but if you like really wild anime and not much bugs you, go for it.
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Summary: Marvellous!
Comment: This is the best volume of Return of the Overfiend. It contains the real finale to the film with none of the pointless boredom and babble of episode 4. This has brilliant action, as well as the sexiest scene in all manga. The animation is more lifelike than movies 1 and 2 and some very sick artists made Megumi's breasts bounce very convincingly.Plus, many of the voice actresses seem desperately brilliant. Desperate enogh to make a lifetime supply of silver foil. JUST DON'T SHOW THIS WORK OF ART TO THE KIDS, OR THE MISSUS.
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Summary: A great movie, but make sure you get the one with subtitles.
Comment: The story line and the animation were really good in this movie. The version I have though has a fuzzy red dot over all the best "action" that goes on. It is a very graphic story,but it keeps your interest. Definately not for the kids!! I would suggest the subtitles version for this and probably any other anime you are going to buy. It seems to me that no matter how hard they try, English voice overs always fall short of expectations. This movie is no exception of that rule. A really good flick otherwise though.
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