This is a controversial animation.
People who like it will like it, such as the ghost director Xu Ke, who specially remade a movie for it.
Those who don't like it will not be able to accept it, thinking that the animation is too avant-garde and bold, and it is easy to make the audience uncomfortable, especially not suitable for teenagers.
However, Yoshiaki Kawajiri's work has always been polarized in criticism.
Although his work Vampire Hunter D may be more well-known, his gorgeous and sharp style of painting has also been widely praised, and has been called the ultimate in Japanese animation.
But when it comes to a work that shows Kawajiri's style more vividly, it should be the divine work "Demon Beast City" launched in 1987.
This work may not be so popular compared to "Vampire Hunter D", but the story and the overall painting style are very Kawajiri's personal style, and the story is advanced layer by layer under the heavy mouth and gorgeous painting style, until it finally sets off the climax of the story.
As a work more than 20 years ago, the core of the story in the animation now seems to be a bit old-fashioned, and it is easy to fall into the controversy of "pedigree theory", but the story setting, storytelling method and painting style are still worth mentioning.
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First of all, the background of the story is a super-fantasy world.
In this world, there are not only human beings in society, but also the demon world.
The relationship between humans and demons is very tense, but a hundred years ago, humans and demons signed an agreement not to interfere with each other and share peace.
However, with the development of time, the demon world has divided into two factions, and the lord and faction believe that the status quo should be maintained and peace should be maintained.
The Fierce War faction wants to break the contract and conquer human society.
In human society, most people are unaware of the existence of monsters, but a few excellent people will be selected as dark guards to maintain the peace agreement between humans and demons.
The story takes place after the battle between the two worlds of man and demon, and after a difficult battle, the lord and faction of the demon world have the upper hand and decide to sign a truce agreement with the human world.
The male protagonist, Takirosaburō, is usually an office worker, but his real identity is the dark guard.
One day, the male protagonist went to the tavern as usual after work to relax the pressure, and the girl he had chased for a long time finally agreed to be with him.
The male protagonist was very happy, but he did not know that this girl was actually disguised by spider spirits.
The spider spirit took advantage of the male protagonist's letting down his guard on the bed and attacked the male protagonist, but in fact did not kill him, but only seized a little bodily fluid and ran away.
The male protagonist did not realize what was happening, he just thought that the demon world knew his identity and sent someone to tentatively attack.
The next day, the male protagonist is tasked with protecting the magician who signed the peace agreement.
However, when the male protagonist received the Magician at the airport, the Demon World Fierce War Faction tried to sabotage the signing plan, so he sent two killers over.
Although the male protagonist has a specially modified weapon, one person is invincible to four hands, and his life is soon hanging in the line.
At the critical moment, fortunately, the Demon Lord and the representative of the faction arrived, and the instantaneous killer saved the male protagonist.
This man is the heroine Ma Ji-e, who was also sent to protect the Magician.
The female protagonist is not only a stunning beauty, but also has high magic, and the male protagonist looks stupid at that time.
Despite the fierce warriors of the Demon World, despite their use of killers and bombing planes, the clever Magician escaped.
Later, the two send the magician to the hotel, and as a result, the demon world has another killer, and he is also the ex-boyfriend of the heroine Ma Ki-e.
The two finally broke up due to disagreement.
During the fight, the male protagonist was knocked unconscious before he could pull out his weapon, and Ma Ji-e could not beat Kyo, so she pretended to give in, took advantage of his lack of preparation, and wrapped Kyo with her hair.
When the two found the Demon Daoist, this lustful old man actually sneaked out and was confused and injured by the Demon Clan.
So the group had to rush to the special hospital.
On the way, the three are ambushed by the Demon Realm again, and Ma Ji-e tries his best to open a passage and send the two out.
The magician's life was saved, but the male protagonist saw that Ma Ji-e was tortured very painfully, so he resolutely rushed out of the hospital to save her, and bought clothes for the female protagonist by the way.
From the uniform to a beautiful skirt, the charm of the female protagonist Ma Ji painting rubs long, and the male protagonist looks dumbfounded again.
However, on the way back, the two encountered the spider spirit from before.
This time, the spider spirit showed no mercy and beat two people to death.
At the crucial moment, a mysterious lightning bolt killed the spider spirit.
As soon as the picture turns, the two men and women wake up in the church and complete the great harmony of life.
At this time, the magician also walked in and told them everything.
It turned out that everything was deliberately done by the Magician, in order to promote the relationship between the two of them, so as to give birth to a descendant with both human and demonic bloodlines.
After this child is born, he will have great power to change the current situation of the confrontation between man and demon, so that the two worlds of man and demon can coexist peacefully.
In the past, the human demon did not work because of reproductive isolation, but after a long period of research and testing, the human demon found two special people who could give birth to offspring.
Therefore, the male and female protagonists are equivalent to Adam and Eve, and become the experimental objects of this operation.
And the birth of offspring must be two people in love, so all these operations of the magician are to stir up the spark of love between the two people.
Such a magical reason is also desperate, to save the world by having children.
At the end of the story, the Great Boss of the Guild Wars faction appears, a demon king who can regenerate indefinitely, and even a powerful magician cannot destroy it.
At this critical moment, the heroine Ma Ji E was full of light and destroyed the Great Demon King with one slap.
It turned out that at this time, the heroine was pregnant, and the fetus in the abdomen made Ma Ji's magic increase greatly.
At this time, both of them had understood the importance of this child, and the male and female protagonists decided to protect this child well, so that he would become the leader of the two worlds of man and demon, and end the situation of continuous strife for a hundred years.
This concludes the story.
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The humanoid setting of this work does not seem to be new now, but at the time, such a setting was a brain hole, and the fighting methods of the various goblins in it were also very distinctive.
The painting style is more vivid in Kawajiri's gorgeous and sharp style, and every female character in it is very beautiful.
Although there are many bold scenes in this anime, combined with the story and world view setting, it does not feel vulgar, but is full of a wild charm of beauty.
And the idea that only "love" can give birth to powerful forces is also worth savoring, and how humans and aliens get along with each other is also a very grand topic, but the answer given by the animation is shallow.