In 1992, [Xu Ke] made a movie, starring Li Ming, Jacky Cheung, Li Jiaxin, Li Ruotong, "Demon Beast City", at that time Hong Kong was deeply influenced by the Japanese master director [Kawajiri Zenaki], and this movie was adapted from the anime of the same name.
Li Jiaxin in the movie
18-year-old Li Ruotong
However, Xiao Chu's focus today is the original anime of 1987, and Lao Chuan's works have always been a very demon style, and they are also biased towards Western aesthetics.
The animation is more than 80 minutes long, and the appearance of the city is reinforced concrete, and there is an endless magic world below. The main story line takes place in the two guardians of the demon world and humanity.
The male protagonist, [Takirino Saburo], is ostensibly an office worker, but in fact his real identity is the "Dark Guard". He loves the wind and currents, and his duty is to maintain peace between the human and demonic worlds.
The heroine [Ma Ji-e], the great beauty of the Demon Realm, serves as the guardian of the Demon Realm.
During a mission, the two intertwine to protect an old man and ensure that the old man can successfully sign a peace treaty between the two worlds, at which point the radicals in the demon world begin to make a fool of themselves to stop the operation.
It turns out that the demon world and human beings can not have offspring, because of the special genes of the male and female protagonists, the attributes of humans and the demon world can be fused together, so the peace faction of the demon world and human beings arranged a play, the purpose is that Sanlang and Ma Jiyi love each other, have a child, this child can unify human beings and the demon world, bring peace.
The various villains in the anime are all hideous-looking monsters that are integrated with humans, and the design is very bold.
For example, the spider spirit that specializes in eating men, making good use of knotted webs to catch prey, disguises himself as a human at the beginning of the anime and comes to a battle with the male protagonist Saburo.
Tentacle Monster, possessing an immortal body, the ultimate big boss.
This demonic animation is also a very large scale, the dark red tone is dominant, the sinful city is shrouded in a gloomy atmosphere and integrates various elements, such as science fiction, monsters, tentacles, hunting and other shots, I have to admire the style of painting in the 80s is really bold.
"Demon Beast City" is a bit old, but it is very classic. Many subsequent Japanese demon-style anime have borrowed more or less from this work, and finally Kochu mentioned Kawajiri's "Beast Guard Ninja Wind Post" and "Vampire Hunter D" are also very representative works.
If you like this type of small partner, you can go to see it!