Doomed Megalopolis

Doomed Megalopolis
by Akio Jissoji

Doomed Megalopolis
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Actor: Junichi Ishida, Kyusaku Shimada, Mieko Harada, Shintar? Katsu, Tamasaburo Bando
Director: Akio Jissoji
Cinematographer: Masao Nakabori
Producer: Akio Jissoji
Editor: Keiichi Uraoka
Producer: Takashige Ichise
Writer: Hiroshi Aramata
Writer: Kaizo Hayashi
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 135 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-11-26
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Adv Films

Movie Reviews of Doomed Megalopolis

Movie Review: Yes, Rob, It Didn't Blow
Summary: 3 Stars

Yeeees, dude, it was better than I thought it'd be and all anima isn't "cartoon level" so there, I admitted it in a public place. ;-) Besides, you knew I didn't really think these types of films truly had no value, I was joking. Don't you remember I said Princess Mononoke was "mostly OK"?

Um, hi, everybody. Uh, yeah, this Teito Monogatari is a good movie and I think it's worth the money. Time travel, spiritualism, earthquakes, anti-westernism versus pro-traditionalism, widescale monster-based destruction, yup, it's got it all. Go, Toei Studios!

Ahem.

Summary of Doomed Megalopolis

The four-part OAV Doomed Megalopolis (1991) is more notable for its misogynistic violence than for its coherent storytelling or skillful animation. In 1908 the ghost-demon-sorcerer Kato tries to resurrect Masakado, a historical figure who has become the unofficial guardian deity of Tokyo, by offering Yukari as a human sacrifice. Masakado rejects Kato's offering, but the evil sorcerer keeps trying, tormenting Yukari and her daughter, Yukiko (whose father is Yukari's brother Tatsumi). Kato causes the devastating 1923 Tokyo earthquake at the end of episode 2, after which the plot simply collapses. Violent imagery--collapsing buildings, the repeated rape and torture of Yukari--alternate with stretches of leaden dialogue, long Morris-the-Explainer scenes, and pretentious narration. The animation is crude at best: the characters change appearance from scene to scene, and the artists try unsuccessfully to draw the human figure from weird angles. The most striking feature of this jejune gorefest is designer Masayuki's flamboyantly bizarre use of color. (Rated 17 and older, but unsuitable for viewers under 18: graphic violence, violence against women, rape, incest, nudity, grotesque imagery, profanity, tobacco use) --Charles Solomon

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