Wicked City

Originaltitel: Yôjû toshi

1987
Not Rated
1 Std. 22 Min.

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Adult Animation Anime Action Animation Fantasy Horror Sci-Fi Thriller

Zwei Agenten - ein Frauenmörder-Mensch und ein wollüstiger Dämon - versuchen, einen Unterzeichner einer Friedenszeremonie zwischen der menschlichen Welt und der "Schwarzen Welt" vor radikali... Alles lesenZwei Agenten - ein Frauenmörder-Mensch und ein wollüstiger Dämon - versuchen, einen Unterzeichner einer Friedenszeremonie zwischen der menschlichen Welt und der "Schwarzen Welt" vor radikalisierten Dämonen zu schützen.Zwei Agenten - ein Frauenmörder-Mensch und ein wollüstiger Dämon - versuchen, einen Unterzeichner einer Friedenszeremonie zwischen der menschlichen Welt und der "Schwarzen Welt" vor radikalisierten Dämonen zu schützen.

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6,7/10

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Renzaburo Taki
(Synchronisation)

Toshiko Fujita

Makie
(Synchronisation)

Ichirô Nagai

Giuseppe Mayart
(Synchronisation)

Takeshi Aono

Shadow
(Synchronisation)

Mari Yokô

Kanako
(Synchronisation)
…

Tamio Ôki

Hotelier
(Synchronisation)

Kôji Totani

Jin
(Synchronisation)

Yasuo Muramatsu

President
(Synchronisation)

Kazuhiko Kishino

Healer
(Synchronisation)

Arisa Andô

Prostitute
(Synchronisation)

Asami Mukaidono

Temptress
(Synchronisation)

Ikuya Sawaki

Ken
(Synchronisation)

Masato Hirano

Monk
(Synchronisation)

Gregory Snegoff

Taki (USA dub)
(English version)
(Synchronisation)
(as Greg Snegoff)

Mike Reynolds

Mayart (USA dub)
(English version)
(Synchronisation)

Gaye Kruger

Makie (USA dub)
(English version)
(Synchronisation)

Edie Mirman

Kanako (USA dub)
(English version)
(Synchronisation)

Jeff Winkless

Shadow (USA dub)
(English version)
(Synchronisation)

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Wissenswertes
An Image of Taki firing his service revolver appeared on T-shirts printed by the non-Anime related clothing company Ripple Junction in 1997.

Patzer
When Taki and the hotelier are playing chess, the black king and queen are in each other's starting squares.

Zitate
Taki Renzaburo: [watching Kanako take her bra off] Uh... I, er, I didn't know you were in such a hurry.
Kanako: I hope you don't mind?
Taki Renzaburo: No. Why would I mind about that? Soon as my heart stops pounding, I'll be just fine.
Kanako: [chuckles, then unzips Taki's fly] He's a healthy one. Let me see if I can wake him...
[gives him a blowjob]
Taki Renzaburo: [narrating] My God! Has this wild woman been hiding under that demure exterior all this time? I mean, it's not exactly what I was expecting, but then again... there are worse things.

Crazy Credits
The Streamline Pictures version squishes the English credits off to the side of the screen.

Alternative Versionen
The Streamline Pictures version replaces the original panning shot of Tokyo during the end credits with stills from the film, due to the studio being unable to obtain a textless version of the end credits. This print was also used for Urban Vision's DVD, while Discotek Media's recent re-release uses a Japanese print, with the Streamline credits being available as a special feature.

Verbindungen
Featured in Mean & Mercenary (1999)

Soundtracks
Hold Me In The Shadow
Lyrics by Machiko Ryu
Composed by Yoshihiro Ida
Arranged by Seiichi Kyouda
Sung by Hitomi Tohyama
Published by Nippon Columbia

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Unenjoyable but not unforgivable

'Wicked City' isn't the worst film that I have ever seen. It just wasn't enjoyable. For its director, Yoshiaka Kawajiri to now be considered a "visionary" anime director with his film 'Program' in the recent 'Animatrix' anthology, he can't be a total loss, his other films since 1989 maybe a lot better than 'Wicked City'.

But to the film. 'Wicked City' sees Taki, a member of the secret organization the Black Guards assigned to protect Dr. Mayart whose job it is to oversee the renewal of a treaty between Earth and the Demon World. As the mainstream movie-dom cliche tends to go, Taki who works alone is immediately paired with Mackie, a seductive Black Guard who hails from the mysterious Demon World. Together, Mackie and Taki protect Dr. Mayart from Demon World extremists (of course) out to stop the treaty from taking place.

In my experience, there are two types of anime. Really good anime and really bad anime. Unfortunately, 'Wicked City' falls into the latter category. In amongst the obligatory gratuitous violence which people have come to expect from action movies, the film has lingering scenes of gang rape and segments of the fights look like something out of a tentacle hentai movie which almost made me throw up.

'Wicked City' is not redeemed by what becomes the standard two-heroes-protecting-witness/diplomat storyline. Dr. Mayart, who is like Yoda with nymphomania is extremely dislikable, and the eye-rollingly bad sexual tension between Taki and Mackie seems only to be there to fill in time between cardboard sex scenes between the pair. The treaty sub-plot doesn't gel at least for me. Why is it that only people from the Demon World want to overthrow the treaty? So much for the political intrigue.

I don't get disgusted by a simple action film, but I do get disgusted by an overly simple action film that reeks of mysoginy and pervertedness. It was for those reasons that 'Wicked City' was so unenjoyable. I'll be able to forgive Yoshiaka Kawajiri for 'Wicked City' if his latest film 'Program' exceeds 'Wicked City' in quality. O *'s out of 5 from me.