Wicked City [DVD]

Un clásico de anime lo recomiendo.

Traditionally, amine' has been most popular as a sophisticated form of animation that was obviously foreign in design and both flamboyant and uninhibited in subject matter and delivery. Over the past several years, the genre has continued to evolve and mature, and "Wicked City" stands at the forefront of that evolution.The animation is near CG in quality. Although the graphic violence and highly sensual nature of the film makes Wicked City more adult than standard anime', this production is unusual in that it presents characters the viewer can connect with on both an intellectual and emotional level. In short, rather than the usual comic book style caricatures inherent in most Western animation, "Wicked City" provides a hero and heroine who are almost human, possessing developed personalities and believable individual traits. In fact, by the end of the film, both Take and Makiye (pronounced Mak-e-a) are closer to live action science fiction characters than anime' characters.The story line is classic anime'; the traditional battle between good and evil. The protagonists have the responsibility to ensure the safety of the critical delegate who can ensure the success of treaty negotiations between Earth and the Dark World. Subversive "radicals" are out to do anything they can to stop them. However, "Wicked City" moves well beyond routine action lines, developing into a clever sci-fi/drama, drawing the viewer into a strangely believable, surrealistic world of tomorrow. The ending is both oddly credible and very satisfying.For those who want something a cut above the ordinary, this one works. Don't miss it!

One of the best anime's ever, and definitely not for kids due to lots of: violence, blood, gore, and sex. This movie just keeps you on the edge of your seat! Another classic of Earth battling aliens, and some of the aliens care for the Earth, as well. I love the plot, and as the movie unfolds, it is not what you originally thought it was. It is very cleverly done. The music is superior, and so are the crisp images of the movie, highly recommend! Two thumbs way up.

. . . it was just the tip of the iceberg. Nothing graphic, or objectionably too-realistic (pornographic) but prurient in an adolescent way. The dated but still good animation cuts down an X-rating to a light R. Dubbing, which one reviewer dinged, seemed fine to me; actually the inflection and 'acting' was pretty good. I was entertained, with not a few smirks throughout.One of the better animes within this soft-porn/action genre. Could've been a pretty good movie; the CGI treatment would be interesting to see. If anyone wants to see a Japanese movie of this sort, see ICHI THE KILLER or FUDOH.

It is an earlier work than Ninja Scroll and it shows. It is not as polished or as deep and the animation is not as good. Still Ninja Scroll is a great classic. This is still very good but be warned it is not for the kiddies. there is gratuitous sex, nudity and lots of violence.

I'm VERY happy to finnaly own this anime on DVD. I have the vhs one but this is just way better to have in my collection! A must have for the veteran anime watcher

I was expecting more of a monster/action movie, instead I got a monster/hentai movie. It wasn't bad, but I wish there were more monster's, more fighting, and less smut. But like I said it wasn't a bad movie, had a few funny parts, the romance was interesting, the monsters were interesting, the few fighting parts were well animated, I thought the American voice actors did a good job, and at least the hentai parts weren't in super bad taste. Definitely for 18+ audience.

Interesting story about mankind and demon kind being some secret war. The animation is really good plus the fighting scenes with the monsters is a trip. Little bit heavy on the sex scenes but not bad if you've never seen demon city Shinjuku I'd highly recommend wicked city.

"Wicked City" dürfte hierzulande jedem ein Begriff sein, der mit Seinen-Animes der 80er und 90er aufgewachsen ist.Es ist ein atmosphärisch dichter Horror-Polit-Thriller, der es an Erotik, Action und Spannung nicht mangeln lässt. Eine für diese Zeit hervorragende Animationsqualität, der Retro-Soundtrack und das coole Charakterdesign überzeugen ebenfalls.Besonders eindrucksvoll und düster ist die Verwandlung einer Frau in eine spinnenartige Körperfresserin gelungen.Für ein paar Lacher sorgt der faltig-frivole Lustgreis Dr. Giuseppe Maiyart, der sich mehr für die Vergnügungsviertel Tokyos zu interessieren scheint, als für den Friedenspakt der Welten."Wicked City" war in Deutschland lange nur geschnitten erhältlich bzw. ab 18 (uncut) auf Leih-VHS in Videotheken. Der Anime wurde ca. 2007 neu geprüft und erhielt eine FSK-16-Freigabe für die Uncut-Version, welche von SPV auf DVD veröffentlicht wurde und aktuell als sehr selten gilt.Für Nostalgiker, Horror-Anime-Fans und -sammler eine klare Empfehlung.

I saw this film orginally on VHS about 10years ago, it was the first manga film that i had puchased and to sum it up "it was awsome" the film for the young me had every thing sex, monsters gun play and a good pace and decent animation and interesting characters such as the spider woman with teeth in an area that is sure to suprise. The anime version is the one to buy and not the live action film that was great if you like really bad japanese B movies.

Schön düster gehalten,hat mich zeitweise sogar an the thing erinnert ^^ sehr sexistich nix für schwache Menschen ;P bin glücklich diesen Anime im original in meiner Kollektion zu haben,Deutsche Synchro geht auch klar,kann ich nur weiter empfehlen!

Hatte bisher nur Ausschnitte bei Youtube gesehen und wollte unbedingt mehr über die Anfänge der Anime Geschichte erfahren, meine Erwartungen wurden übertroffen !Dieser Film ist ein gelungenes Werk und leitete meines Erachtens die Äre der Anime`s ein, 2 Jahre später setzte dann "Akira" Massstäbe.