Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

waiching liu I don't wish to sound like some moral, right-wing conservative, social commentator but Legend Of the Overfiend is the most disturbing and shocking thing I have ever witnessed. The Japanese animation team, Manga with their Anime efforts have produced some of the most groundbreaking- yet violent cartoons of the 20th century: from Fist of the North Star to the excellent video game adaptation of Streetfighter, the Ghost In The Shell series to the wonderful Akira and Tokyo Babylon. But with Legend of the Overfiend,it is a animated film which has very graphic- and when I say graphic i mean explicit- pornographic and violent scenes which most people will be easily offended by. What I dislike in particular about Legend of the Overfiend is the women characters are portrayed as weak, naive, easily led types who fall victim to incessant acts of rape, sexual torture and manipulation on the man's part. The sexual acts are of a lurid, decrepit and almost freakish nature, the use of the male penis as a tool of control and empowerment over women, and the fact the film has scene after scene with humans and creatures doing it with each other and with one another, with such devastating consequences. LoTO is cartoon porn of the extreme, and yet for all the mindless acts of violent rape and sex alike, it seems as if the writers of this Anime film were probably unaware of the massive Aids and HIV epidemic which was spreading in numerous parts of the world, during the 1980s. Amazingly, whilst this cartoon would've warranted an outright ban in a number of foreign countries, LoTO is sold in various music and DVD retailers across Britain, for instance. I was browsing in the DVD section of a music and entertainment chain- I won't disclose the name of it though- and I saw a few copies of Urotsukidoji available in store. Anyhoo, this was just an excuse for the creators to shock, upset and infuriate people, as well as to further excite fans of hardcore Anime. Whatever intentions the writers had in regards to the narrative and plot and the mindset of the characters, this is all completely forgotten by the time the over-the-top violent and excessive rape, sex and general violence overshadows everything in sight. Though often it is done in a way that fails to establish any kind of reasoning, understanding and clear motive as to why certain characters behave in the(obnoxious)manner that they do. Women having large tentacle penises inserted inside their vaginas, fights, beatings, beheadings, lesbian sex, blood, gore, rapes this is all hardcore stuff indeed. In truth and not to sound like some bloody pervert, I don't mind love scenes in a movie, or be it an adult cartoon- just as long as it is done tastefully, that it is carried out for a good reason, and that good reason does not provoke or hurt other people along the way. But with Urotsukidoji, the sexual acts are carried out in a manner which does hurt other people- both psychologically and emotionally that no wonder the characters- good and bad are all screwed up, sick and demented. Although with the antics of the good characters, it makes you wonder how evil and low that they can become alongside the bad guys, because of their selfish and narcissistic intentions that they too are just as detestable and so dislikable to a certain degree. Because this is animated therefore, people can get away with doing things like this seeing as the main people involved are the voice-over actors. If this was a feature length film though, then Legend Of the Overfiend would have to get past film censors and be given the green light by the likes of the British Board of Film Classification. But that will never happen and the BBFC will not allow the producers and the director to screen a film as excessively violent and hardcore as this is. I mentioned before that this was the most shocking thing I have witnessed and whilst in some movies the sex and gore is used to titillate and entice viewers, you may in the end feel nauseous, appalled and after watching Legend Of The Overfiend, offended afterwards. Therefore, if you are easily offended by violent or sexual acts, particularly violent sexual acts such as rape, then I would urge you to stay away from this. If this was supposed to be marketed as some underground sci-fi, horror porn movie, then it has succeeded I guess in that attempt. If you're into this sort of thing, then be my guest go and take a look at this, if you want. But if like me and thousands of other people, you find this type of stuff repulsive, gory and hideous then avoid this at ALL times

Jackson Booth-Millard I have seen many crazy animated films, and unusual foreign films, but when you mix the two (and dub it in English), this is a pretty good film. Ozaki fancies Akemi Ito, and actually wanked over her, and they do get together eventually, after all the terrifying stuff that happens throughout. It is all about the three worlds, Beasts, Demons and Humans, and they obviously collide with the story. The nightmare starts off with Akemi Ito's teacher saying that she wants to shag her, ripping her clothes off, and then penis-like tentacles trapping and raping her. The rest of the film it a lot of ripping and bursting of blood, swearing and pornographic imagery, for example, creatures that eat spunk for strength, rape many innocent people, giant penises coming under floors, six breasted creatures, and a normal geeky guy during into one of them during sex. The ending is rather different as well because it seems like the villains win with the city destroyed and the heroes wondering what to do. I did try to watch the sequel, Legend of the Demon Womb, but it wasn't continuing the story. It was number 72 on The 100 Greatest Cartoons. Very good!

Andy (film-critic) This is the perfect example of an animated series that begins with 100% full force, but somehow forgets its footing, its actual roots, or plain disregards the foundation it was built and quickly destroys from within. I began watching "Legend of the Overfiend" with some hesitancy. I wasn't sure what I was getting myself into, but I knew that it was going to be both violent and sexual. Boy, I wasn't wrong, but what made this first film stand above was the story itself. "Legend of the Overfiend" may have quite a bit of rape, violence, and nudity, but the science-fiction story behind these actions is incredible. It reminded me of the first time that I watched the film Ghost in the Shell, it broke some boundaries, but the story was incredible. Sadly, that is what hurt the other three films. While I was watching these series, I made a note, if I could take the sex, nudity, and rape, put it all to the side, and still enjoy the story, then the animators and storytellers were doing a great job. With "Legend of the Overfiend" I was successful. "Legend of the Demon Womb" was slim, and it failed with "Return of the Overfiend". By the last of this series, the animators had grown too big for their britches, the story was completely destroyed, and our familiar faces seemed like strangers by the end. Everything that you never wanted to see happen to a series happened with Chôjin densetsu Urotsukidôji.I must admit, this was a shocking series. It is impressive to see the leaps and bounds that Japanese animation is taking, and how they are bringing adults into a very child infested market. I have always thought that is what American animation needs to do, but alas, we just haven't caught on. Here we have amazing stories coming from overseas that are not afraid to push the sexual envelope and instead of embracing them, we shun them as pornographic and dismiss them as garbage. While I agree that half of the second film and all of the third could literally be labeled as garbage, you have to give some credit to the creative mind behind this series. This is not an easy storyline. It is deeply embedded in science-fiction themes, strong folklore characters, and imagination. It was like reading Dune and watching Akira simultaneously. It would be difficult, but once you got fully immersed in the stories, you would be lost in the sheer beauty of the world. That is exactly what happened here. It is a beautiful story of survival, of humanity, of heroism, but because of the graphic nature of the sexual scenes, it is not regarded as important outside of cult circles. We could argue all day behind the power of the sexual scenes, but again, if you look back to the story … if the story is what draws you back to the remaining films, then you know that you have found a winner.With those good remarks said, it is now time to shred the rest of this to pieces. "Legend of the Demon Womb" bordered on idiotic. The entire beginning references to Hitler and the door to Hell nearly made me laugh. It did not seem to follow the groundwork that "Legend of the Overfiend" seemed to have laid. While the segments concerning Nagumo's cousin's disaster were intense (as well as secret form), the story began to fault when the focus fell less on the imagination of the world, but instead on the scenes of rape. You could see a distinct difference between these two. Then, there is the third installment, which is just disastrous. I could not watch it all, but instead continued to fast forward through the ¾'s scenes of rape just to find any remnants of the story. Sadly, there wasn't any. Again, all of our characters seemed to be forgotten, the original story was completely shelved, and we were left with nothing creative, nothing original, and nothing enjoyable … just random sex with overly clichéd beasts. It just wasn't worth the time. With that said, this final installment ruined the whole series for me. If a team cannot follow the beginnings of their story throughout the course of their characters, then what is the point of continuing? By the end of "Return of the Overfiend" I felt tired, apathetic, and bored.Overall, I wasn't happy with this series. Again, the beginning installment, "Legend of the Overfiend" was my definite favorite (if I had to name one) which boasted a great story and original characters. After that, it just quickly fell downhill. The inability to continue a story that remained true to itself hugely disappointed me and irritated me. Urg. I started with curiosity and ended with aggravation. For those looking to start this series, watch "Legend of the Overfiend" and end, if you watch either "Legend of the Demon Womb" or "Return of the Overfiend" you will only find chaos, disappointment, and a complete lack of respect. BLAH! Grade: ** out of *****

prottier Watch the Japanese version. Avoid the English dubbed version. It has been censored. And the most important clues of the plot happen exactly at those moments that were deemed too graphic for American viewers. As a result, in the English version the story makes much less sense.Now, about the movie. This is a masterpiece of sick and twisted fantasy, filled with an obscene amount of sex and violence. And usually, the two are combined. It's an epic tale of the fight between good and evil, however, like most anime movies, it's never entirely clear who is good and who is evil. Aside to this, there are several smaller and more personal story lines as well, like the love between two teenagers, a kid and his alcoholic father and a few others.The quality of animation of anime movies has improved much over the years and this movie is clearly one of the older ones. But it's still unique in its kind. It's one of the great anime classics, together with such movies Akira and Fist of the North Star.