Urotsukidōji
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Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend (Japanese: 超神伝説うろつき童子, Hepburn: Chōjin Densetsu Urotsukidōji lit. Super God Legend: Wandering Child) is a Japanese dark fantasy erotic horror manga series written and illustrated by Toshio Maeda.[2]
Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend | |
超神伝説うろつき童子 (Choujin Densetsu Urotsukidouji) | |
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Genre | Hentai,[1] horror,[2] supernatural[3] |
Manga | |
Written by | Toshio Maeda |
Published by | Wanimagazine |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Manga Erotopia |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | July 25, 1985 – July 24, 1986 |
Volumes | 6 (original) 4 (reissue) |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Hideki Takayama Shigenori Kageyama |
Produced by | Yasuhito Yamaki Norito Yamaki |
Written by | Shō Aikawa (as Gorō Sanyō) Shigenori Kageyama (as Yōsei Morino) |
Music by | Masamichi Amano |
Studio | Phoenix Entertainment (as West Cape Corporation and Project Team Mu) |
Released | 21 January 1987 – 28 December 1996 |
Episodes | 13 |
Anime film | |
Directed by | Hideki Takayama |
Produced by | Yasuhito Yamaki |
Written by | Shō Aikawa |
Music by | Masamichi Amano |
Studio | Phoenix Entertainment (as West Cape Corporation) Shochiku-Fuji |
Released | 18 March 1989 |
Runtime | 108 minutes |
Original video animation | |
The Urotsuki | |
Directed by | Dan Kongōji Kensei Date Miyako Mizuno |
Produced by | Yasuhito Yamaki |
Written by | Kensei Date |
Music by | Masamichi Amano |
Studio | Phoenix Entertainment Digital Works (as Heavy Water) |
Released | 3 May 2002 – 15 November 2002 |
Episodes | 3 |
First serialized in Manga Erotopia from 1985 to 1986, Urotsukidōji marked a departure from Maeda's earlier works, with its focus on erotica, dark humor, and the supernatural. Starting in 1987, the manga was adapted into a series of original video animation (OVA) anime releases by director Hideki Takayama. The adaptations deviate significantly from the manga, adding elements of violence, sadomasochism, and rape not present in the source material.
Urotsukidōji has been credited with popularizing the trope of tentacle rape, and The Erotic Anime Movie Guide calls it a formative work in the hentai genre.[4] In 2005, it was voted as one of the 100 greatest cartoons in a poll by Channel 4.[5][6]