| Wicked City | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 40 reviews)
Sales Rank: 32706
Category: DVD
Actors: Gregory Snegoff, Mike Reynolds, Alexandra Kenworthy, Lias Robinson, Philip Goug
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Publisher: Urban Vision
Studio: Urban Vision
Manufacturer: Urban Vision
Label: Urban Vision
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Special Edition
Language: Japanese (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD
Running Time: 82 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5 x 0.6
MPN: D1065D
ISBN: 1890603651
UPC: 638652106506
EAN: 9781890603656
ASIN: B00004YZGB
Release Date: November 7, 2000
Theatrical Release Date: August 20, 1993
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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The premise of Wicked City has been used in a number of other anime features, including Legend of the Overfiend: Earth is linked to a parallel world of demons, whose inhabitants can cross the barrier separating the planets. Dashing Taki Renzaburo, a secret agent assigned to handle invaders from the "Black World," finds himself partnered with Makie, a gorgeous Black World woman. Their assignment: to protect Giuseppe Mayart, a bigwig coming to Tokyo to sign a 500-year peace treaty between the worlds. Mayart, who typifies the sniggering, diminutive lechers who often turn up in anime, hardly seems to warrant all this bother. Protecting him draws Taki and Makie into a series of exceedingly violent encounters with "radicals" from the Black World who oppose the treaty, including their shape-shifting, unkillable leader and a spider-woman with fanged genitalia. Blood and gore fly amid scenes of rape, torture, shootings, slashings, and exploding bodies. Yoshiaki Kawajiri directs skillfully, although the simian Mayart never blends into the realistic world of the film. Wicked City was a landmark work when it was released in 1987, and it retains a cult following. But many subsequent features--notably Mamoru Oshii's darkly brilliant Ghost in the Shell--have eclipsed it. Not rated; suitable for ages 18 and up for nudity, sexual situations, profanity, rape, violence, grotesque imagery, and violence against women. --Charles Solomon
Description
When Desire Turns Deadly, There's No Place to Hide... For centuries, a secret peace treaty has existed between Earth and the Black World, a parallel dimension populated by shape-changers possessing awesome supernatural powers. But now, that pact is up for renewal and a militant faction from the Black World plans to do everything in their power to stop the treaty from being signed. The fate of the world now rests in the ability of a pair of special agents, one human, the other a shape-changer from the distaff dimension, to make sure things go according to plan. In WICKED CITY, director, Yoshiaki Kawajiri blends stylish eroticism, graphic horror and pulse-pounding action in such a way that it is easy to forget that it's only a cartoon. Not Rated: Contains violence, nudity and sexual situations. Parental discretion advised.
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AMAZON'S REVIEW RE 'FANGED GENITALIA' WASN'T OVERSTATEMENT June 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
. . . 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.
Wickedly cool anime feature! February 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In a world of humans which we live in and a dimension called The Black World run by bizarre shape-shifting beings whom have been secretly living with each other's sides for a thousand years. There has been peace between the two worlds yet it has been broken as a group of shapeshifting cretins called The Radicals from the opposite side start to make bizarre murders, there has been an assigned treaty for inter-dimensional peace between both worlds yet The Radicals wants to prevent that from happening. Top agent Taki whom happens to be your basic human agent is joined with beautiul black world agent Makie who can make amazing laser-like claws at will for weapons have a duty to protect a 200 year old peacekeeper named Giuseppi Mayart from assassins. Only one problem, Mayart is just a stubborn old sex crazed dude and he is the only one that can make peace between both worlds but how can can both Makie and Taki protect this man from the Radicals?
Bizarre and exciting 1987 Japanese animated horror/sci-fi/fantasy flick from the director of "Ninja Scroll" known as Yoshiaki Kawajiri is one of the most unusual and overlooked anime movies around. The animation is very good, the storyline is kind of complicated and is loaded with nudity, sex, gory violence and some humor as well. Makie is simply a gorgeous anime character guaranteed to arouse some anime fanboys, it's nowhere as excellent as Kawajiri's "Ninja Scroll" or "Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust" for that matter but it's still an enjoyable and nasty bit of Japanese animation.
This DVD has good picture and sound quuality with both English language and Japanese language with English Subtitle audio. The extras include trailers to this and other Urban Vision anime, biographies of the characters, interview with the director and Weblink.
Also recommended: "Ninja Scroll", "Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend", "Ichi The Killer", "Akira", "Ghost in The Shell", "The Professional: Golgo 13", "Grindhouse", "Kite", "Lifeforce", "From Dusk Till Dawn", "Vampire Hunter D", "Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust", "Fist of the North Star", "X The Movie", "Sin City", "Re-Animator", "The X-Files: Fight the Future", "Men in Black", "Heavy Metal" and "Perfect Blue".
 Wicked City --- It's totally wicked!!!!!!! November 17, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This anime is great. I first saw it on pay-per-view years ago and got the vhs format. I finally upgraded my colletion & all I needed was "Wicked City". Now it is complete. It is worth the $$$$$$. Go see it. This is "NOT" a kids moive.
 Interesting Chapter In the Development of Anime July 17, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was surprised when I found out about this movie. I hadn't realized the director of Ninja Scroll had any other credits involving animated movies previous to Ninja Scroll.
The storyline is reasonably engaging. I watched it in Japanese with English subtitles, since bad dubbing or voice-acting can ruin a movie for me. I must admit that the animation is a bit primitive by today's standards--even when compared only to cell-drawn animation--but it wasn't really a big enough problem to detract from the movie. There are a few instances in which presumably contemporary (to the movie's production) pop music intrudes upon the soundtrack; the music sounds dated and awkward in such a context but it only happens two or three times and fortunately only lasts thirty seconds or so. The movie does suffer somewhat from some of the common problems found in anime such as ambiguous plot and vague action scenes and resolution. Despite these minor flaws, I think this movie was definitely worth watching.
Not received the item yet!! (the order date is 28 Oct, 06!!!) January 10, 2007
3 out of 11 found this review helpful
I know that the movie is great, but I missed the theatre release in Hong Kong. Also I cannot find the DVD in HK. Please, send the item ASAP. (I don't mind used one)
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