Battle Royal High School

Hyoudo Riki is just an ordinary guy who likes to wear a tiger mask while Kung-Fu fighting, which means he fits in real well at BATTLE ROYAL HIGH SCHOOL!

Unfortunately for Riki, he's the doppleganger in our world of Byoudo, Master of the Dark Realm, and when a dimensional gate opens between the two worlds, the evil Fairy Master tricks Byoudo into making an attempt to conquer our beautiful, and better lit, world.

Now poor Riki is semi-possessed by his opposite number, and the minions of the Fairy Master are mutating his classmates into hideous lustful monsters. To make matters worse, all the inter-dimensional commotion has attracted the attention of a sword-happy exorcist and the heroic Zankan of the Space-Time Police!

Which all means that Riki is about to take one bitch of a mid-term. The course is survival, and forget "Pass/Fail". The test is graded "Live/Die".

Hyoudo, Riki Main

Yao, Kazuki Japanese

Misaka Supporting

Inagaki, Satoru Japanese

Sakamoto Supporting

Nishimura, Tomohiro Japanese

Baba Supporting

Aomori, Shin Japanese

Toshimitsu, Yuuki Supporting

Inoue, Kazuhiko Japanese

Zankan Supporting

Tanaka, Hideyuki Japanese

Takayanagi, Ryouko Supporting

Tamagawa, Sakiko Japanese

Kyan Supporting

Yokoo, Mari Japanese

Sandy Supporting

Tomizawa, Michie Japanese

Junko Supporting

Takamori, Yoshino Japanese

Itano, Ichirou Director, Script, Storyboard, Screenplay, Planning

Hontani, Toshiaki Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director

Sugimoto, Yuuri Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics

Matsumoto, Takahiro Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement

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Jan 24, 2024

PierceAllAlone

Recommended

Approx 1 minute 55 seconds into the movie, the karate dude who got beat up didn't have his shadows animated for a couple frames, and when he walks off screen he disappears before he reaches the edge of the frame 😭. However, I will give credit where it's due; the animation style is actually quite interesting, I haven't seen anything quite like it. It's also one of the first old OVAs that animates blinking, but it's not consistent.

In terms of adult content, I'm glad it's not overly sexual, just violence and action.

Confusing as the story may be, it sure is a fun watch. ... I also noticed the blue haired lady looked a lot like angel cop lol. As with all anime of the era, you gotta have some key elements: tentacle demons, some beautiful man with long hair, cheesy soundtrack, and a healthy amount of blood and gore. Sometimes the dialogue feels a little awkward, but overall I'd say the dub isn't too awful. There's always gonna be a couple actors who just aren't that good, but it's ok cause it's not the kind of movie where it matters.

I'd say to watch it just cause of the fantastical plot. It's a wild ride for sure, and the blood summoning thing is so weird lmao what a good waste of an hour

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Oct 1, 2024

MadmoodMelon

Mixed Feelings

I swear my brain fried itself halfway into this anime.
On one hand it kinda have experimental feels to it. Like someone who were really into several cool stuffs on Japanese TV or cinema tried to pack all of those stuffs into one OVA. So you have superpower martial arts, demons, dark fantasy, sci-fi, dimension traveling beings, Tiger Mask, even SPACE SHERIFF FOR CRYING OUT LOUD going crazy and doing their stuffs in one hour movie like some kind of 80's Japanese Avengers.

It's as chaotic as it sounds. Plot was as light as balloon that you don't know if things you see in the movie ... make sense or not. You might not like it if you want anime with strong story to follow. I certainly not a big fan of it. I also can't deny that the chaotic mess that it is has some charm to it like some B action movies.

Also, animation in this OVA is GOD-MADE. Fight scenes were fluid and beautifully animated and gore were so well animated they were both disgusting and breathtaking at the same time. Especially the scene which a girl got reconstructed from bones to flesh. Peak animation quality there.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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Sep 15, 2017

Coolest_Girl

Not Recommended

Story 1/10
*facepalms* I don't get it....

Art 7/10
It's your average animation from the 80s

Sound 7/10
For an anime that is so bad, I'm surprised they had a good soundtrack.

Character 2/10
... You have a wimpy protagonist who wears a tiger mask kicking ass that is just plain ridiculous. That is literally the only possible good character you get. E-Everything is just so awful.

Enjoyment 2/10
I absolutely hated watching this. To me, this is one of the worst animes I've ever seen (Superkids is still the #1 worst anime I have ever seen!)

Overall 3/10
Don't waste your time with this. Just...don't....

Thanks for reading. Let me know your thoughts on this review and any feedback you may have for me. Until next time!

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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