Makaryuudo Demon Hunter

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Synonyms: Demon Hunter Makaryuudo, Makaryudo, Demon Hunter

Japanese: 魔狩人

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Type: OVA

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Nov 8, 1989

Producers: Bandai

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Studio Fantasia

Source: Manga

Genre: Supernatural

Themes: Gore, Mythology

Duration: 30 min.

Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

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Score: 5.32¹ (scored by 1,791 users)

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Ranked: #12593²

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Popularity: #9400

Members: 4,219

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Synopsis

Yama Rikudo is not your average teenage girl. With her trademark duo horn-like tufted hair, she’s really a kind of demon policewoman, charged with the duty of protecting Japan from demonic monsters that’ve gone AWOL. Even when her demon superiors try and pull her off the job, because demon-human relations are getting too hot for her to handle, she will stay and fight with her giant scythe, because, while disguised as a high school student, she has fallen for fellow student Sho Kurogane. Now she must save Sho, and his friends, from the evil plotting of the school’s eternal youth seeking, soul sucking, Headmistress.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Rikudo, Yama

Main

Takayama, Minami
Japanese

Kurogane, Sho

Main

Seki, Toshihiko
Japanese

Aono, Kaoru

Supporting

Sakuma, Rei
Japanese

Principal

Supporting

Inoue, You
Japanese

Sawaguchi, Takashi

Supporting

Horikawa, Ryo
Japanese

Naraka

Supporting

Tominaga, Miina
Japanese

Chaos

Supporting

Ebara, Masashi
Japanese

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Staff

Yamada, Etsuji

Sound Director

Kishida, Takahiro

Key Animation

Moriyama, Yuuji

Character Design

Watanabe, Junichi

Key Animation

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Reviews

Sep 19, 2011

derliss

Recommended

Too short, but likely enjoyable.
The atmosphere is pretty neat and I like the music. It's obviously too short though

Most of these old OVAs feel rushed or incomplete unfortunately.

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Apr 11, 2022

Kamezuki

Mixed Feelings

“Makaryuudo” is a one-shot half-hour OVA based on the manga of the same name, and it’s basically about a demon girl whose job it is to hunt down evil demons causing trouble on Earth. While this OVA has an all-star voice cast and interesting demon designs, it is lacking in just about every other aspect.

Short, one-episode OVAs from the ‘80s tend to be one of three things: an advertisement for the manga they’re based on; a “bonus” video for fans of the manga; or a pilot to a potential TV series. “Makaryuudo”tries to be a little bit of all of these, and succeeds at none ... of them.

The plot and character introductions are rushed, and everything moves way too fast. It seems like the OVA starts in the middle of the story, so it expects you to have a general idea of who the characters are and their relationships with one another. And before you can even get a grasp of what’s going on, the whole thing is over; the monster-of-the-week plotline has been resolved, everyone is okay and our heroes (?) live to fight (and go to school) another day.

The characters receive little development. The main character, Yama, gets some backstory to explain her current situation, but it’s glossed over. She’s kind of like Miyu from “Vampire Princess Miyu,” except a little friendlier to people. She has a crush on Sho, your run-of-the-mill Japanese high school student, for reasons unknown. It’s implied that they knew each other in a past life. Sho has a friend (girlfriend?) named Kaoru, who’s nice but bland, and another friend named Sawaguchi, who unwittingly gets involved in the demons’ nefarious plans. There are two other “good” demons, and some delinquent kids, and the main antagonist, the school principal’s granddaughter. All of these characters are one-dimensional. There are also 3 characters who work/live in a a cafe who seem to be integral to the plot, although their backgrounds are not explained.

The animation is subpar and downright choppy at times. The humanoid character designs are okay, but they look rather generic, with the exception of Yama, who has cool hair. The demons, on the other hand, sport intriguing designs and variety: there are harpies, nautiluses with tentacle heads, skeleton dragons, etc. This may be worth watching just for the demon designs alone.

The all-synth instrumental soundtrack is okay, but mostly forgettable. And I’ve definitely heard some of the exact same sound effects in other ‘80s OVAs, so they’ve probably been recycled here.

The voice cast, surprisingly, is robust. The entire cast is well-known voice actors. Even the minor characters who went unnamed in the credits were voiced by the likes of Emi Shinohara, Shinichiro Miki, etc. Unfortunately, the substandard dialogue and rushed writing did not do a good job at showcasing their talents.

Regarding objectionable content, there is a lot of nudity (the topless harpy demons), occult imagery, gore, death and some body horror. However, the whole tone of the OVA is, strangely enough, rather lighthearted.

Overall, while there are worse OVAs out there, “Makaryuudo” is rushed and incomplete, and has subpar technical aspects. The demon designs are pretty neat, though, and this is a rather “harmless” OVA and not hard to sit through, so you may want to watch it for the cool ‘80s aesthetic.

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Jan 4, 2019

matthigh

Not Recommended

This little one-shot OVA is totally weaksauce. Awful on so many levels.

Yama is not your average high school girl. She has secretly been sent from the underworld in order to fight eeeeeeevil! The overall premise is sort of cliched, especially when compared against many similar type of anime OVAs and movies that flooded the market at around the same time. But all those other shows must have sucked up all the talent, because they must have had the B-team (or maybe even the C-team) of writers and animators working on this.

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