Yami no Purple Eye


Purple Eyes in the Dark

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: 闇のパープル・アイ
English: Purple Eyes in the Dark
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Type: Music
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: 1987
Producers: Youmex
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: J.C.Staff
Source: Manga
Genres: HorrorHorror, MysteryMystery, SupernaturalSupernatural
Themes: MusicMusic, PsychologicalPsychological
Demographic: ShoujoShoujo
Duration: 31 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 4.631 (scored by 10531,053 users)
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Ranked: N/A2
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Popularity: #10951
Members: 2,712
Favorites: 3

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Synopsis

Based on a shoujo manga written and illustrated by Shinohara Chie serialised in Shoujo Comic.

The original story follows the struggles of a teenage girl after she finds herself turning into a lycanthropy-leopard and having to battle her newly found predatory instincts.

In 1987 an animated music video of 30 minutes length was made based on the award winning manga.

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Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Nishikubo, Mizuho
Director
Shinohara, Chie
Original Creator
Nitta, Ichirou
Music
Waki, Takeshi
Art Director


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Reviews

Feb 22, 2021
If you can watch this with an open mind and appreciate it for it's artistic and experimental approach, you can enjoy this 30 minute OVA.

Not much of it is animated, but it does have some very beautiful drawings while sometimes using some effects on them. When it does animate it's very pretty, such as the ocean scene, hair blowing in the wind scene, and also where the woman turns into a panther.

The music was actually pretty good in this OVA. I think half the songs I really enjoyed. During the last 8 minutes it really picks up and shows a struggle between humans and the ...
Jan 28, 2025
Mixed Feelings
This anime is just purely music so don't come in expecting a 30 minute segment of peak fiction or any development at all, although this is certainly peak music. The animation itself is pretty poor but as expected for the era it was made, there isn't much of a plot to this at all and the plot that it does have is pretty boring and isn't worth following. The only take away is that the music is actually quite a bop so perhaps you want a break from watching some anime and want to listen to some music or maybe you'll add this to your ...
Jan 6, 2025
It's very clear that Yami no Purple Eye is a low-budget advertisement for the manga. The majority of the first half of the music video can be summed up as a manga panel slideshow with some special effects. The second half, however, features a slight increase in animation which brings some cool scenes with that classic retro anime aesthetic. These visuals are accompanied with some relaxing 80s Japanese music.

Despite these elements, I believe the project ultimately fails to achieve its goal, which appears to be promoting the manga. The music video is too much of an out of context manga panel slideshow and not enough ...

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