Norikazu Ozaki ( 尾崎 則一, Ozaki Norikazu) The jock all the girls fall for in Myōjin University. He meets his end at the hands of Nagumo, who tears out his organs. He is later used by Suikakujū as a vessel to destroy the Chōjin, with the aid of a demonic phallus which he promptly substitutes for his own. Yūichi Niki ( 仁木 勇一, Niki Yūichi) A school nerd who loves Akemi and jealously hates Nagumo. He falls for Megumi Amano, only to be killed by her in the battle against Münchhausen II atop the Shinjuku skyscrapers.
He commits a series of rapes and murders under the control of the German diabolist, who contorts his mind against those he loves. Takeaki Kiryū ( 桐生 武明, Kiryū Takeaki) An anime-only character Nagumo's cousin, whom Münchhausen II uses to resurrect the Kyō-Ō. She becomes Nagumo's girlfriend, and the mother of the Chōjin.
In the manga, she is sometimes shown as more sexually adventurous. Akemi Itō ( 伊藤 明美, Itō Akemi) In the anime, she is presented as a young, innocent, naive girl, and the idol at Myōjin University. Fated to mutate into the Demon of Destruction who decimates the world to pave the way for the birth of his "messianic" offspring. Ningen ("Humans") Tatsuo Nagumo ( 南雲 辰夫, Nagumo Tatsuo) The human through which the Chōjin would be reborn. Below is a list of the main characters, which are split into their races:
However, he finds his beliefs put to the test when he encounters numerous demons, who plan to destroy the Chōjin and prevent the three worlds from joining.Īs the Urotsukidōji saga spans over a number of years it incorporates a wide variety of characters. The saga follows Jyaku Amano-a man-beast-and his quest to find the Chōjin and to ensure the safe future of all three worlds.
Under the leadership of Suikakuju, the Elder's rival and lover of his estranged wife, the Queen of Demons, they hatch a series of plots to try to capture the Chōjin, most of which go horribly wrong.Īmano is sent to protect the Chōjin, but after his lecherous friend Koroko and then later his nymphomaniac sister Megumi come to find him, this proves to be more difficult.Įvery 3,000 years the human world ( 人間界, Ningenkai) is united with the demon world ( 魔界, Makai) and the man-beast world ( 獣人界, Jūjinkai) by the revival of the Super God ( 超神, Chōjin), known as the Overfiend in the English version. 4.2.8 New Urotsukidōji: New Saga (2002)Īmano Jyaku, a mischievous, sociopathic demon/human hybrid, is banished to Earth and ordered by The Great Elder to find the Chōjin: the unbeatable god of the demon world who is hiding within the body of a man.Ī group of reptilian/amphibian demons want to find the Chōjin and use his power on behalf of the Queen of Demons.2.4 Makemono ("Demon-Beasts") (anime only).In 2005, it was voted as one of the 100 greatest cartoons in a poll by Channel 4.
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. The adaptations deviate significantly from the manga, adding elements of violence, sadomasochism, and rape not present in the source material. Starting in 1987, the manga was adapted into a series of original video animation (OVA) anime releases by director Hideki Takayama. įirst 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. Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend ( Japanese: 超神伝説うろつき童子, Hepburn: Chōjin Densetsu Urotsukidōji) is a Japanese erotic horror manga series written and illustrated by Toshio Maeda.