Audience reviews
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Bensonas
I'll shall get this over with quick, I'm not sure Wicked City is a good movie. It's a movie for sure, and it has a story, animation and music, but is any of it any good?
Well, story wise no. It's not. Nothing really happens to be honest. when anything does actually happen, it does t really last either giving zero weight to the moments. There are many better animes from the 80s that have way more interesting story lines. There is a twist at the end. Suprise suprise, I didn't really care about it. It's also very highly sexualised, to an extent whereby I am convinced it was completely pointless. Finally on the story, the film is called Wicked City, yet we know very little and see very little of this Wicked City. It's just 3 people, sometimes 2, in 1 of 3 places. So story wise, it's getting a…
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Sexually-charged supernatural erotica, less horror than it is an exploitation of the female body for no apparent reason besides lust. Rather inconsistent in that regard, more explicit in nonconsensual scenes compared to the rest. It makes the claim of visual metaphors in association with spiritual drivel supposedly forming a bond representing peace between two races. Taki and Makie are part of a secret service protecting an emissary needed to finalize a centennial non-aggression treaty, disguising other elaborate conspiracies of unknown nature. Such events pave the way for sadomasochistic escapades of gratuitous gore and sex, usually with demonic women. At one point, it's unashamedly tentacle pornography, not quite meshing against the backdrop of blue and red neo-noir. In the case of color…
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Wicked City is a stylish, well animated film that will have most viewers questioning what exactly fuels their love for anime as a whole. Regardless of if they liked the film or not. Mainly because it's an experience, so out there that it's really hard to pin down specifically what it's trying to be.
The films focus on psychological horror elements, and it's full embrace of sexual themes in conjunction with the horror aspects create a really interesting film that some will find excessive. And others will find fascinating.
The animation on display is smooth and appealing, with every creative choice feeling deliberate and calculated. With the colour choices for scenes specifically serving to set the mood.
While some might feel disgust toward a film like this. I am personally fascinated…
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Ok listen, it has great animation, good character and monster design, good voice acting, a killer soundtrack and a pretty good story (the end of the story was uhhh weird and definitely made for a certain audience) but I rated it low cause it is just rape porn!!! Omfg if only it was an actual series that wasn't just fucking rape hentai man. I watched it with a friend and we loved the story and REALLY liked the animation and soundtrack but omfg it was almost all porn and rape...
Spoilers up ahead from here.
I guess we should've known from the first scene being a sex scene/set up for one but we gave it a benefit of a doubt cause some movies have this and it was rather tame and there was a sick fucking scene with gore and shit and loved it. The story is a really cool plot between two worl…
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After watching the movie 'Neo-Tokyo' formed by three medium-length movies 'The Running Man' was the one I liked the most, so I looked what else Yoshiaki Kawajiri, its director, had done, and I chosed this movie.
'Wicked City' has that atmosphere that I liked so much in 'The Running Man', many lights, skyscrapers that illuminate the city, many neon signs, pubs with colored LEDs, roads lighted by powerful lighthouses, landing strips with red lights, in short, many lights and many colors... with that they have already got me.
Then we have a typical story without too much that is interesting, that empty plot is filled with action and sex scenes one after another. The movie is something like: a massacre, Taki fucks with one that transforms into a spider with a pussy with teeth that flood the…
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The refined product of art and storytelling that Anime has become today makes one often forget it's humble beginnings. Wasn't too long ago that Anime was known for highly sexualized ultra-violent pieces. It was a nice break from the typical Disney stuff and the campy TV shows of the time. This wasn't your Dad's Anime either like "Speed Racer", this was hardcore stuff for those with an appetite for edgy. In that sense, Studio Madhouse's "Wicked City" can be seen as something of a cult classic, something that the inspired others to create. Todd McFarlane credits it with helping inspire him to create "Spawn". With that kind of an endorsement, "Wicked City" must be a macabre, gritty, gem right? Sadly, not so much...
Taking place in a world where the human world and the demon world coexist sha…
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One of the things I will never really understand is the melding of sex and grisly torture/horror. I mean, to each his own, I guess, but it's not for me. Having some naked girl writhing around and moaning while strange slimy misshapen demon creature is groping her is not my thing. And if it's not your thing, then this movie is also probably not for you.
Smarmy, off-putting secret agent dude gets paired up with cool-as-cucumbers secret agent demon girl to protect an old perverted midget centenarian in a track suit the night before a huge, important peace conference between Humanity and the Demons. Except there are all sorts of big nasties trying to prevent that from happening. Smarmy dude is somewhat incompetent, and demon lady's only special ability is that she can grow her fingernails re…
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Wicked City can't compete with Ninja Scroll and isn't even close to Vampire Hunter D, but it delivers on the qualities those other two did so well. Namely, despite all of these being best related as action-centric, they all excel in having a damp, dour atmosphere that makes all the events heavier than the light plots provide on their own. Wicked City takes place on an Earth that currently lives in peace with the hidden demon world. The time to renew the peace treaty draws near, and a human and demon guard are assigned to work together to protect a mystic who will sign the treaty from demon extremists. The entire movie takes place over the night before the treaty should be signed, and constant…
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You may not consider this as an actual review , rather it's a notice. Above here you can see this anime is categorized as + mild nudity which isn't true and you will see - better not -. This anime is hentai.
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*Some minor spoliers are coming.
Moaning is a main factor here. You can find a scene of around 3-4 mins of people talking in someplace with a background sound of moaning of a women being raped somewhere else. All women seemed pleasured for me. The one in the hotel ,at home , at the playboy tagged inn - sex with above 90 grandfather scene - and the one at villain people den. Either consented or raped , all weren't defending themselves and just enjoyed it.
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Just finished watching the movie and it was pretty dope. Dont let the poor MAL score fool you, as its seems to be bullshit a lot of the time anyway. Not really much I want to say except that One; Its pretty OG and gives you that "badass anime made before you were born" feeling. Two; its got romance. I dont know why its not listed on the genres (again faulty MAL) but it most definitely has romance. Some might say its basically a romance. Three; there are some weird "wtf" moments so be prepared. Overall enjoyment was an 8. I would give it a solid 7 overall.
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I made sure that i watched this during the day becuase watching this shit during the night time would have given me scary nightmares. I really did enjoy the anime and most importantly the story. It goes back to what your african mother always talks about, demons and the underworld, coexisting with our world and people in society which we are unable to see, hear,and taste with our natural senses.
I loved the character Taki but only wished that the side of his story was explained more in detail, for example his family history and other aspect of his person life. As far as I'm concerned the guy is a total bad motherfucker aka James Bond with a amazing gun that can destroy the demons with one shot. his character is a typical player type that loves pussy and never settles with one women. He wa…
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Do you like 80s films with one-dimensional characters and little plot? Do you like boobs? Do you like demon ladies that somehow resemble praying mantis women with four long legs and monster mouth-vaginas that spit out spider web? Well, Youjuu Toshi (Eng: Wicked City) is probably for you.
I'll admit that I really like creative, unsettling gore. That was essentially why I decided to watch this movie. I'd heard that it had some pretty freaky art, and having seen some pictures I decided to give it a shot. I was a quite disappointed.
Note that this review will contain spoilers - though I don't really think there's much to spoil, as the plot is really weak and the only vaguely interesting thing about this film is the art.
Story: 3/10 (poor)
Believe it or not, despite how much sex/rape there i…
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Start with the positives...
+ (Positive)
- Highly creative use of body horror
- Sexual symbolism and imagery that fits with theme
- Dark and mysterious settings, use of shadows, flashing light
- Intense and extreme action sequences
- Visuals
- Use of intrigue regarding plot
- Powerful villain with rewarding boss fight - Cool morphing and enemy powers
- (Negative)
- Generic characters, lack of personality beyond fulfilling character types
- Some highly sexual scenes become a bit extreme for the film, though the sexual content does occasionally emphasize several themes evident in the film
- Not enough information on the 'dark' side
- Plot is in many ways far too typical of the genre
- Not enough of the ultimate villain or his minion
Overall, it's certainly a decent film and worth watchin…
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Yoshiaki Kawajiri's WICKED CITY, based on a similarly titled book by Hideyuki Kikuchi (who also wrote VAMPIRE HUNTER D) has its share of devoted fans who consider this a classic in the halls of Anime, but I stand firmly behind this review.
This is a disgustingly vulgar, reprehensibly distasteful, and needlessly gory animated mess with little in the way of genuine appeal. Despite a promising start and a potentially interesting plot, WICKED CITY goes all out on shock value at its most repulsive level -- to the point that whatever virtues it may have are all but forgotten. It's misogynistic as well, with extensive scenes involving a female character being raped (three times!), and other two femme fatales who use their sexuality as a weapon to deceive and/or kill unsuspecting prey. As mention…
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“It is very difficult to make one's way in this world without being wicked at one time or another, when the world's way is so wicked to being with" - Lemony Snicket
Preface:
Names such as Tetusuro Araki, Hiroyuki Imaishi, and Hayao Miyazaki come up often when people speak of great and visionary directors. The name Yoshiaki Kawajiri is not often mentioned, but his work is definitely among the influential.
While Araki and Imaishi are fairly new to the scene, Kawajiri has been at it since the 80s, and has a credit list that should be familiar to anyone who enjoys classic and quality horror/violent anime. With directorial duties in titles such as Ninja Scroll, X, Vampire Hunter D and key animator in a pair of other well knowns- Redline and the anime version of Fritz Lang's 1927 classic Me…
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Wicked City combines horror with a film noir style, and is directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. Those whom are familiar with this name are also likely to be aware of his later project Ninja Scroll. Ironically, Wicked City and Ninja Scroll are very similar.
Those whom have seen Ninja Scroll first may feel as if they're watching it twice to a certain degree. For the reasons that the female lead Makie does serve a purpose, but she appears to be nothing more than a plot device to drive one rape scene after another despite her toughness. This is very similar to Kagero of Ninja Scroll. This also goes for the male lead Taki. Like Jubei from Ninja Scroll, as strong as he is, his enemies are far tougher and he mainly requires assistance to win. As a matter of fact, most of these characters features were…
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An more mature anime From back when this kind of genre became fairly populair in japan by underground and selective animefans, and its one of my saturdaynight favs for years on end. Good mature animation, story is somewhat predictable other than some scene´s that is just ´disturbing´just the way i like it. For a short movie in this genre it earned quite its name over the years , and MAN its just not for kids that don´t know about oldskool anime, or the kind of genre for that matter!
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This film is....Ok? that question mark was not a typo. I'm not sure what to say. this film was mainly eye candy with alot of nudity. the art and animation is out standing though. But the characters were so bland and average. it got to the point were i didn't care if they lived or died. If your looking for a movie with great animation and a fantastic story i highly suggest AKIRA (streamline dub) but thats my opnion
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Story
Fistly the story; after just watching this anime, I don't beleive the story was that bad - but it wasn't that good either. The story line was quite basic and there was I think two parts of the movie which made me think "oookay..." or "wow" from unexpected events. It was nothing too original, demons and humans. Some demons don't want peace, other do...then theres the romance element... three words...romeo and juliet...on the other hand this wasn't the worst storyline ever...it just wasn't original.
Animation
The animation on this was much better than the story line :D
The artwork that went into this anime shows scene from scene akthough it's not the best, which may be because of the age of the anime (1987 creation?) bsides that it was good.
Sound
I can't say a great deal good about…
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One can hardly watch Wicked City without going "wow" at one point or another. Some might find this anime absolutely ludicrous, alot will find it incredibly stupid. I found it insanely entertaining.
Story: To begin to talk about the story, or to even try to explain it is extremely difficult. Just try your best to understand, depending on how you look at it it's either extremely complicated, or incredibly stupid. They don't do alot of history....so don't feel bad if you're confused for parts...or most of it. I know that I was confused for alot of it.
Art: Terrible art. It's made in 1987 and the first thing that will hit you is the art. The art is horrible, but it definitely gives the anime it's feel. It's style isn't incredibly amazing, but it definitely suits the feel of the piece. It suf…
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