AniWorthMakaryuudo Demon Hunter
Introduction
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.
(Source: Chris' Cel Site)
Audience ratings
MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 5.52/10 · 1789
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Audience reviews
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DigiCat
While the script is very lacking, the OVA itself is pretty cute presenting an interesting scenario paired with charming visuals.
The way it's structured feels like it should've been the final battle streaching across the last 3 or 4 episodes of a series, it's something i would've liked to see in a more complete version with the time for some backstory, character developement and building up some lore as it definitely had the potential to tell an engaging story
While it may not be for everyone, if you're into obscure OVA hunting i would recomment not to skip this one
Read at the sourceStanis150
First of all, this is a short anime with size of one standard episode, so there's not much to say here.
This is a pretty simple and standard horror OVA of its time, without any extremes in any aspect. Almost nothing stands out either in a good or bad way. The visuals are good, atmosphere is fine, the characters are there, some standard plot about "hunting demons" is also there, some action and gore are also there, in general, nothing special, but all these ingredients are "cooked" well together. The only thing that stand out in this anime is a little unique appearance of the main character (like her a lot) and the design of those small flying monsters.
In summary, this OVA is too short to leave any emotional trace or even just to be remembered, but it's high-quality enough to be a nice…
Read at the sourceKamezuki
“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 the…
Read at the sourceRetro_Waifu
it was nice i enjoyed it quite a bit. Nicely paced, animation is not anything special but its very competent. Sometimes it can be slightly above average especially during action scenes. The mood & atmosphere was smooth & a little moody.
Demon designs is cool & the music is pretty ok. i find the ending theme to be memorable. Characters are meh they play their roles as they should but they won't stick with you except maybe the main heroine who is hot, badass which is a plus. A very fare dark fantasy/horror 80's OVA.
Not a must watch. But if you want some older obscure lesser known horror anime from another era that's different from today's stuff, because lets be honest they don't make em like they used to, than this will get the job done.
Its not deep, complex or even substantive but it…
Read at the sourcematthigh
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.
The quality of the artwork and the clunky animation are sub-par to the point where it noticeably detracts from the viewing experience. You are stuck watching how terrible the key animators are at staying on model (the amount of 'right-hand bias' is staggering), to pay a…
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