Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Teito Monogatari, Capital Story Japanese: 帝都物語
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Type: OVA
Episodes: 4
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Sep 27, 1991 to Sep 25, 1992
Duration:
47 min. per episode Rating:
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
L represents licensing company
StatisticsScore: 6.281 (scored by 274 users)
Ranked: #33592
Popularity: #2561
Members: 500
Favorites: 1 1 indicates a weighted score
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SynopsisWhen an evil wizard bent on conquering the "greatest city on earth" uses dark powers to awaken a demon, Masakato, the "guardian" of Tokyo, four heroes must stand against him.
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Maur
8 of 10 people found this review helpful
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4 of 4 episodes seen
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| Overall |
5 |
| Story |
6 |
| Animation |
6 |
| Sound |
3 |
| Character |
5 |
| Enjoyment |
6 |
Overall/Enjoyment:
I've seen much worse. Much, much worse. This was reasonably solid and had a fair mix of good and bad points. At 3 hours it's probably a little longer than necessary, and the transitions between leaps in time are a little awkward. Although some cheese is present, it never gets ridiculous enough to where you can't take it seriously. In fact, part of the reason I kept watching was because despite being fairly silly at times, it still presented itself in a manner that at least made an effort to tell a real story.
Story:
Not the most original of stories, naturally, but few seldom are. I always say it's more important how you tell a story than the particular story itself. A good writer can make even mundane everyday situations interesting. So to that effect, I'd say Doomed Megalopolis brings just enough intrigue with the introduction of plot elements, the development and progression of events, and the characters involved. There were a lot of confusing plot moments, like the ending, where something may get resolved, but you are left wondering, "So what was the point of all that?"
Characters:
The chars are somewhat interesting, at least there was a respectable balance between realistic and symbolic ones. Not sure any of them are really developed well enough to be particularly memorable, or at least, the more memorable ones are probably the least likable ones...
Art:
The art was fine. Typical of its time. Nothing really stood out to me as bad or ugly, however, there was more nudity than really needed. (To make whatever point one tries to make by including nudity that is...) Also, the main villain really looks A LOT like Bison from Street Fighter :p
Sound:
Mind you, the only version I have is the dubbed. This was probably my biggest problem with this DVD. I had my volume maxed at 100 just to be able to barely make out what the hell they were saying. read more
Recommendations
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A much better supernatural type anime.
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Tokyo Revelation features a similar story themes, demons and spiritual warfare, but with the added modern day touches of technology.
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