Ranked #906

Kikoushi Enma

Surprisingly this short OVA was really interesting. So interesting that I didn't notice each episode was 40 minutes long until the last episode.


Story

I guess you could say the story is pretty typical. A group of people exterminating demons to keep the town at peace [or because it's their job], but it has a more, how should I say this, natural feel to it. Most of the time an anime with this kind of story tends to be a little too supernatural. Sometimes even making totally impossible things seem possible.
[Sorry if that doesn't make sense. I am not good at explaining some things...]


Art

The animation was beautiful the whole way through. It was really detailed, yet sometimes so detailed it was disgusting. I just wanted to skip over some of those deformed faces. There is also a problem with some scenes being too dark. I know this is supposed to be horror, but it made it hard to see what was going on.


Sound

I didn't pay too much attention to this, but the reason may be that there was barely any BGM. It sounded as natural as possible when in the city or a bar. The only time there was some music was during an action scene to make it more exciting.


Character

The main characters made this fun to watch, but there wasn't much to them. You were never told why Enma has to destroy these demons, how he met Yukihime or how long they have know each other, and what Kapaeru's true form is. All of the character development was spent on the minor characters. Which in this case is important to better understand the situation they face.


Enjoyment

The comedic scenes created by Enma and his group were always entertaining. There were some nice fights as well, but they never lasted any longer than maybe 3 minutes. Some scenes, on the other hand, felt like they were longer than they should be. I'm sure each episode could have been 30 minutes or a little less if they wanted to make this more enjoyable.


Overall

In the end this OVA receives an 8. There isn't really anything else I can say except if you have time and this interests you then give it a shot. I enjoyed it and maybe you will too. read more

wow, lets start this out by saying i will never forget this anime and i dont think i will be the same after watching it. this anime started out good, and you dont know where its going. but it takes a strong psychological turn and by the 3rd ova it takes it in a direction i never expected, its not the violence even though it had some decently violent scenes.that did not bother me so much, but it was a psychological headf**k on the darkness of the human heart. and it was quite scary in the last 2 episodes not for the fact of anything but the emotions and thoughts it evokes in the watcher... i loved it and i wanted to give it a 8 or 9 overall but i had to give it a 10, just for the fact it is very good, but also one of the very few anime i have seen that evoke such strong feelings and thoughts, i will never forget this anime and i dont think i will be the same after watching it. a must see for anyone into the psychological animes and also for those into anything GOOD... read more