Call Me Tonight

Just to avoid any kind of confusion, I would like to state that this anime is an 80’s style mix of Sci-fi and lite hentai themes. But is not in fact a hentai title. It just has similar content, but never reaches the border of one.

Its funny too, when I first saw "Call Me Tonight" on the MAL database, I was expecting some creepy guy to be calling this young women late at night, being a sort of "stalker" title. But no this OVA is far from that!

Story: 3/10
I can promise you one thing, the whole story will either confuse you, or make you laugh ... at its content. Basically this one girl that works for this phone service company (I believe its one of those places where lonely guys call hot women), receives a call from this guy that seems to turn into a monster when ever he is either masturbating, or sees anything that might turn him on. Even as bizarre as that sounds it get even more weird. The head manger of the company takes the job and seems to fall in love with him the very next day, not to mention everyone that finds out about his whole little "monster problem, " either seem to not care or find it fascinating enough to want to experience him doing it for themselves. I just couldn’t help but find it odd that everyone seems to go along with it so well. Now at the end of the title it is explained why he turns into this, but not why it happens regarding the whole "erotic viewing" situation of his. Which now brings me to that point, when I stated earlier that this title was a mix of lite hentai themes, it was true. You get quite a few viewings of topless and/or naked women every so often, not to mention the main male actual gets mounted on by this one naked lady who starts moving very erotically...if you get my drift. (he is fully clothed though) Even so, perhaps your little brother or Grandma should step out of the room when you view this. The whole sex tone isn’t a whole lot considering its only half an hour, but its still very much there for an 80’s title! Which is what this OVA is really all about, erotic sexual behavior topped off with a bit of Sci-fi style themes for good measure. Its not really bad in that regards, they just never really focused on much else regarding the overall story or character chemistry. As everything pertaining to who the characters really are, and the love scenes in general...feel very much rushed and not believable. However I think that’s almost to be expected, because with these style of generas its not really suppose to be about a good story.

Artwork: 8/10
Its very nice to look at, so long as you keep in mind that this title was indeed made in 1986. The art design with both the character creations as well as monster style art, all scream out 80’s! For me, watching this title brought back fond memories of when this type of anime (disregard the erotic parts) was all over the televisions in Japan. In fact for older views such as myself, the whole title may bring you back to another series called "Project A-ko, " though not nearly as memorable. The characters move with good fluidity during some of the action scenes, even if they are pretty sparse in general. Backgrounds as a whole were pretty nice to look at, even if some where not quite as nice as others. And the monster that the main guy changes into...while not exactly creepy, is pretty cool!

Soundtrack: 8/10
Once again...80’s! You get a pretty catchy j-pop techno song at the beginning, along with background music of the same sort, only without the vocals. So if that type of music annoys you, then you’ll probably be frustrated more than anything else. I have to say that the character voices did seem to match the characters pretty well, even if some you really don’t get a chance at knowing and therefore have to simply judge by their appearance.

Characters: 3/10
Sadly there is no character chemistry or any depth to them whatsoever, as many of the characters seem to be tossed into the picture just for the sake of doing it. Even the whole love attraction of the two main leads is very much rushed as I had said earlier. Could you really fall in love with someone you have only known for less than 24 hours? Especially considering that this guy masturbates to pin-up posters and changes into a monster? I don’t know about most people, but I certainly would at least ask for a second date before coming to that conclusion.

Bottom Line: 6/10
Even though "Call Me Tonight," doesn't really feel well planned out as a whole, it's also not really all that bad either. And you may find some decent enjoyment from this, especially for those who like this sort of erotic style of play, which I have to admit was kind of amusing. Its main concept actually feels more along the lines of an experimental title to see if it would catch on in Japan. (perhaps in order to see if this would make it as a series) So as far as its content appeal goes, it ends up being a mixed baggage. Some will like it...while others won't. I personally felt it was worth a viewing of, since it is only one episode long.

So as soon as I saw a clip of this on Youtube and got over my initial "WTF" reaction, I pretty much had to see this OVA. I mean it's about a guy who turns into a giant monster when he gets aroused...how could I refuse? I couldn't, that's how. And neither can you.

This will be one of the weirder things you watch. At only one episode I wasn't expecting a masterpiece. The story was rushed, as to be expected. They probably could have stretched this out to at least 3 episodes. If only for the sake of giving the characters a bit more ... depth. With the 'villains' of the story, I couldn't for the life of me figure out why they did what they did, or how they imagined it would work out for them. There was just no logic behind it. It's like they just randomly decided, "Hey! Let's be idiotic jerks today!" The romance between the two main characters was rushed, but at least they did have chemistry so it was believable. Romance-wise I think they did the best they could with the time they had.

The art and music were decent. To be honest I didn't really notice them except for this one instance where the movement became a bit choppy when they were walking. It's from the 80's....really now. Embrace the retro style I say; and this certainly is retro.

Besides all that there were no fatal flaws that turned me off watching. At only 30 minutes, I could handle all those minuet details thanks to the fact that it was funny and enjoyable, flaws and all. This will probably stand as one of the most original and freaky show I've seen to date. I think I laughed like a maniac throughout the whole thing. Give it a shot. It's short, sweet and funny. A great combination.

Story: The most original thing I have ever seen. I don't know how somebody thought up this plot. The general run-down without spoiling is that there is this guy, and when he thinks of perverted things, gets a boner, or masturbates, he turns into a giant monster. Yes, a giant monster.

Art: Not really that great, but not all that bad for when it was made. The character designs are decent, but what really bowled me over was the monsters. Downright great - the mosters were generally creepy and were drawn great. Gave me the creeps. Also - the backdrop was great and detailed. Had ... a nice old feel to it.

Sound: Nothing really to say about the sound. The monsters sounded as convincing as they could, but the characters had horrible voice acting. Not that great.

Characters: Uh, nothing to say. They sucked. Not an ounce of believability in them, not an ounce. Super unrealistic and unpredictable, and with no real consistent personality.

Enjoyment/Overall: Despite all its flaws, this OVA is massively enjoyable for it's cult classic campy feel. Get some buds together, grab a beer, and laugh your ass off for half an hour at this unintentionally funny horror flick. Not something you would watch again, because you can pretty much remember all off it.

Bottom Line: Cult Classic. Watch this one.

Call Me Tonight carries some of the fundamentals of the horror genre, but isn't something that will scare. It's hard to say if its intention was to scare in the first place, but I can safely say that this is a horror flick you can easily laugh along with. This OVA is odd and can likely be related to many plots of hentai stories. There is a consistent relation of sex, lite body-horror, and romance.

The animation isn't terrible and isn't anything too special. It serves its purpose and has a somewhat enjoyable, old style. There are definitely moments where the animation is wonky, yet the ... art itself is usually detailed enough to forgive that a bit (along with taking into consideration when this OVA was released). This is an OVA of the 1980's and that definitely shows. The soundtrack is what you would expect from the 80's, which will be up to the individual whether that will be enjoyable or not. I didn't find any track memorable or particularly good, but it did add to the intrigue of the entire experience.

The characters are average and the motives behind them are comical. When not taking this OVA seriously, it certainly adds to the enjoyment. Even so, no character does something inconsistent with their personality, which should be given some credit. They are naturally and consistently peculiar. The story is also where most of the enjoyment is to be had, returning to the earlier mention of the relation of sex to lite body-horror. There is arguably some sex in this OVA, but it's definitely not hentai. There is also plenty of nudity that comes with that. I also claim the body-horror as "lite" because it's very cartooney in its presentation and won't really make anyone cringe from grotesqueness. This isn't a disturbing OVA in that regard, but more so when one considers the ridiculous setup and the focus on human bodies.

Call Me Tonight is visually similar to many 80's anime, but likely not as similar when considering stories (while simultaneously shifting away from hentai). It was probably a good thing that the OVA was as short as it was because, even though a lot of the elements of the OVA is rushed, the actual setup would likely not keep interest for more than two or three episodes. I wouldn't consider Call Me Tonight some hidden gem or a must-watch, but it's an experience that can be enjoyable if not went into expected to scare. However, if the goal of entering this was to disturb, it may not be in the way one expected, but it will likely follow through with that one way or another.

This work is about masturbation.

Do I have your attention? Good. Then, let us discuss Call Me Tonight, a campy satire and parody of hentai works.

This is a simple 30 minute 90s OVA with some nudity, dealing with Freudian themes. Think sexploitation films. The characters are intentionally, for the most part, one-sided characters that do nonsensical things in an absurd setting: Suguira Ryo has problems masturbating and his repressed sexual emotions turn him into a gigantic monster. Basically Dr. Jekyll and Hyde with sex. It is all up to Natsumi Rumi to save everybody, including him, from his perverted thoughts. The work parodies those old hentai ... flicks you see them on adult websites -- I have, ahem, seen some of them -- and satirizes Freudian sexual repression and the narrow-minded discussion of sex. You may question its authenticity as a satire. It is, after all, a work made in 1986 and it is hyperbolic. However, satires frequently use hyperbole and exaggeration. This work just goes one step further.

It’s cheap lowbrow humor at its most silliness.

A work like this requires a special taste and targets a small niche: people who love over-the-top and campy sexual humor. Think of Panty and Stocking. The art isn’t fantastic for an old anime and the sound department fared better, but not by a lot. Most people will be disgusted by the whole premise; however, to the people who can appreciate this type of humor, this is a hidden goldmine. Laugh at the ridiculous tropes and the improbable deus ex machina, plot twists, and romance.

If you are sick of the comedic works that are not at all funny, this work may be your remedy. Its obscurity and surreal sexual humor will at least intrigue and entertain people.

Regardless if you enjoyed the work or not, there is one clear moral we can take away: every time you read a hentai doujinshi at Fakku, make sure you are doing it right. Always have your tissue papers ready.

I gave it a high score not because it can be considered an awesome anime in todays taste and standarts but because it is so much fun in its own terms. That is 80s/90s OVAs!

There is not much of a story to follow to be honest. It just plays around the idea that people "change" when they are aroused sexually or otherwise.

What makes it a great anime is its style. If you are a fan of the late 80s early 90s anime, this is a must watch. It has a coherent story, a great style, adequate amount of gore and obscenity, and a ... catchy phrase to top it all: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION MADONNA!! whatever that means.

It has erotic themes, but it's not really an erotic/hentai story.

It has elements of horror, but it's not really scary.

Basically it sort of walks between the two, sort of teasing along the way without falling on either side of the erotic/horror divide.

Cute character designs, and when the boy gets aroused he turns into all sorts of Lovecraftian beasts. In some places, the animation quality does get a little weak, but overall it's on the higher quality side of most eighties OVAs out there.
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Probably the weakest part of the whole show is the story itself, which pretty ridiculous and had an unsatisfying conclusion.

Call Me Tonight is an anime for adult public, very basic without innovation, her story is weak and simplistic,is a mixture of fiction with low-level hentai, ie without a defined context. (good hentai have good storys).
In the artistic part of the anime leaves much to be desired,even using old-school traits, a few details and simplistic scenarios too much even for the time.
Part of the soundtrack is good,I liked it, knew well choose the songs for a particular scene.
As for the characters they were very bad, the traits are not well defined, it is not that cute thing we're to seeing.
Obviously we can not expect ... much of an anime of 1986, but we have better animes that, but not a bad anime, as I said the soundtrack helps a lot to keep watch until of the end,although the story does not help much,but you can watch,not the worst anime I've ever seen.

No spoilers and short review.

Call me tonight is your old cheesy somewhat "B movie" where you don´t even question the plot itself and the character´s choices because you know it is going to not make any sense at all, but it is bad in that lovely hilarious way where you have quite a fun time! :3
And it is only one episode so you aren´t going to invest a lot of time in it.
Recommended for people who love cheesy oldie anime with this b movie feel to it!

So yeah watch this one if you want to watch something for your dirty fantasies without needed to see ... an hentai, this gives plenty of interesting ideas and scenarios for that XD

I really don´t want to say anymore without spoiling :D Just go watch it :P

answers the enduring question, "what if devilman was hornier?"

the animation and art were good (monster transformation scenes are a+), the city pop vibes of the opening sequence are impeccable, but this probably wasn't worth watching. it's not quite horror and not quite a romcom and ends up just sitting in a weird place in-between. it does a good job at leaning into a very silly premise, which i commend it for, and it has some cute moments, but i lost interest pretty close to the midway point. a fun novelty ova, but there are probably better things to spend your time on.

The first of many obscure anime OVAs I found on a big Youtube channel... only with Portugese (I think?) subtitles. My fading memory of Spanish, combined with the fact I do actually know Japanese, means that I can pay not-fully-attention to these OVAs if I truly wish.

Call Me Tonight is trashy and ultra fun, this disturbing body horror thing mixed with a teen romcom story, with great music and a great art style. It's a bit on the short side, just thirty minutes, but it makes the most of its extremely wacky premise-- this dude finds out that, if he gets turned on, he turns ... into a giant Cthulhu monster. The call girl he already hired is okay with that, though. I am a huge fan of this girl for sticking with him through all this. That's the mark of a true pro.

Too bad they had to introduce some gross assault stuff (for BOTH main characters) closer to the end, but at least it didn't go anywhere on account of the monster.

Pink Noise has the series of OVAs during the 80s the Golden age era of Anime for a romantic horror OVA like Call Me Tonight

Story
It starts off with a female protagonist named Rumi who got a phone call with a boss of a phone contact club which is hired by Ryo Sugiura to help him throughout of a strange fetish, when he was a person as a intergalactic nexus and his body has led him to of posession of various monsters and aliens whenever he gets like over excited at this point is that when he wants rumi so much if he always gets ... the idea is that it can control his urges though of their wanderings through the city which it wasn't long until he got the attention of a press photographer named Maki and her schoolmate named Yuki who is known for the head of Sukeban orgy club who wants Ryo and his Transformations for herself.



Music
The music is very good very more city pop 80s aesthetic vibe feel especially you would hear in an anime OVA than any other OVA out there which came out in the 80s.



Art
The animation is good and well done which is more artistic for the 80s Japanese artstyle which is like a reminiscent to other older 80s anime in general of it's kind during the golden age era of Anime the artstyle is very artistic.


Characters
Well here is every characters you got the male who has been possessed by various monsters and aliens which it happens in his body and you got Rumi who is the female protagonist of the story of this particular romantic horror OVA as well as other characters that are also part of the story.


Production
The production is very well good especially for the writers and directors worked hard on this OVA time and effort when they were working for this particular OVA.



Enjoyment
Although Call me tonight basically has its romantic moments especially when is basically you combined Beauty and the Beast with Urotsukidoji and a touch of The Incredible Hulk especially for the inspirational visualization of how Call me Tonight has got for this.



Score
10/10


If you never seen a obscure romantic horror OVA give this a watch.

Imagine that you are an excited guy, and everytime you see something sexual, you become a horrible monster. Well, that's what "Call Me Tonight", a 1986 OVA, part of the "Pink Noise" series, is about.

While other parts of the series are more focused on action, psychology or horror, Call Me Tonight just wants you to enjoy a short episode about sexual excitement and monsters.

Rumi Natsumi, a high-school girl, works at Madonna, a phone sex line that sends girls to meet their costumers in person. One day, she recieves a call from a guy that tells her that he totally loses control when aroused. So, Rumi, ... as the manager of Madonna, decides that she's going to help this guy with his problem.
The only thing she doesn't know, is that what that guy meant by "losing control", is that he becomes a creature capable of killing lots of people.

It might seem like it's extremely bullshit and hilarous OVA, but it's not. More than being a serious OVA, Call Me Tonight tries to be a satire of all those romantic stories full of excessive sex, taking advantage of this to make an unconventional love story, mixed with horror just to make the viewer enjoy it on a single 30 minute episode.

Also, I really need to talk about the music of this. Both the opening and ending songs are "Please Call Me Tonight" by Emi Natsumi. I really love this song, and even if you end up not liking this OVA, you'll most likely agree with me that the song is worth listening to, with it's vibes from the 80s"

So, that's it. Please, Call Me Tonight.

Saw a recommendation of this anime on YT, concept sounded funny to me so had to give it a shot.

When I saw only one episode of 30 minutes long I did not expect a polished piece of art and I was right to do so.

I loved the little pieces of animation in between settings liike the short walking animation ladyMC has when she walks to the bar to meet dudeMC and their little scene in the park. Loved the animation in general because I have a weak spot for OVA's from this era.

I was absolutely in love with the music because I have a ... weak spot for music from this era as well.

The story made absolutely no sense which didn't matter because of the length of this OVA. The villains were hilarious to me and I do not get their reasons for being as they are.

Laughed my ass off, enjoyed watching it, you might as well.

This short OVA summarises all of the low-effort romance movies currently in the world.


Girl meets boy, they fall in love, bunch of random things happen and they live happily ever after, but I have no complains with this one. The animation and art style is decent enough for its time though they could've put a little more effort. The voice acting is kinda choppy and feels as if it was not timed properly. The story is what you find in most romance movies these days but this one is a little bit unique. The characters are fine and all of them helped the story go ... forward but the OVA could've been a little more longer to explain what is happening to the guy and who are all the characters.



In conclusion, this OVA is worth watching if you have nothing to do and you wanna watch something retro





Still better than Twilight though.