Demon Prince Enma (2006-7)

 

Director: Mamoru Kanbe

Screenplay: Takao Yoshioka

Based on the manga by Go Nagai

Voice Cast: Yukitoshi Tokumoto as Enma; Saeko Chiba as Yukihime; Setsuji Satoh as Kapaeru; Yūichi Nagashima as Grandpa Chapeauji

A Night of a Thousand Horror (Shows)/A 1000 Crossover

 

I will admit I was a little disappointed by Demon Prince Enma, but because there was a lot of promise here still worth seeing. This is an adaptation of a Go Nagai work which has varied in tone over the decades, from morbid but family friendly kids show to lewd reinterpretations, taken seriously in a favourite trope of mine, supernatural figures having to deal with cases of the week, which has the interesting take that these figures baring the kappa are mostly clueless to the modern world. It also helps this has Mamoru Kanbe in the director's seat, an unsung figure for horror anime where, even if you do not like them all, he has made interesting work from the best of this to Elfen Lied (2004) in the genre for anime, and this has enough to further that opinion of mine. My disappointment comes, ironically, from when this tries in a short time scale to be a complete narrative. For the full review, follow the blog link HERE.