Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend

Synopsis

Legend has it that the human race is not the only dominant civilization living on Earth. Two other races exist in this world: the Makai (a demon race) and the Juujinkai (a half-man, half-beast race). Once every 3,000 years, a supreme being known as the “Choujin” (Overfiend) will emerge and bring balance to all three realms on Earth. In present-day Japan, after 300 years of endless searching, a Jujinkai named Amano Jyaku has discovered the presence of the Choujin inside high school slacker Tatsuo Nagumo. But now, Amano, along with his sister Megumi and their sidekick Kuroko, must protect Nagumo and his new girlfriend Akemi Ito from the Makai, who believe that Nagumo is not the Choujin, but an evil entity bent on destroying all living beings on Earth.

First Air Date: 1987-01-21

Last Air Date: 1996-12-28

Number of Seasons: 5

Number of Episodes: 16

Top Cast

Tomohiro Nishimura as Jaku Amano
Yumi Takada as Alector
Ken Yamaguchi as Münchhausen II
Tsutomu Kashiwakura as Idaten
Miyuki Matsushita as Himi
Yasunori Matsumoto as Bujuu
Hirotaka Suzuoki as Tatsuo Nagumo
Maya Okamoto as Megumi Amano
Yoko Asagami as Akemi Itou
Ryuuzaburou Ootomo as Caesar

Seasons

Legend of the Overfiend (1987) - (3 Episodes)

Legend of the Demon Womb (1990) - (2 Episodes)

Return of the Overfiend (1992) - (4 Episodes)

Inferno Road (1993) - (4 Episodes)

The Final Chapter (1996) - (3 Episodes)

Legend of the Overfiend (1987)

Planet Earth is not all it seems. It is revealed that humans are not alone and that there are unseen realms running parallel to our own: the realms of the Demons (Makai) and the Man-Beasts (Jyujinkai). To further that, there is a 3000-year-old legend that foretells the coming of the Overfiend (Chōjin)—a being of unimaginable power that will unite all three realms into a land of eternity. The story follows the exploits of the protagonists—man-beast Jyaku Amano, his nymphomaniac sister Megumi and their companion Kuroko—as their 300-year search for the Overfiend takes them to a high school in Osaka, Japan. Their discoveries led them to two students: shy, lecherous Tatsuo Nagumo and school idol Akemi Ito. But as the film plunges deeper into the dark and gruesome, Jyaku discovers that the Legend of the Overfiend is not what it seems and that the future of the three realms may be strikingly different from what he is led to believe.