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Demon City Shinjuku (魔界都市＜新宿＞, 1988) is a Japanese anime feature from Yoshiaki Kawajiri, ready to watch online on iFILM. Eighty minutes of hand-drawn carnage in a Tokyo district that fell to hell.
A decade earlier, the sorcerer Rebi Ra cut a pact with the underworld and Shinjuku collapsed into a no-go zone crawling with demons. His ritual is nearly done — finish it, and the gateway opens onto the rest of the world. The job of stopping him lands on Kyoya, son of the warrior who already lost to Rebi Ra once. The only road runs straight into the ruined district.
Kawajiri would go on to make Ninja Scroll, and his signature is already on display: fluid movement, grotesque creature design, ink-black shadow work. Produced by Madhouse. It's a short, mean slab of late-80s genre animation for people who like their anime rough around the edges. Stream Demon City Shinjuku (1988) online on iFILM.
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