Demonbane is an anime that has reference towards the Cthulhu Mythos made popular by H. P. Lovecraft. Each episode gives a listing of the terms used and a background of what is meant by each term.
The anime itself centers around the leading character named Kurou Daijuuji, a former student of Miskatonic University where he studied to become a sorcerer, but dropped out due to financial problems. Now he is a poor private investigator hired by the Hadou Financial Group which is run by Ruri Hadou to find a book of power. By fate or destiny, or just plain dumb luck, he encounters a book store owner whose store appears out of a fine mist and she knows more than she should, however, her name is given as Nya who becomes a minor reoccurring character until the last episode where her true identity is given. Low and behold, Kurou leaves the book store after Nya tells him that what he's looking for isn't at the store, on the way to his car, a girl literally falls in his lap, and tells him that her name is Al and she wants to know if he's a sorcerer. So she is the book of power he's looking for and in order to save his life and hers, she makes a contract with him and he's just like a lost little puppy and doesn't know what's going on. Anyway, Al is short for Al-Azif, which is the name of the Necronomicon, the book of power. Al detects a Deus Machina, basically a God Machine, which allows them to fight evil, but the Deus Machina is name Demonbane, hence the name of the anime, and is sorta maintained by the Hadou Financial Group. It's a giant Mech. Anyway, the background info is useful since it gives spelling and details that fill you in on what's going on so you're not completely going insane, but that's what Cthulhu is all about, anyway, if you can get past the giant mechanized robots in the 1920's, then its a fairly decent anime with a good story.
The first episode, 'I Am Providence' was a great episode that made you want to find out what the hell was going on. You can Wikipedia the name of the anime to get a listing of episodes, there is only twelve, and a plot description more in depth than what I've said here, but all in all, I would recommend this anime, especially if you're just starting out reading or playing with H. P. Lovecraft or Call of Cthulhu or really into the Cthulhu Mythos. Its entertaining, not really a horror anime, but the way they portray normal people when shit hits the fan is great, everyone screaming and running, its realistic on certain things, but extremely PG rated, again, this is anime targeted children, so its kind of campy. So if you don't mind all the negative, give it look, you may find something that they put a different spin on, especially the artifacts in the Mythos, I enjoyed the anime immensely.
I would rate the anime overall as a solid 4.5 out of 5, with high repeat viewing capability. I would buy this if I could find the complete season on DVD or Blu-ray. Leave a comment and let me know how enjoyed it. Until next time, watch anime, not TV.
The anime itself centers around the leading character named Kurou Daijuuji, a former student of Miskatonic University where he studied to become a sorcerer, but dropped out due to financial problems. Now he is a poor private investigator hired by the Hadou Financial Group which is run by Ruri Hadou to find a book of power. By fate or destiny, or just plain dumb luck, he encounters a book store owner whose store appears out of a fine mist and she knows more than she should, however, her name is given as Nya who becomes a minor reoccurring character until the last episode where her true identity is given. Low and behold, Kurou leaves the book store after Nya tells him that what he's looking for isn't at the store, on the way to his car, a girl literally falls in his lap, and tells him that her name is Al and she wants to know if he's a sorcerer. So she is the book of power he's looking for and in order to save his life and hers, she makes a contract with him and he's just like a lost little puppy and doesn't know what's going on. Anyway, Al is short for Al-Azif, which is the name of the Necronomicon, the book of power. Al detects a Deus Machina, basically a God Machine, which allows them to fight evil, but the Deus Machina is name Demonbane, hence the name of the anime, and is sorta maintained by the Hadou Financial Group. It's a giant Mech. Anyway, the background info is useful since it gives spelling and details that fill you in on what's going on so you're not completely going insane, but that's what Cthulhu is all about, anyway, if you can get past the giant mechanized robots in the 1920's, then its a fairly decent anime with a good story.
The first episode, 'I Am Providence' was a great episode that made you want to find out what the hell was going on. You can Wikipedia the name of the anime to get a listing of episodes, there is only twelve, and a plot description more in depth than what I've said here, but all in all, I would recommend this anime, especially if you're just starting out reading or playing with H. P. Lovecraft or Call of Cthulhu or really into the Cthulhu Mythos. Its entertaining, not really a horror anime, but the way they portray normal people when shit hits the fan is great, everyone screaming and running, its realistic on certain things, but extremely PG rated, again, this is anime targeted children, so its kind of campy. So if you don't mind all the negative, give it look, you may find something that they put a different spin on, especially the artifacts in the Mythos, I enjoyed the anime immensely.
I would rate the anime overall as a solid 4.5 out of 5, with high repeat viewing capability. I would buy this if I could find the complete season on DVD or Blu-ray. Leave a comment and let me know how enjoyed it. Until next time, watch anime, not TV.
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