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Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend (movie)

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Alternative title:
A Lenda do Demônio (Portuguese)
Chōjin Densetsu Urotsukidōji: Original Gekijō Kōkai-ban (Japanese)
The Legend of the Wandering Kid
Urotsukidoji: La Matriz del Demonio (Spanish)
超神伝説うろつき童子 オリジナル劇場公開版 (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Legend has it that once every 3,000 years, a supreme being known as the Choujin, or "Overfiend", makes his appearance on Earth to unite the realms of the human, Makai (demon) and Jūjinkai (half-man, half-beast) races in peace and harmony. Amano Jyaku, a Jūjinkai, discovers that high school student Tatsuo Nagumo may be the incarnation of the Choujin, and must protect him at all costs from minions of the Makai.
User Ratings: 204 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 16 votes (dub:9, sub:7)
 Excellent: 16 votes (sub:12, dub:4)
 Very good: 25 votes (dub:12, sub:12, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 39 votes (sub:25, dub:13, ?:1)
 Decent: 24 votes (sub:11, dub:10, ?:2, edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 14 votes (sub:9, dub:2, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 Dutch subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 19 votes (sub:12, dub:7)
 Weak: 21 votes (sub:10, dub:9, edit.dub:1, raw:1)
 Bad: 12 votes (dub:6, sub:4, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Awful: 5 votes (dub:3, sub:2)
 Worst ever: 13 votes (sub:5, dub:5, ?:2, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 429 users, rank: #2367 (of 9581)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.681 (Decent−), std. dev.: 2.785, rank: #7999 (of 9703)
Weighted mean: 5.609 (Decent−), rank: #8144 (of 9703) (seen all: 5.81 / seen some: 3.72 / won't finish: 1.83)
Bayesian estimate: 5.730 (Decent−), rank: #6782 (of 7286)
Running time: 108 minutes
Vintage: 1989-03-18
Release dates: We have 1
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Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend: Movie Edition (BD+DVD) 2011-07-05
DVD (Region 1)
    Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend: Movie Edition (DVD) 2011-03-29 (from $19.99)
DVD (Region 2)
    Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend / Legend of the Demon Womb (DVD) 2008-10-27
DVD (Region 0)
    Urotsukidōji Saga - Hell on Earth (Dub.DVD 1-4) 2001-02-13 (from $284.99)
    Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend (Dub.DVD 1) 1999-08-17
LaserDisc
    Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend [Dub] (LD) 1993-11-10
VHS
    Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend (Dub.VHS) 1993-10-20 (from $19.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hideki Takayama
Screenplay: Noboru Aikawa
Original creator: Toshio Maeda
Art Director: Shigemi Ikeda
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Producer: Yasuhito Yamaki

Assistant Director: Jun Fukuda
Assistant In-Between Animation Director:
Hirotsugu Yamada
Toshiyuki Ozawa
Assistant producer:
Hiromi Chiba
Toshiki Ōnishi
Background Art:
Atsushi Tsuji (Shakujii Koen Seisakujo)
Eiji Wakamatsu (Shakujii Koen Seisakujo)
Hiromitsu Narumi (Shakujii Koen Seisakujo)
Katsuyoshi Ichihara (Studio Easter)
Mayumi Kimura (Shakujii Koen Seisakujo)
Seiko Ando (Shakujii Koen Seisakujo)
Seiya Kageyama (Studio Easter)
Shūichi Ōkubo (Shakujii Koen Seisakujo)
Takao Shimizu (Studio Easter)
Yoichi Yajima (Studio Easter)
Yūsuke Takeda (Studio Easter)
Editing Assistant: Masahiro Gotō
In-Between Animation:
Akira Oguro (Project Team Muu)
Hidetoshi Namura (Project Team Muu)
Hirofumi Yoshimoto (Project Team Muu)
Hirotsugu Yamada (Project Team Muu)
Hiroyuki Kabashima
Hiroyuki Shimizu
Keiji Gotō (Project Team Muu)
Koichi Nakaochi (Project Team Muu)
Masahisa Koyata
Miho Shimogasa (Project Team Muu)
Naoki Katō (Project Team Muu)
Shirō Yamada
Takashi Ōta (Project Team Muu)
Tatsumori Imoto
Tomoaki Kado (Project Team Muu)
Toshiyuki Ozawa (Project Team Muu)
Tsukasa Koshigaya (Project Team Muu)
Yōsuke Tanaka (Project Team Muu)
In-Between Animation Director:
Kaoru Washida
Ken Hirano
Monster Design:
Dan Kongōji
Masami Ozone
Music producer: Yota Tsuruoka
Photography:
Atsuo Tsukioka (Studio Cavern)
Hideaki Kikuchi (Studio Cavern)
Hiromi Kajiwara (A.C.C. Production Tanihara Studio)
Hisako Hoshi (A.C.C. Production Tanihara Studio)
Hisao Taguchi (A.C.C. Production Tanihara Studio)
Keiji Saitō (A.C.C. Production Tanihara Studio)
Keiko Kose (Studio Cavern)
Kimihiro Endo (Studio Cavern)
Masayo Tomoi (Studio Cavern)
Miki Endō (Studio Cavern)
Natsuo Morishita (A.C.C. Production Tanihara Studio)
Shōji Yazawa (A.C.C. Production Tanihara Studio)
Sumio Yamagami (A.C.C. Production Tanihara Studio)
Takashi Azuhata (Studio Cavern)
Photography Supervision: Nobuyuki Sugaya
Production Advancement:
Masahiko Soda
Minoru Nakazawa
Production Affairs: Takae Mine
Production manager: Kōichi Murakami
Recording: Yukio Abe
Sound Editing: Kimitaka Kawasaki
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno (Swara Pro)
Supervision: Eiichi Yamamoto
Hirotaka Suzuoki as Tatsuo Nagumo
Maya Okamoto as Megumi Amano
Tomohiro Nishimura as Amano Jaku
Youko Asagami as Akemi Ito

Kōichi Yamadera as Yuichi Niki
Kyōnosuke Hiruma as Suikakujū

Daisuke Gouri as
Great Elder
Mr. Niki
Hidetoshi Nakamura as Doctor
Kenichi Ono as Majin
Kenyuu Horiuchi as Yoriichi Ozaki
Kōji Totani as Majin
Minako Arakawa as Girl
Miyuki Matsushita as True Chōjin
Mizuka Arima as Kitako Togami
Narumi Tsunoda as Girl
Natsumi Sasaki as Girl
Nobuo Tobita as Jūjin
Satoko Kitō as Leotard Girl
Shigeru Nakahara as Basketball Club
Shinji Ogawa as Narration
Yumi Takada as Nurse
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Project Team Muu
Cooperation: WANIMAGAZINE Co., Ltd.
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Lithwork: Maki Production
Paint Check:
CCR
Studio Elle
Recording Studio: AVACO Creative Studios
Sound Effects: Swara Pro
Titles: Maki Production
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Michael Alben
Art Director: Sourpuss McSnapdragon (Kitty Media BD release)
ADR Script: Michael Lawrence
Executive producer:
Gary Sierra (Kitty Media BD release)
John O'Donnell
Laurence Guinness

Additional Translation: Charlie Dangerfield (Kitty Media BD release)
ADR Recording Engineer: Mark DeSimone
Audio Conform Engineer: David Behuniak
Blu-Ray Author: Guy Latex (Kitty Media BD release)
Character Generator: Anne Schneider
Color Grading: Robert Luttrell (Kitty Media BD release)
Digital Audio Editor: Hans Ten Broeke
Online Editor: Stephen Fitzpatrick
Post-Production Manager: Alex Fuego (Kitty Media BD release)
Post-Production Supervision: Ron Kalish
Production Assistant: Jeff Ryder (Kitty Media BD release)
Production Coordination: Stephanie Shalofsky
Production Supervision:
Carl Morano (Kitty Media BD release)
Grinlech Razorback (Kitty Media BD release)
Jharmoni Magasaki (Kitty Media BD release)
Re-Recording Engineer: Rauno Kirves
Restoration Editor: Neil Murphy (Kitty Media BD release)
Special Thanks To:
Rob Lantz (Kitty Media BD release)
West Midnight (Kitty Media BD release)
Subtitling: Grinlech Razorback (Kitty Media BD release)
Christopher Courage as Amano Jyaku
Danny Bush as Tatsuo Nagumo
Lucy Morales as Megumi Amano
Rebel Joy as Akemi Ito
Rose Palmer as Kuroko

Bill Timoney as Overfiend
Jurgen Offen as Suikakujyu
Randy Woodcock as Niki

Barbie O'Buoy as
Changing Gymnast B
Fukakuki (fire siren)
Harem Girl A
Kitako Togami (human voice)
Orgy Leader
Bick Balse as Ozaki
Bill Timoney as
Baseball Stadium Announcer
Basketball Team Member
Blonde Beast-Man
Doctor
Intro Demon
Kitako Togami (Demon Voice)
Lecher
Male University Students
Myōjin University Professor
Ture Overfiend (Mature)
Camille Way-Pene as
Changing Gymnast A
Girl in Pain
Gymnast with Glasses
Greg Puertolas as
Jūjinkai Elder
Narrator
Herb Hummel as
Dragon Gang Leader
Satsuki (demon in trench coat)
Kathleen McNearney as
Harem Girl C
Makai Queen
Peering Gymnast
Lucy Morales as Gossiping Girls
Rebel Joy as
Changing Gymnast C
True Overfiend (Fetus)
Ron Kalish as
Bald Beast-Man
Man Absorbed by the Chōjin
Niki's Father
Old Man in the Future
Rose Palmer as
Enkakuki (fog siren)
Harem Girl B
Malformed Demon
Metropolis Demon
Niki's Mother
Nurse
English companies
Color Grading: Heavy Light Digital (Kitty Media BD release)
Distributor:
Anime 18
LaserDisc Entertainment (LaserDisc)
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Restoration: Heavy Light Digital (Kitty Media BD release)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Canal +
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: Luis de Val
Albert Trifol Segarra as Nagumo Tatsuo (Spain dub)
Alberto Mieza as Amano Jyaku (Spain dub)
Marta Barbará as Akemi Ito (Spain dub)

Ernesto Aura as Myuni Hausen II (Spain dub)
Núria Trifol as Himi (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Distributor: Manga Films (Spain)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: MC Entertainment
Russian cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Rede Bandeirantes (Brazil)
Distributor: Sato Company (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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