Wicked City
1987 filmWikipedia
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Oct 27, 2026
MackenzieHOST
Yeah.
MackenzieHOST
Like it's it's less action packed than like other Kawajiri films like Wicked City or Ninja Scroll or anything like that.
MackenzieHOST
It's more of a story.
MackenzieHOST
But maybe that's why I liked it because it was Kawajiri.
MackenzieHOST
Bloodlust, all that kind of stuff.
MackenzieHOST
Yeah, I do love Cabbageary.
MackenzieHOST
It definitely tries to establish things a bit better than like Wicked City, which was just like a pure ride from start to finish with like Spussy, Soap Girl, other weird shit.
LindsayHOST
I remember not enjoying Wicked City and like I remember finding it quite boring.
Ray BarnholtHOST
Now, urban vision is not one of the more frequently mentioned companies.
Ray BarnholtHOST
When we talk about the history of anime in the States, uh, But chances are, you've heard of Ninja Scroll and possibly Wicked City, and that was them.
Ray BarnholtHOST
Plus, they released some other adult-oriented stuff like Golgo 13 and Space Adventure Cobra and Vampire Hunter D and another anime based on a famous RPG, Dragonslayer.
Ray BarnholtHOST
And we'll get to that when we get to it.
BekinneyHOST
Well, I mean, if I'm going to put myself in his mindset, I feel like I should walk a mile in his shoes.
JelliHOST
Madhouse Studios worked on the background animation, and they're extremely well-known in the animation world with work on titles such as Wicked City, Perfect Blue, Trigun, Death Note, Parasite the Maxim.
JelliHOST
That would be a good one to do for us one day if we could find a Dragon Ball connection.
JelliHOST
Parasite, that's a very horror-y kind of anime.
ZoeHOST
That's what it is.
ZoeHOST
It's a sex scene, and we're all adults here, and we know this is the same director as Wicked City and Ninja Scroll.
ZoeHOST
You kind of know what you're getting into.
TaylorHOST
yeah
JonHOST
Oh, this is great that you haven't seen this.
JonHOST
You're gonna watch Wicked City from 1987.
JonHOST
It's also an anime, and it's a, um...
JonHOST
It's about, like, a guy who hunts demons in the Wicked City.
JonHOST
And I used to-
JRHOST
[laughs]
JonHOST
I've, I've seen...
JonHOST
I've definitely seen less than you have probably, but I, uh...
MackenzieHOST
So make sure to check that out.
MackenzieHOST
If you wanna check out our other Halloween episodes, you can jump all the way back to our fourth episode ever with Vampire Hunter D and our fifth episode ever with Wicked City.
LindsayHOST
Man, just be gentle-
MackenzieHOST
[laughs]
Steven PalmerHOST
Oh, we watched that, didn't we?
Elwood JonesHOST
we?Yeah, Yôsuke Kawaji, um, who also did, like, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, he did Wicked City.
Elwood JonesHOST
Um, he did a whole bunch of stuff with, uh, Madhouse, which he co-founded.
Elwood JonesHOST
He's also, like, a storyboard director.
TaylorHOST
Yeah, so we'll, we'll shoot for that.
TaylorHOST
Um, another one, I'll, we'll, we'll have some lists out, but I think Wicked City would be another one we could take a look at.
ZoHOST
Same director.
TaylorHOST
Um, yeah, same director as this one.
PaulHOST
This is the only safe for work picture I can show of it.
PaulHOST
It was an 80s anime called Wicked City.
PaulHOST
okay well yeah that that title i
RobertHOST
could yeah okay but
PaulHOST
it was like it was like a supernatural driven uh sort of copy this is like that visual style that was immediately in my head was was yeah sort of like they used a lot of full color in the in the anime for a lot of scenes uh but wicked city
RobertHOST
uh yeah
PaulHOST
demons and and all kinds
PaulHOST
yeah it's got a definite like 80s anime uh vibe i was talking about they're like that's where my brain was setting i don't