Wicked City



Demonic creatures coming from a parallel dimension are constantly trying to get into the human world. It's actually a phenomenon dating back many decades, hence why a special undercover police/military group has been created to deal with it: the Black Corps. Taki Renzaburou is a Japanese member of this task force, as well as one of the most badass.

Very recently, the leaders of both worlds have been working on getting a peace treaty signed. Since it needs to be ratified in our world, Renzaburou is chosen to keep an eye on the negotiations, and so is Makie, a beautiful Action Girl coming from the demon world. However, not everyone is keen on having demons and humans living in peace. ..

Wicked City (妖獣都市 Yōjū Toshi?) is an attack on the senses. It started as a series of horror novels written by Hideyuki Kikuchi. The first of said novels was adapted into an anime movie by Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Ninja Scroll, Cyber City Oedo 808) in The Eighties, and later into a live-action movie. Being the better-known part of the franchise, the tropes here will be taken mostly from the anime, so please add those from the movie and novels!

It's not for the faint of heart.


 * Animation Bump: Especially during action scenes, although the entire film is consistently well-animated.
 * Badass Normal: Renzaburou has no supernatural powers, but gets by due to his quick wits and physical skills.
 * Battle Couple: Makie and Renzaburou become one of these by the end.
 * Blown Across the Room: Subverted with the Hand Cannon. It actually has enough recoil to justify the impact, and Taki has to brace himself against a wall to fire it.
 * Dirty Old Man: Giuseppe. To the point that
 * Eldritch Abomination / Humanoid Abomination: Pretty much all the demons have this vibe; even those who stay human in appearance are very clearly not.
 * Fan Disservice: Renzaburou's Tall, Dark and Bishoujo one-night stand?  The High-Class Call Girl that Giuseppe fondles in a soapland?   The times we get to see Renzaburou's beautiful and badass partner Makie naked?   And it goes on and on...
 * Femme Fatale: Makie
 * Half Human Hybrids:
 * Honey Trap:
 * Lovecraftian Superpower: Most demonic powers are like this. With good reason.
 * Names to Know in Anime: Yusaku Yara (Renzaburou), Toshiko Fujita (Makie), Ichiro Nagai (Giuseppe)
 * And on the English side, Greg Snegoff (Taki), Steve Kramer (Jin), Melora Harte (Soapland girl), and Mike Reynolds (Giuseppe)
 * No Name Given: The Spider Woman and the High-Class Call Girl.
 * Obfuscating Stupidity:
 * Pregnant Badass:
 * Rape as Drama:
 * The Right of a Superior Species: Makie's ex-lover Jin tries to make her admit this by saying, "Human are lower-class creatures than us. They're only fit for slavery. That's their heritage."
 * Salaryman: Renzaburou's cover as an electronic salesman.
 * Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right:
 * Stalker with a Test Tube: were intentionally paired up in hopes of  as part of the proposed peace treaty.  was actually put in place to facilitate this.
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo: Makie, who's so beautiful that she uses her good looks to pose as a world-class model.
 * Vagina Dentata: The Spider Woman. Eeeeeeew.
 * Woman in White: Makie wears a nice white gown at some point.
 * Wolverine Claws: The aforementioned Makie's Weapon of Choice.
 * Vagina Dentata: The Spider Woman. Eeeeeeew.
 * Woman in White: Makie wears a nice white gown at some point.
 * Wolverine Claws: The aforementioned Makie's Weapon of Choice.