Psychic Wars
Psychic Wars | |
捜獣戦士・サイキック・ウォーズ | |
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Genre | Action, dark fantasy |
Novel | |
Written by | Yasuaki Kadota |
Published by | Tokuma Shoten |
Published | January 1, 1987 |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Tetsuo Imazawa |
Produced by | Akira Sasaki |
Written by | Yasushi Ishikura |
Music by | Tetsurō Kashibuchi |
Studio | Toei Animation |
Licensed by | |
Released | February 22, 1991 |
Runtime | 50 minutes |
Psychic Wars (捜獣戦士・サイキック・ウォーズ, Sojuu Senshi - Saikikku Wōzu, lit. Bestial Soldier - Psychic Wars) is a 1991 Japanese
Plot
An old psychic woman enters a hospital in Osaka and asks surgeon Dr. Ukyo Rettsu to remove a large cancer growth that is killing her. Dr. Rettsu discovers that the cancer is in fact a demon messenger, heralding that a prophesied demonic invasion from 5,000 years ago is coming soon, which tells the surgeon that he is, in fact, the man prophesied to halt the it. Although the old woman dies, her glowing spirit imbues Dr. Rettsu with powers including superhuman toughness, strength and speed. In order to stop the invasion as predicted, Rettsu and his lover Fuyuko Asahina start investigating Japan's past, which leads to an ancient temple where Rettsu has to kill a giant demon.
They next go to
After reuniting with Asahina, Rettsu plans to marry her, but is warned by the Five Goddesses that the demon race is not extinct yet, as the queen is still alive. Taking Rettsu to a secret catacomb, Asahina then reveals that she is the demon queen herself, who assumed human form after the destruction of her civilization. Through history she seduced men to spawn demons and send them back in an attempt to rebuild her race, but they were constantly killed by the Five Goddesses, and now she asks Rettsu to die with her, as she had fallen in love with him. Hearing his rejection, the queen attacks and dominates Rettsu, but he is saved by the goddesses, who help him defeat her. Asahina dies proclaiming her love for him, after which Rettsu returns to his life, with the curse finally destroyed.
Releases
References
- ^ "捜獣戦士~サイキック・ウォーズ~ VHS". Anime News Network. 22 February 1991. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
- ^ "Canada's Super Channel 2". Anime News Network. 2008-11-24. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
- ^ "Manga Entertainment 2001 Release Schedule". Anime News Network. 2000-10-28. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
External links
- Psychic Wars (OVA) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia