Shihaisha no Tasogare

Since the beginning of time, monstrous Demons and noble Guardians have battled for Earth - the everlasting gift of the one great Mother, creator of all life. A deep hatred burns between Demon and Guardian; the Guardians prevented the Demons from destroying humanity and the world itself.

Eons later, Neo-Shinjuku City: few Demons or Guardians remain to continue their epic war. Humans rule the Earth, with no real memory of either Demons or Guardians. Yet deep within the dark underworld of the city, one supreme Demon is alive and plotting to subjugate mankind. Only one Guardian is left to do battle, and the fate of the human race is at stake.

Based on the Graphic Novel
"Twilight of the Dark Master (Shihaisha no Tasogare)" (Shinshokan) by Saki Okuse

(Source: DVD Back Cover)

Shijo, Tsunami Main

Seki, Toshihiko Japanese

Kurizawa, Eiji Main

Yasui, Kunihiko Japanese

Takamiya Main

Katou, Seizou Japanese

Tachibana, Shizuka ing

Shinohara, Emi Japanese

Junk ing

Tatsuta, Naoki Japanese

Tajima ing

Murozono, Takehiro Japanese

Kumazawa ing

Hashi, Takaya Japanese

Long, Chen ing

Takano, Urara Japanese

Long, Huang ing

Kamiya, Akira Japanese

Tenku ing

Ishimaru, Hiroya Japanese

Maruyama, Masao Producer

Takahashi, Naoko Producer

Shinbou, Akiyuki Director

Oohashi, Yoshimitsu Episode Director

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Apr 27, 2012

barcaman101

Recommended

As humans go through their daily lifes they are left unaware of the battle that is being waged between good and evil.It is a battle that has existed from the beginning of time,a battle between demons and the guardians of mankind.Tsunami Shijo a fire manipulator and the last of the guardians one day meet a woman seeking to find a demon who she wishes to kill,Tsunami later finds out that this demon once had a close relationship with the woman and investigates to find it.

Tsunami search leads him to a conspiracy in which drugs is being used on human test subjects and behind it all ... is an old enemy,the worst demon of them all.Tsunami must once again stop his old enemy before he destroys all mankind.Firstly may i just say that the animation is great,.It is absolutely gorgeous.Im a sucker for these 90's animation drawing,the colour looks real and vivid,everything is in great detail with a realism that far sures most of the computer generated animation that we get today.Whether it is the building,facial features,blood,spit or trees the animation is just awesome.The sounds effects is also top notch, with the pitch of every scream or explosion being of very high quality.

This is a fourty-five minute movie and will properly garner criticism for being so short but thats what i loved about this movie,the fact that so much was condensed in so little.An anime like this definately deserved some more air time but still was entertaining even if it was short.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Apr 12, 2020

ST63LTH

Mixed Feelings

Overview:
Twilight of the Dark Master is THAT anime of 1998 with an appealing title and description, that is pretty much it. There are a lot of shortcomings of this film that could have gone beyond the shallow antagonizing force, non-existent romantic elements between a human and a demon etc. Vintage anime films are often glorified because apparently every aged anime is a masterpiece, that may be true with series such as Initial D, Cowboy Bebop, Ghibli Films etc. but that's about it. No-name vintage anime films have a reason why they're no-name; it is either because studios have taken risks and invested in poorly ... written source material or the entire project is just terrible. I'd say this film was the latter, the main character doesn't feel like the main character, the villain doesn't feel like the villain. A human loves the villain but gets torn apart TWICE because of their own naivety. Steer clear from this film by all means, it's not even worth spending 5min watching let alone the 45min duration...

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Apr 7, 2024

Ghost-Hardware

Not Recommended

The easiest way I can describe Twilight of the Dark Master for you is to imagine a 12 episode (at least) anime getting compressed into a 45 minute OVA. The art and animation are both really great and heavily influenced by Blade Runner - but everything else is a complete and utter mess. The story barely makes any sense and the characters are paper thin. It's not a surprise that this OVA has been long forgotten to the point that even YouTube had very little videos available on it. I can only imagine what went on at the studio behind the scenes that led ... to this being the end result.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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