When fellow ninjas Hikage and Marou witness the death of their lord, Marou is
overcome with uncontrollable hysteria and runs away.
Hikage is then sent after Marou to make sure that he is silenced for good, but
Hikage isn't sure he can bring himself to kill his long-time friend and
comrade.
As Hikage searches for Marou, he discovers that Marou is not what he has
always seemed to be. Marou is a Yoma, a blood-thirsty spirit who thrives on negative human
emotions.
However, Hikage is determined to get a hold of Marou no matter where the road
takes him, even at the risk of his own soul.
Review: Curse of the Undead Yoma
Blood Reign: Curse of the Undead Yoma, or should I say Blood Reign, is just another typical
ninja anime for most part. I say this despite the countless positive reviews
I've read about it.
Hikage is your typical ninja, sent on a mission to eliminate his colleague. Yet even as the death sentence on Marou is lifted after a time, Hikage can't
stop searching for him. It becomes something of an obssession, with memories of their happy childhood
urging Hikage on.
Eventually, Hikage meets a female ninja named Aya who falls in love with him
and decides to help him in his quest.
Hikage encounters loads of monsters / yomas in the form of various insects and
animals (gigantic hairy spiders, a talking horse, a huge serpent, etc.). Needless to say, Hikage gets into a fight every time he is faced with a yoma.
A lot of things in this anime bother me. For instance, how did Aya fall in love with Hikage so suddenly? It was like
they just meet each other in the middle of a brawl and then bam! Aya falls in
love and follows Hikage around like a puppy.
There's no development, it's like the writers just decided that they're a
couple and that's that. Then there's those yomas.
What is the point of killing them when they all revive and chase you again
anyway?
To make things worse, there's much boring prattle about feuding
warlords which serve only to distract the viewer from the main plot involving
Hikage and Marou.
Blood Reign anime's plot is unnervingly simple, but a lot is thrown in to make it
harder to keep track of.
The art and animation are pretty okay. Character designs aren't bad, and fights are choreographed well enough with
generous amounts of blood and guts to keep action fans satisfied.
I thought the musical scoring was quite good too -- soft, melancholic, and
eerie.
Blood Reign review is overall okay, nothing special. Like I said, it's just another
ninja anime.
Miscellanies: Curse of the Undead Yoma
If this is your kind of scene, also check out "Wrath of the Ninja" and "Ninja
Scroll".
Youma (Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma) | |
| Genre | Action, Fantasy, Horror, Supernatural |
|---|---|
| Episodes | 2 |
| Status | Finished Airing |
| Aired | May 1, 1989 to Jun 1, 1989 |
| Producers | animate Film |
| Studio | J.C.Staff |
| Rating | R - 17+ (violence & profanity) |
| Themes | Mythology |
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