Legend of the Overfiend (Japanese: "Chôjin densetsu Urotsukidôji" 超神伝説うろつき童子) is the first in a series of Japanese hentai OAV (original animated video) films.

Plot

Every 3,000 years the realm of humans are united with the realms of the Makai (demons) and the Juujinkai (man-beasts) by the revival of the Choujin (the Overfiend), a creature more powerful than any of them. The Choujin emerges to bring balance to these three realms, but his coming means chaos and destruction. The realities of the Man, Beast and Demon universes will merge unless the Choujin conceives a child to stop it.

Legacy

Legend of the Overfiend was controversial and was banned or edited severely in many countries. It is known to have brought anime as an actually recognized form of entertainment in the UK along with numerous other anime of its time (1987), but unfortunately cemented the idea in the public consciousness that it was representative of ALL anime, all but destroying the anime and manga industry in the UK until the worldwide interest in the genre beginning the late 1990's finally revived it at the turn of the century.

This film is infamous as one of the first to be released outside Japan that explored the tentacle rape theme. It is part of a genre of hentai that is best described as erotic horror.

It was banned in Australia, and possibly New Zealand as well as being edited in the US, UK, and numerous other western countries. It was one of the first ultra-violent hentais.

The film is based on a manga by Toshio Maeda , whose other manga include La Blue Girl and Demon Beast Invasion .

There is a theory among some anime fans, possibly first espoused by The Erotic Anime Guide, that the series is an elaborate cautionary tale about teenage pregnancy.

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