Dororon Enma-kun (ドロロンえん魔くん Dororon Enma-kun?), also known as Satanikus!, is a Japanese horror-comedy anime and manga series created by Go Nagai. It's one of Nagai's most famous works in Japan, although not very well known in the rest of the world. In 2006, it would get a sequel/remake in Demon Prince Enma, which drops the comedy and becomes a full-fledged suspense-horror series. After the OVA was released, another manga version was released called Satanikus ENMA Kerberos by Eiji Toriyama.
Plot[]
Enma, Yukiko-Hime and Kapaeru are part of the Yokai-Patrol. They go after ghosts that have escaped from Hell into the human world.[1]
Cast[]
- Masako Nozawa as Enma-kun
- Sumie Sakai as Yukiko Hime
- Kaneta Kimotsuki as Kapperu
- Junpei Takiguchi as Chapeauji
- Takako Kondo as Tsutomu
- Akira Shimada as Tobatiri-sensei
- Reiko Katsura as Harumi
- Takuzou Kamiyama as Daracura
- Hidekatsu Shibata as Enma-Daiou
Characters[]
- Enma-kun: Hot-headed, vicious, and perverted. Enma-kun is always one to "act first and think later" - never listening to the wise words of Chapeauji or Yuki-chan. He has a fire-wielding staff, and his cloak can turn into various weapons. Despite the fights he gets into with Yuki-chan, he really loves her. And at the end of the series, he will risk it all for her.
- Yukiko-Hime: A stuck up, and bossy Ice Princess. She is always fighting and yelling at Enma-kun. Throughout the series, Enma-kun calls her "Yuki-Chan". This annoys her to no end.
- Kapperu: Half kappa, Half water sprite. He is the third member of the Youkai Patrol. He doesn't have a lot of attacks, but still provides some help in battle. He's often confused for a kappa, which makes him very angry.
- Chapeauji: An "old man" yokai who looks like a hat. He guides Enma-kun.
- Tsutomu: A human boy that befriends the Youkai Patrol. He attends the local elementary school, and always gets attacked by demons. In the last episode, he was turned to gold. It's unknown if he ever changed back.
- Tobatiri-sensei: Tsutomu's teacher. He's merely a comic relief, and always yelling at Tsutomu-kun. At the end of the series he is turned to gold. It is unknown if he was ever changed back.
- Daracura: A homeless, deadbeat. Daracura was originally an officer for Enma-Daiou. After losing his position of officer, Daracura tried throughout the series to kill Enma-kun. However, as the series progressed Daracura became less important.
- Harumi: Tsutomu's girlfriend. Her mother has passed on, and lives with her father in an apartment complex.
- Enma-Daiou: The Judge of Hell. He sends his nephew Enma-kun, and his friends to arrest demons on Earth.
Episode list[]
| Episode | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Fellows from Hell |
| 2 | Fearful Demons of the Apartments |
| 3 | The Rotten Lake's Great Demon |
| 4 | Demon Tatamimaiishi |
| 5 | Thorns of a Beautiful Rose |
| 6 | The Demon's Hell Funeral |
| 7 | Demon Asunaro-Kozou |
| 8 | Demon Mimizuki |
| 9 | Day of Japan's Great Explosion |
| 10 | The Demon's Tears |
| 11 | Demon Amejorou |
| 12 | Demon Hijii |
| 13 | The Demon Triplets |
| 14 | Eruption! Tsunami! Tokyo in a Pinch |
| 15 | Challenge! Enma-Daiou |
| 16 | The Great Beast Zuwashii |
| 17 | God Mountain's Great Demon |
| 18 | Demon Iyomanto's Revenge |
| 19 | The Sleeping Demon |
| 20 | Demon Kogarashi-Kozou |
| 21 | The Dororon Demon Ship |
| 22 | The Ghostly Hell Holiday-House |
| 23 | Daddy, the demon |
| 24 | Demon Fish Kichigairyuu |
| 25 | Decisive Demon Battle |
References[]
- ↑ "DORORON ENMAKUN (TOEI ANIMATION FILM LIST". Toei Animation. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
External links[]
- Dororon Enma-kun (TV) (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- (Japanese) Dororon Enma-kun at The World of Go Nagai webpage.
- (Italian) Satanikus! at D/visual.
- (Japanese) Dororon Enma-kun Toei Animation Website Official site (TV).
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