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Message started by Brand on 03/02/08 at 13:53:45

Title: Devil Summoner TV series
Post by Brand on 03/02/08 at 13:53:45

So there was a live action Devil Summoner TV series back in the 90's. It came out on DVD a few years ago in Japan (but the box sets was very expensive, like $300 U.S. dollars). Recently someone has uploaded episodes from it on NicoNico video which is a lot like youtube.

Tastystirfry posted this in the SumaruCity (http://community.livejournal.com/sumarucity/) LiveJournal community but I thought I would share it with you here:

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(These videos require you to be registered with NicoNico video, instructions are here (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=8551398#post8551398).

So, they finally got around to uploading more episodes of the Devil Summoner TV series on NicoNico. It only took them like, half a year! Anyway, the series is pretty laughable, but it has a certain cheesy charm to it, what with all the blood and cheap CGI effects. Below are a few choice episodes from the series:

Devil Summoner TV Drama episode 12 - "The Duel" (http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2370694)
This is the next to last episode of the first season, where Kyouji and Rei prepare to go off and fight Sid. This... well, this is the epitome of the series. The cheese, the gore, the brief shot of Kyouji's ass, the cruddy special effects, the montage of Rei and Kyouji getting suited up in leather... This is not safe for work, unless your job involves looking at pictures of bloody dead people.

Devil Summoner TV Drama Episode 15 - "Parasite Ward" (http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2400240)
In which Kyouji is attacked by a topless woman who has tentacles. No, really. Not safe for work. This episode shows off some of the fun filled gore this series has! Gore and boobies.

Devil Summoner TV Drama - "The Illusion of Jack Frost" (http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2431395)
This is a relatively tame episode, no violence or nudity to speak of. Jack Frost puts in an appearance as a spirit that's haunting a print club photo booth. No, really. The CGI Jack Frost makes me giggle because it is so terrible. This is also the second season, so Rei is sporting her really unfortunate bangs.

While he mentions that the Jack Frost episode is tame and it is, there is some naked boobies for all about three seconds.

From what I saw the quality wasn't that bad, if you take in mind that this is a Japanese Live action show (Which tend to be super cheap to begin with) and from the mid-late 90's. I did like how the one girl in the Jack Frost episode was in a St. Hermelin High School uniform.

Title: Re: Devil Summoner TV series
Post by 0kami7777 on 03/18/08 at 17:57:05

is anybody planning on subbing these into english?

Title: Re: Devil Summoner TV series
Post by Brand on 03/18/08 at 23:29:32

I wish, but I don't think so. At one point I thought of buying the dvd box set but it was super expensive (like $300 dollars a season). I think these dvds have gone out of print and are even more expensive now to get so I don't know if there is a whole large chance of subs happening, unless raw files show up some where.

Title: Re: Devil Summoner TV series
Post by 0kami7777 on 03/23/08 at 19:10:19

It's okay. I watched some and I think not knowing WTF is going on is what makes it great. It almost reminds me of Garth Meranghi's Darkplace in terms of horror unintentional humor (except this time it IS uninentional). Nothing can compare with the demon posessed hooker with the laser beam shooting that guy's head off.

Title: Re: Devil Summoner TV series
Post by Choooo on 04/18/08 at 13:16:25

Yeah, that one's great because his head explodes into soapy red water.

Title: Re: Devil Summoner TV series
Post by Fiend-Vaan on 02/16/09 at 15:21:25

I remember watching a clip somewhere a long ago, I thought it was fan-made! this is what Ed Wood would have made if he was japanese. Awesome!

Title: Re: Devil Summoner TV series
Post by Brand on 02/16/09 at 23:41:18

Honestly if you watched a decent amount of Japanese live action TV or even some movies, that show wasn't even close to Ed Wood level cheese.

Title: Re: Devil Summoner TV series
Post by Alizarin on 02/19/09 at 17:45:39

Brand wrote:

Honestly if you watched a decent amount of Japanese live action TV or even some movies, that show wasn't even close to Ed Wood level cheese.

This. The Japanese seem to be incapable of making more than ten decent live action anythings.

Title: Re: Devil Summoner TV series
Post by Fiend-Vaan on 02/21/09 at 11:22:35

Alizarin wrote:

[quote author=Brand link=1204484025/0#6 date=1234845678]Honestly if you watched a decent amount of Japanese live action TV or even some movies, that show wasn't even close to Ed Wood level cheese.

This. The Japanese seem to be incapable of making more than ten decent live action anythings.[/quote]

That is why they make Anime, which in my humble opinion is a nicer way to tell a story

Title: Re: Devil Summoner TV series
Post by Alizarin on 05/21/09 at 03:20:44

Fiend-Vaan wrote:

[quote author=Alizarin link=1204484025/0#7 date=1235083539][quote author=Brand link=1204484025/0#6 date=1234845678]Honestly if you watched a decent amount of Japanese live action TV or even some movies, that show wasn't even close to Ed Wood level cheese.

This. The Japanese seem to be incapable of making more than ten decent live action anythings.[/quote]

That is why they make Anime, which in my humble opinion is a nicer way to tell a story[/quote]

A lot of anime is retarded

Title: Re: Devil Summoner TV series
Post by Koolin on 09/19/12 at 06:21:33

I am so busy that I haven t watch this since couple of weeks.