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{{short description|Original video animation}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Guardian of Darkness
| name = Guardian of Darkness
| image = [[File:Guardian of Darkness.jpg|200px]]
| image = Guardian of Darkness.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Cover of the second North American DVD release of ''Guardian of Darkness''
| caption = Cover of the second North American DVD release of ''Guardian of Darkness''
| ja_kanji = 暗黒神伝承 武神
| ja_kanji = 暗黒神伝承 武神
| ja_romaji = Ankokushin Denshou Bushin
| ja_romaji = Ankokushin Denshou Takegami
| genre = [[Horror fiction|Horror]], [[Science Fiction]]
| genre = [[Horror fiction|Horror]], [[Science fiction]]
}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = ova
| type = ova
| director = [[Osamu Yamazaki]]
| director = Osamu Yamazaki
| producer =
| producer =
| writer = Osamu Yamazaki
| writer = Osamu Yamazaki
| music =
| music =
| studio = [[J.C.Staff]]
| studio = [[J.C.Staff]]
| licensor = {{flagicon|United States}} [[Central Park Media]]<br />{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[ADV Films|ADV Films UK]]
| licensee = {{English anime licensee | NA= [[Central Park Media]] | UK= [[ADV Films|ADV Films UK]]}}
| first = March 1990
| first = March 23, 1990
| last = January 1992
| last = January 24, 1992
| runtime = 45 minutes each
| runtime = 45 minutes each
| episodes = 3
| episodes = 3
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}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|'''''Guardian of Darkness'''''|暗黒神伝承 武神|Ankokushin Denshou Bushin|also known as ''Takegami: Guardian of Darkness''}} is a three-episode [[OVA]] [[anime]] series released by [[J.C.Staff]] between March 1990 through January 1992. The episodes are licensed for release in North America by [[Central Park Media]] and in the United Kingdom by [[ADV Films]] UK division.
{{nihongo|'''''Guardian of Darkness'''''|暗黒神伝承 武神|Ankokushin Denshō Takegami|also known as ''Takegami: Guardian of Darkness''|lead=yes}} is a three-episode [[OVA]] [[anime]] series released by [[J.C.Staff]] between March 1990 through January 1992. The episodes are licensed for release in North America by [[Central Park Media]] and in the United Kingdom by [[ADV Films]] UK division.


==Plot==
==Plot==
Terumi ({{Anime voices|[[Noriko Hidaka]]|[[Lisa Ortiz]]}}) is a lonely high school girl, teased for being mousy and homely by her classmates. Her childhood friend Kouichi ({{anime voices|Kazuhiko Inoue|[[Ted Lewis (voice actor)|Ted Lewis]]}}) is oblivious to her being in love with him. An ancient dragon lord offers to make her beautiful and popular in exchange for allowing him to possess her. Desperate, she agrees, and later rips apart the souls of the girls who once bullied her. Meanwhile, Kouichi is approached by another god, [[Susanoo|Susano]] ({{anime voices|Norio Wakamoto|[[Ted Gregory (voice actor)|Ted Gregory]]}}), who wants to possess his body, so he can defeat the dragon. Reluctantly, Kouichi agrees and later meets a priestess named Sayoko ({{anime voices|Yoshiko Sakakibara|Melanie Jones}}) who explains more to him about the current war between the gods. However, in order to kill the dragon, his host must die too leaving Kouichi struggling to figure out how to defeat the dragon spirits while also trying to save Terumi's life.
Terumi ({{voiced by|[[Noriko Hidaka]]|[[Lisa Ortiz]]}}) is a lonely high school girl, teased for being mousy and homely by her classmates. Her childhood friend Kouichi ({{voiced by|[[Kazuhiko Inoue]]|[[Ted Lewis (voice actor)|Ted Lewis]]}}) is oblivious to her being in love with him. An ancient dragon lord offers to make her beautiful and popular in exchange for allowing him to possess her. Desperate, she agrees, and later rips apart the souls of the girls who once bullied her. Meanwhile, Kouichi is approached by another god, [[Susanoo|Susano]] ({{voiced by|[[Norio Wakamoto]]|[[Ted Gregory (voice actor)|Ted Gregory]]}}), who wants to possess his body, so he can defeat the dragon. Reluctantly, Kouichi agrees and later meets a priestess named Sayoko ({{voiced by|[[Yoshiko Sakakibara]]|Melanie Jones}}) who explains more to him about the current war between the gods. However, itokill the dragon, his host must die too leaving Kouichi struggling to figure out how to defeat the dragon spirits while also trying to save Terumi's life.


==Media==
==Media==
Developed by [[J.C.Staff]], the three episodes of ''Guardian of Darkness'' were directed and written by [[Osamu Yamazaki]], and produced by [[Nobuhisa Abe]] and [[Shigeaki Komatsu]]. The three episodes were initially released to [[VHS]] format in Japan across three individual volumes. The first was released in March 1990; the last was released in January 1992.<ref name="JVC">{{cite web |url=http://www.jcstaff.co.jp/saku-sho/sakuhin01.htm |title=作品紹介(1987-2000) |publisher=[[J.C.Staff]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=2009-01-10 }}</ref>
Developed by [[J.C.Staff]], the three episodes of ''Guardian of Darkness'' were directed and written by [[Osamu Yamazaki]], and produced by [[Nobuhisa Abe]] and [[Shigeaki Komatsu]]. The three episodes were initially released to [[VHS]] format in Japan across three individual volumes. The first was released in March 1990; the last was released in January 1992.<ref name="JVC">{{cite web|url=http://www.jcstaff.co.jp/saku-sho/sakuhin01.htm |script-title=ja:作品紹介(1987-2000) |publisher=[[J.C.Staff]] |language=ja |access-date=2009-01-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202052852/http://www.jcstaff.co.jp/saku-sho/sakuhin01.htm |archive-date=2008-12-02 }}</ref>


The series is licensed for distribution in North America by [[Central Park Media]]—then US Manga Corps.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/1998-11-20/bgc-dvd-pushed-up-new-releases-announced |title=BGC DVD pushed up, new releases announced |publisher=[[Anime News Network]] |date=1998-11-20 |accessdate=2009-01-10 }}</ref> They released the English dubbed across three VHS volumes under the name ''Takegami: Guardian of Darkness'', with the first two released in October 1997, and the final episode released in February 1998.<ref name="Vol1" /><ref name="Vol3" /> A box set containing all three volumes were also released in the same month.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002340/ |title=Takegami: Guardian of Darkness 1-3 |publisher=[[Amazon.com]] |accessdate=2009-01-10 }}</ref> The episodes were released in a single DVD volume on January 19, 1999, with the original Japanese audio and English subtitled options added.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/6305262322/ |title=Guardian of Darkness/Takegami: War God |publisher=[[Amazon.com]] |accessdate=2009-01-10 }}</ref> The series was re-released to DVD on July 29, 2003, with the name ''Guardian of Darkness'' and new extras added.
The series is licensed for distribution in North America by [[Central Park Media]]—then US Manga Corps.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/1998-11-20/bgc-dvd-pushed-up-new-releases-announced |title=BGC DVD pushed up, new releases announced |publisher=[[Anime News Network]] |date=1998-11-20 |access-date=2009-01-10 }}</ref> They released the English dubbed across three VHS volumes under the name ''Takegami: Guardian of Darkness'', with the first two released in October 1997, and the final episode released in February 1998.<ref name="Vol1" /><ref name="Vol3" /> A box set containing all three volumes was also released in the same month.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002340/ |title=Takegami: Guardian of Darkness 1-3 |website=Amazon |date=3 February 1998 |access-date=2009-01-10 }}</ref> The episodes were released in a single DVD volume on January 19, 1999, with the original Japanese audio and English subtitled options added.<ref>{{Cite book|asin=6305262322 |title=Guardian of DarknessTakegami: War God }}</ref> The series was re-released to DVD on July 29, 2003, with the name ''Guardian of Darkness'' and new extras added.


The episodes are also licensed for release in the United Kingdom by [[ADV Films]], and the English dubbed episodes were released for digital download at [[IGN]]'s "Direct2Drive" service.
The episodes are also licensed for release in the United Kingdom by [[ADV Films]], and the English dubbed episodes were released for digital download at [[IGN]]'s "Direct2Drive" service.


===Episode listing===
===Episode Listing===
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! style="background: #CCF" width="20%" | Original Release
! style="background: #CCF" width="20%" | Original Release
! style="background: #CCF" width="20%" | North American Release
! style="background: #CCF" width="20%" | North American Release
{{Japanese episode list
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 1
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = Sixteen Night Stories
|EnglishTitle =
⚫
| TranslitTitle = Izayoi Jouwa
|KanjiTitle = 十六夜情話
| NativeTitle = 十六夜情話
⚫
|RomajiTitle = Izayoi Jouwa
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = March 23, 1990<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005GR1E/ |title=武神 十六夜情話 |publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=2009-01-10 }}</ref>
|FirstEngAirDate = October 7, 1997<ref name="Vol1">{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/6304613210/ |title=Takegami: Guardian of Darkness 1 |publisher=[[Amazon.com]] |accessdate=2009-01-10 }}</ref>
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|3|23}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005GR1E/ |script-title=ja:武神 十六夜情話 |publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]] |language=ja |access-date=2009-01-10 |date=23 March 1990 }}</ref>
| AltDate = October 7, 1997<ref name="Vol1">{{Cite book|asin=6304613210 |title=Takegami: Guardian of Darkness 1 }}</ref>
|ShortSummary =
| ShortSummary =
}}
}}
{{Japanese episode list
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 2
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Eight-Hundred Kilometers
|EnglishTitle =
| TranslitTitle = Yao Bikuni
|KanjiTitle = 八百比丘尼
| NativeTitle = 八百比丘尼
|RomajiTitle = Yao Bikuni
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = July 26, 1991<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005GR2Z/ |title=暗黒神伝承 武神<第二章 八百比丘尼> |publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=2009-01-10 }}</ref>
|FirstEngAirDate = October 7, 1997<ref name="Vol2">{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/6304684347/ |title=Takegami: Guardian of Darkness 2 |publisher=[[Amazon.com]] |accessdate=2009-01-10 }}</ref>
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|7|26}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005GR2Z/ |script-title=ja:暗黒神伝承 武神<第二章 八百比丘尼> |publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]] |language=ja |access-date=2009-01-10 |date=26 July 1991 }}</ref>
| AltDate = October 7, 1997<ref name="Vol2">{{Cite book|asin=6304684347 |title=Takegami: Guardian of Darkness 2 }}</ref>
|ShortSummary =
| ShortSummary =
}}
}}
{{Japanese episode list
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = Strange Water Leech
|EnglishTitle =
⚫
| TranslitTitle = Hiruko Kitan
|KanjiTitle = 水蛭子奇譚
| NativeTitle = 水蛭子奇譚
⚫
|RomajiTitle = Hiruko Kitan
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
|OriginalAirDate = January 24, 1992<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005GR3F/ |title=暗黒神伝承 武神 終幕~水蛭子奇譚~ |publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]] |language=Japanese |accessdate=2009-01-10 }}</ref>
|FirstEngAirDate = February 3, 1998<ref name="Vol3">{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/6304791208/ |title=Takegami: Guardian of Darkness 3 |publisher=[[Amazon.com]] |accessdate=2009-01-10 }}</ref>
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|1|24}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005GR3F/ |script-title=ja:暗黒神伝承 武神 終幕~水蛭子奇譚~ |publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]] |language=ja |access-date=2009-01-10 |date=24 January 1992 }}</ref>
| AltDate = February 3, 1998<ref name="Vol3">{{Cite book|asin=6304791208 |title=Takegami: Guardian of Darkness 3 }}</ref>
|ShortSummary =
| ShortSummary =
}}
}}
|}
|}


==Reception==
==Reception==
''Ex'' magazine's Charles McCarter felt the series had good character designs and particularly praised the dragon designs used in the series. He also praised the series musical soundtrack and the animation quality. However, he also felt the series claim that Terumi was inconsistent with her visually attractive character design, noting that "she is the most attractive character of the bunch (even before the hairstyle change)", and that the portrayal of the Shinto god [[Susanoo]] as the good guy as strange when the figure is normally a bad guy who "is typically shown in the myths...to be a bullying trantrum-thrower and all-around not-very nice guy". He also criticized the English voice actors in the Central Park Media dub for the mispronunciation of the Japanese names. As a whole, however, McCarter felt it was a fun series, particularly for fans of the occult and horror genres.<ref name="EX">{{cite journal |title=Takegami |first=Charles |last=McCarter |journal=EX |volume=2 |issue=7 |year=1997 |url=http://www.ex.org/2.7/23-anime_takegami.html |accessdate=2009-01-11 }}</ref> Carlos Ross of ''THEM Anime Reviews'' agreed with McCarter about Tarumi's character design being the cutest of the series rather than ugly, and the oddity of Susanoo being the good god in the series. However, Ross felt the series was unmemorable, plagued with writing inconsistencies, and bad animation. He also disliked the English dub, finding Lisa Ortiz's performance as Tarumi to be "grating", the other voices forgettable and annoying for their mispronunciation of names. In his final summary, Ross felt that "poor animation and lackluster writing sabotage an interesting premise and potentially cool characters."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=441 |title=Takegami: Guardian of Darkness |first=Carlos |last=Ross |publisher=THEM Anime Reviews |year=1990 |accessdate=2009-01-11 }}</ref>
''EX'' magazine's Charles McCarter felt the series had good character designs and particularly praised the dragon designs used in the series. He also praised the series musical soundtrack and the animation quality. However, he also felt the series claim that Terumi was inconsistent with her visually attractive character design, noting that "she is the most attractive character of the bunch (even before the hairstyle change)", and that the portrayal of the Shinto god [[Susanoo]] as the good guy as strange when the figure is normally a bad guy who "is typically shown in the myths...to be a bullying tantrum-thrower and all-around not-very-nice guy". He also criticized the English voice actors in the Central Park Media dub for the mispronunciation of the Japanese names. As a whole, however, McCarter felt it was a fun series, particularly for fans of the occult and horror genres.<ref name="EX">{{cite journal |title=Takegami |first=Charles |last=McCarter |journal=EX |volume=2 |issue=7 |year=1997 |url=http://www.ex.org/2.7/23-anime_takegami.html |access-date=2009-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310043110/http://www.ex.org/2.7/23-anime_takegami.html |archive-date=2009-03-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Carlos Ross of ''THEM Anime Reviews'' agreed with McCarter about Terumi's character design being the cutest of the series rather than ugly, and the oddity of Susanoo being the good god in the series. However, Ross felt the series was unmemorable, plagued with writing inconsistencies, and bad animation. He also disliked the English dub, finding Lisa Ortiz's performance as Terumi to be "grating", the other voices forgettable and annoying for their mispronunciation of names. In his final summary, Ross felt that "poor animation and lackluster writing sabotage an interesting premise and potentially cool characters."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=441 |title=Takegami: Guardian of Darkness |first=Carlos |last=Ross |publisher=THEM Anime Reviews |year=1990 |access-date=2009-01-11 }}</ref>


''Anime Encyclopedia'' authors [[Jonathan Clements]] and [[Helen McCarthy]] offered the series mild praise for its English dub, particularly the demonic voice effects, but otherwise trashed the series as a "derivative tale of violent transformations...with a dose of misogyny and lackluster fight scenes."<ref name="AnimeEncyc">{{cite book |last=Clements |first=Jonathan |authorlink=Jonathan Clements |coauthors=[[Helen McCarthy]] |title=The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 |date=2001-09-01 |publisher=Stone Bridge Press |location=Berkeley, California |isbn=1-880656-64-7 |oclc=47255331 |pages=389–190 |edition=1st }}</ref>
''Anime Encyclopedia'' authors [[Jonathan Clements]] and [[Helen McCarthy]] offered the series mild praise for its English dub, particularly the demonic voice effects, but otherwise trashed the series as a "derivative tale of violent transformations...with a dose of misogyny and lackluster fight scenes."<ref name="AnimeEncyc">{{cite book |last=Clements |first=Jonathan |author-link=Jonathan Clements |author2=Helen McCarthy |title=The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 |url=https://archive.org/details/animeencyclopedi00clem |url-access=limited |date=2001-09-01 |publisher=Stone Bridge Press |location=Berkeley, California |isbn=1-880656-64-7 |oclc=47255331 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/animeencyclopedi00clem/page/389 389]–190 |edition=1st |author2-link=Helen McCarthy }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{ann|ova|752|Takegami - Guardian of Darkness}}
*{{ann|ova|752|Takegami - Guardian of Darkness}}
*[http://www.mania.com/reviews/takegami-guardian-darkness_article_73979.html AnimeOnDVD.com/Mania.com Review]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110522202602/http://www.mania.com/reviews/takegami-guardian-darkness_article_73979.html AnimeOnDVD.com/Mania.com Review]
*[http://archives.starbulletin.com/2007/07/22/features/story03.html ''Star Bulletin'' review]
*[http://archives.starbulletin.com/2007/07/22/features/story03.html ''Star Bulletin'' review]


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Guardian of Darkness
Cover of the second North American DVD release of Guardian of Darkness
暗黒神伝承 武神
(Ankokushin Denshou Takegami)
GenreHorror, Science fiction
Original video animation
Directed byOsamu Yamazaki
Written byOsamu Yamazaki
StudioJ.C.Staff
Licensed by
Released March 23, 1990 – January 24, 1992
Runtime45 minutes each
Episodes3

Guardian of Darkness (Japanese: 暗黒神伝承 武神, Hepburn: Ankokushin Denshō Takegami, also known as Takegami: Guardian of Darkness) is a three-episode OVA anime series released by J.C.Staff between March 1990 through January 1992. The episodes are licensed for release in North America by Central Park Media and in the United Kingdom by ADV Films UK division.

Plot

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Terumi (Voiced by: Noriko Hidaka (Japanese); Lisa Ortiz (English)) is a lonely high school girl, teased for being mousy and homely by her classmates. Her childhood friend Kouichi (Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue (Japanese); Ted Lewis (English)) is oblivious to her being in love with him. An ancient dragon lord offers to make her beautiful and popular in exchange for allowing him to possess her. Desperate, she agrees, and later rips apart the souls of the girls who once bullied her. Meanwhile, Kouichi is approached by another god, Susano (Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto (Japanese); Ted Gregory (English)), who wants to possess his body, so he can defeat the dragon. Reluctantly, Kouichi agrees and later meets a priestess named Sayoko (Voiced by: Yoshiko Sakakibara (Japanese); Melanie Jones (English)) who explains more to him about the current war between the gods. However, itokill the dragon, his host must die too leaving Kouichi struggling to figure out how to defeat the dragon spirits while also trying to save Terumi's life.

Media

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Developed by J.C.Staff, the three episodes of Guardian of Darkness were directed and written by Osamu Yamazaki, and produced by Nobuhisa Abe and Shigeaki Komatsu. The three episodes were initially released to VHS format in Japan across three individual volumes. The first was released in March 1990; the last was released in January 1992.[1]

The series is licensed for distribution in North America by Central Park Media—then US Manga Corps.[2] They released the English dubbed across three VHS volumes under the name Takegami: Guardian of Darkness, with the first two released in October 1997, and the final episode released in February 1998.[3][4] A box set containing all three volumes was also released in the same month.[5] The episodes were released in a single DVD volume on January 19, 1999, with the original Japanese audio and English subtitled options added.[6] The series was re-released to DVD on July 29, 2003, with the name Guardian of Darkness and new extras added.

The episodes are also licensed for release in the United Kingdom by ADV Films, and the English dubbed episodes were released for digital download at IGN's "Direct2Drive" service.

Episode Listing

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# Titel Original Release North American Release
1"Sixteen Night Stories"
Transliteration: "Izayoi Jouwa" (Japanese: 十六夜情話)		March 23, 1990 (1990-03-23)[7]October 7, 1997[3]
2"Eight-Hundred Kilometers"
Transliteration: "Yao Bikuni" (Japanese: 八百比丘尼)		July 26, 1991 (1991-07-26)[8]October 7, 1997[9]
3"Strange Water Leech"
Transliteration: "Hiruko Kitan" (Japanese: 水蛭子奇譚)		January 24, 1992 (1992-01-24)[10]February 3, 1998[4]

Reception

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EX magazine's Charles McCarter felt the series had good character designs and particularly praised the dragon designs used in the series. He also praised the series musical soundtrack and the animation quality. However, he also felt the series claim that Terumi was inconsistent with her visually attractive character design, noting that "she is the most attractive character of the bunch (even before the hairstyle change)", and that the portrayal of the Shinto god Susanoo as the good guy as strange when the figure is normally a bad guy who "is typically shown in the myths...to be a bullying tantrum-thrower and all-around not-very-nice guy". He also criticized the English voice actors in the Central Park Media dub for the mispronunciation of the Japanese names. As a whole, however, McCarter felt it was a fun series, particularly for fans of the occult and horror genres.[11] Carlos Ross of THEM Anime Reviews agreed with McCarter about Terumi's character design being the cutest of the series rather than ugly, and the oddity of Susanoo being the good god in the series. However, Ross felt the series was unmemorable, plagued with writing inconsistencies, and bad animation. He also disliked the English dub, finding Lisa Ortiz's performance as Terumi to be "grating", the other voices forgettable and annoying for their mispronunciation of names. In his final summary, Ross felt that "poor animation and lackluster writing sabotage an interesting premise and potentially cool characters."[12]

Anime Encyclopedia authors Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy offered the series mild praise for its English dub, particularly the demonic voice effects, but otherwise trashed the series as a "derivative tale of violent transformations...with a dose of misogyny and lackluster fight scenes."[13]

References

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  1. ^ 作品紹介(1987-2000) (in Japanese). J.C.Staff. Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  2. ^ "BGC DVD pushed up, new releases announced". Anime News Network. 1998-11-20. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  3. ^ a b Takegami: Guardian of Darkness 1. ASIN 6304613210.
  4. ^ a b Takegami: Guardian of Darkness 3. ASIN 6304791208.
  5. ^ "Takegami: Guardian of Darkness 1-3". Amazon. 3 February 1998. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  6. ^ Guardian of DarknessTakegami: War God. ASIN 6305262322.
  7. ^ 武神 十六夜情話 (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. 23 March 1990. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  8. ^ 暗黒神伝承 武神<第二章 八百比丘尼> (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. 26 July 1991. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  9. ^ Takegami: Guardian of Darkness 2. ASIN 6304684347.
  10. ^ 暗黒神伝承 武神 終幕~水蛭子奇譚~ (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. 24 January 1992. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  11. ^ McCarter, Charles (1997). "Takegami". EX. 2 (7). Archived from the original on 2009-03-10. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
  12. ^ Ross, Carlos (1990). "Takegami: Guardian of Darkness". THEM Anime Reviews. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
  13. ^ Clements, Jonathan; Helen McCarthy (2001-09-01). The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 (1st ed.). Berkeley, California: Stone Bridge Press. pp. 389–190. ISBN 1-880656-64-7. OCLC 47255331.
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