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Title (English) | Ushio & Tora |
Title (Japanese) | Ushio to Tora | Advertising Fantasy Novel |
Notes | USHIO & TORA vols.1 to 5 USHIO & TORA vol.6 - Comedy Deformed Theatre Jap: 11 eps. |
Classification | - |
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Review | USHIO AND TORA eps 1,2 (Western Connection, subtitled, 60 min, cert PG, £12.99) Ushio, an unruly modern youth, has little respect for his father, a temple priest, and even less for his father's tales of a monster pinned to a rock by the Spear of Beast. One day, ordered to clean out an outbuilding, he trips over the ring handle of a trapdoor, and on opening it falls through into a cellar. Within is, of course the Beast. It begs Ushio to free it, but lets slip that it means to eat him once free. Sensible Ushio makes sure the spear is secure, and retreats. Unfortunately, the opening of the cellar has released evil spirits which terrorise Ushio's girl classmates, so he has to return to the cellar to do a deal with the Beast. This is an excellent modern fantasy series, with both visual humour and comedy springing from the ambiguous nature of the relationship, with Tora appearing by turns monster, adversary, victim and collaborator, and Ushio by turns potential lunch, bully and hero, and an object of mirth for talking to an invisible companion. USHIO & TORA - Comedy Deformed Theatre (Western Connction, 30 mins An example of the "Super Deformed" variant of anime, quite popular in Japan but rarely seen in the UK. It's a kind of affectionate parody, in which the characters have heads of exaggerated size and tiny bodies. I can't remember much about this example, to be honest. |
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Episodes | 6 |
Release | UK:VHS |
TV Showing | See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here. |
Date | 1992 |
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References & Help | Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information. |
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