Inukami! The Movie

After watching Inukami The Movie, I’m convinced there is no anime quite as “special” as Inukami. No other anime (at least, of the one’s I’ve watched or heard of) has ever made such prevalent use of elephants (and in such a unique way), no other anime has so much manservice instead of fanservice, and no other anime has made me laugh so hard. Inukami! The Movie certainly does the anime series justice. The movie opens with Karina dead, Keita missing, and a pervert extermination force roaming the city beating up and imprisoning random perverts. All hope lies in Keita, as he is the only one who cansolve the mystery of Karina’s death and the sudden assaults on perverts. On the outlook the plot seems cliché and perhaps uninteresting. But Inukami never really cared about plot. Character and sheer randomness are what carry this movie to awesomeness. The Inukami girls are a lot cuter and more moe than in the anime series (especially Youko). I also have to admit, The Movie made Keita look quite cool; his fight scene with the exterminators towards the beginning of the movie was pretty sweet. Of course, The Movie also has Keita acting “cool” at the most random times. Even when he’s naked, he still puts on a hero face, voice, and pose. Indeed, the randomness sprinkled throughout The Movie makes it so much more enjoyable. A few examples: -3D Elephants (instead of the 2D ones of the regular anime). -Karina has a Mona Lisa cover instead of an elephant cover. -Engrish title screen. -The priest who presided over Karina’s funeral is imprisoned by the pervert extermination force. -Keita telling Youko that he’ll turn her into a pervert. -A million Karina clones. -A million Karin clones combining to form a mecha Karina. -Karina and Keita hugging each other naked. There are also quite a few references to popular anime; Furano thinks Karina died since she wrote his name in her Death Note, and one pervert cosplays as Nanoha. My favorite by far was of Sailor Moon, when the masochist from the regular anime series “magical girl transforms” into having bondage ropes tied around him. Best yet, when the exterminators beat him up, he screams “Ah, this feels so good!!!” And of course, Inukami! The Movie would not be complete without manservice. Instead of obligatory boob shots, The Movie gives you a long shot of Keita’s elephant-censored butt. (On a side note, there is an actual fanservice-y scene in the beginning when Keita and the Inukami have an underwear party.) In short… Pros -3D ELEPHANTS -On the surface Inukami The Movie has a formulaic story, but Inukami really makes fun of it and manages to make it uniquely its own. -And even if the story is cliché, it’s well knit. Keita uses the frog statue he wins at the beginning of the movie to defeat the mecha Karina at the end of the movie. -Girls have a moe upgrade from the regular anime. (And the animation on a whole is a lot better than the anime’s) -Several parodies—Death Note, Haruhi Suzmiya, Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha, Sailor Moon, and Power Rangers, to name a few. -Many random, laugh-out-loud moments. -The Movie brings back the soundtrack of the anime and a couple of new, catchy songs. -A pretty decent remix of the anime series’ ED. Cons -As I said, a formulaic story. -I can only give Enjoyment a 10. The Movie deserves an 11. -Definitely NOT for those who prefer serious anime. Bottom Line In the words of one of my good friends, “Inukami the Movie is best described as simply..Fuxing funny. You'll cry with laughter...and then you'll run out in your cul de sac butt-nekkid because to do so is now heroic.” And indeed, from the humongous 3D elephant on the title screen, to Keita and Karina’s romantic…err gar…elephant hug, Inukami! The Movie had me choking up with tears of laughter from beginning to end. If you watched the regular anime series, this is a movie you can’t miss!

Just a quick sum up of what this is about i am assuming you have watched the series so... i found it enjoyable, although there was nothing special about it. to sum up this episode is one of those that you would see inside the series as a filler. there is no actual ending or beginning, this would be just a be a quick side story to the series. it was highly enjoyable as it portrays and builds on the "perverted" side of the series. i recommend this if you want something for a quick laugh

This "movie" is really just an extra episode of Inukami that takes place in an unspecified period of the timeline. If this is to be considered just another episode, it would rank up there as one of, if not the best, episode in the series, in the same ballpark as the first 2 episodes. It`s just too bad that the TV series was brought down by its horrendously cheesy story and its religious adherence to harem cliche`s. Thankfully, the movie doesn`t focus much on trying to develop those characters, and opts for one of the more entertaining, but completely overlooked guys, the detective kamiya. The movie`shumor also feels oddly fresh, with a couple of anime reference jokes and the same creatively disturbing sexual humor found in the earlier episodes. It sheds the tired harem jokes where the male lead engages in womanizing before the female lead beats the living daylights out of him. The TV series` only saving grace was the fact that it had its way of turning melodrama into something rather humorous most of the time. The climax showed no such restraint and went all out with the cheese. If you found that disappointing, this piece of all out humor will be an end note that puts Inukami back in your good graces.

Cliche, generic, boring. This may be a very different review from the rest, but just for a reference I gave Inukami the series an overall 10, and it was extremely enjoyable. This movie... is it even a movie? It seems like the scriptwriter changed or something, cause too much was focused on the intro scenes. More importantly, Why was Kaoru there? No explanation. How could Project K run about when they are not even from the police force or something? Why are there so many of the "dolls" from the demonic tool? No idea. Well... basically, we just see all the characters being forced to assume a certainrole to play the story, in a very unnatural fashion. Oh, and aside from the elephants, there were a lot of unfamiliar stuff, like fanservice (not manservice anymore), mecha, some 3D CG, etc. Well overall, it started slow and ended too quickly and weirdly (e.g. the giant frog, lol). P.S. The synopsis is totally wrong. (In 2007, the Punishment of Sexual Perversions Law came into effect. The city is surrounded by a squadron wearing protective suits and they begin to arrest any who look like perversions. No wonder that Inukami Master Keita and Inukami Yoko are wanted for Class A perversions. What will happen to Keita, Yoko, Kaoru’s Inukami, and the other lovely perversions? What about Karina? (from AniDB)) Is it even a law?