“Descendants of a once-powerful family seek to resurrect their murdered patriarch using forbidden magic.”
Maryuu Senki
魔龍戦紀
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Synopsis
Descendants of a once-powerful family seek to resurrect their murdered patriarch using forbidden magic.
Once upon a time, there was a certain family having strong influence on the rule of the Imperial Court. They had their own might called "Kidou" and yet got hated because of the might itself. At last, the patriarch of the family was entrapped to his death, and all the family was doomed to ruin... The present day — the survived descendants of this family, now calling themselves "Kidousyuu" schemed to resurrect their murdered patriarch once again, and the ferocious evil spell went into action. (Source: BakaBT)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
What 4 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.28 · split reception
5.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 2.0
↓ 2.75
Running avg · Apr 2021 → May 2025
- 7 “Dont come here expecting much in terms of story, its mediocre. It doesnt help that whoever subbed this was too lazy and decided to ignore the giant wall of text in the beggining of the anime, which...”
- 2 “In my perspective, this anime lacks coherence and fails to establish a strong narrative foundation. To begin with, the story stats with a seemingly random scene that bears no relevance to the...”
- 2 “WARNING: THIS OVA NOT SAFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION! Do you like copious amounts of random gore and sex? Literal essays of text to read explaining pointless lore and worldbuilding? Did I mention all...”
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- Format 3 × 30′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 30m all episodes
- Aired Mar 1987 – Jul 1989
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-4424 catalog
Produced by
- Bandai Visual Producer