Shuten Doji - The Star Hand Kid
手天童子
“Oni-raised Jiro fights cultists, protects loved ones, and journeys through time to become Shuten Doji reborn.”
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Synopsis
Oni-raised Jiro fights cultists, protects loved ones, and journeys through time to become Shuten Doji reborn.
As a baby Jiro was delivered to his foster parents by a massive oni, who said he would return for Jiro in 15 years. When the time comes Jiro must contend with enemy oni, dark cultists, and their minions while attempting to protect both his parents and girlfriend from their depredations. Ultimately he must embark on a journey through the past, future, and other dimensions to embrace his destiny as Shuten Doji reborn. (Source: ANN)
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Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
7.3/10
What 4
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100% recommend
Score distribution
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MixedMostly aligned
σ 1.48 · some divergence
The polarity gap
Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
0.75Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 0%
Long · 50%
Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9/10 “The series starts off okay with a seemingly standard dark vs light story, but a mid-series curve ball kicks it into overdrive with two fantastic episodes. Episode 3 delivers great action horror...”
- 8/10 “I rather liked this anime — the storyline is pretty sweet, actually makes sense eventually, and completely fulfills all the supernaturalness it promises, with a satisfactory amount of blood and...”
- 7/10 “This anime impresses with its psychological depth, reimagining oni as symbols of internal turmoil and Thanatos in a Freudian framework, and it blends history with fiction through plausible...”
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Shuten Doji - The Star Hand Kid begins and ends here.
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-1120
- Format
- 4 × 50′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 3h 20m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Dec 1989 – Dec 1991
- Fall 1989
- Source
- Ova
- media type
- Rated
- R+
- Mild Nudity
- Ref.
- BS-1120
- catalog