“Descendant Chiaki revives sealed demon Zenki to battle unleashed evil threatening her town 1,200 years after ancient war.”
Zenki
鬼神童子ZENKI
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Synopsis
Descendant Chiaki revives sealed demon Zenki to battle unleashed evil threatening her town 1,200 years after ancient war.
In ancient times, a great battle was waged between a master mage, Enno Ozuno, and an evil demon goddess, Karuma. Unfortunately, Enno didn't have the strength to defeat her alone and was forced to call upon Zenki, a powerful protector demon. After Karuma was defeated, Enno sealed Zenki away in a pillar located inside his temple. 1,200 years after this epic battle, Enno's descendant, Chiaki, spends her days showing tourists around her hometown of Shikigami-cho and doing exorcisms to pay the bills. One day, two thieves enter the town in hopes of opening a seal in the Ozuno temple and releasing the hidden treasure from within. However, what actually pops out is a dark entity that attaches itself to the henchmen, transforming them into demonic beings. After this transformation, they begin a rampage through the temple, terrorizing poor Chiaki. It is now up to this young progeny to unleash her family's powers to summon Zenki and save Shikigami-cho from these demons, as well as the evil entities sure to follow in their footsteps.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
What 4 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.79 · some divergence
3.5 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 3.5
↑ 2.25
Running avg · Aug 2015 → Aug 2022
- 7 “The Kishin Douji Zenki anime series consists of 51 episodes, which were based on the work of Kikuhide Tani and Yoshihiro Kuroiwa. This was one of the few anime that were on TV in my country, but it...”
- 7 “I understand the first review people see when looking up this anime is a 3/10, so please bear with me. Otakus today have grown a recency bias when it comes to anime, it is nobody's fault and hardly...”
- 3 “To sum up this anime in three words: "It's very 90s" Art and Sound: 5/10 -The demons, besides the 'nice' ones, look like classic demons from Japanese paintings. They're fairly well drawn and...”
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- Format 51 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 20h 24m all episodes
- Aired Jan 1995 – Dec 1995 Winter 1995
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-1430 catalog
Produced by
- TV Tokyo Producer
- Kitty Films Producer
- Yomiko Advertising Producer
- K-Factory Producer
Licensed by
- Media Blasters Licensor