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“Three ancient dragons awaken to devour humanity; reluctant host must channel dark god Takegami to stop them.”
Guardian of Darkness
暗黒神伝承 武神 (Takegami)
5.78
11,819 rank · 3,257 viewers · 2 favorites
Drama
Sci-Fi
Supernatural
Mecha
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Synopsis
Three ancient dragons awaken to devour humanity; reluctant host must channel dark god Takegami to stop them.
A trio of diabolical dragons stirs from eons of slumber deep within the earth. Charging to the surface, they launch a bloody rampage against humanity, feasting on the weak and gaining strength from their hapless victims' souls. It will take the power of ancient god Takegami, the Guardian of Darkness, to vanquish the evil serpent forces. But alas, the mortal body Takegami inhabits belongs to a host reluctant to fight.
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
3.7
/10
What 3 viewers settled on.
0%
recommend
Score distribution
median 3
mode 2
σ 1.70
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.70 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 2.33
Running avg · Feb 2022 → Nov 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 2 “This OVA has serious problems. The pacing is so slow the first 10 minutes felt like an hour. Took all my willpower not to hit the fast-forward button to speed it up. I would estimate 70% of this...”
- 6 “While I'm not a huge fan of 90's anime, it isn't terrible and has a good foundation of which the story grows from a simple 'meh another one of these' to 'that actually makes sense.' While at first...”
- 3 ““Ankoku Shindenshou Takegami” is yet another dark Shinto/Buddhist mysticism-laced OVA. It adds tokusatsu and kaiju elements to be distinctive, but it’s dull, the characters are difficult to...”
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Short · 67%
Medium · 0%
Long · 33%
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- Format 3 × 42′ eps × min
- Total runtime 2h 06m all episodes
- Aired Mar 1990 – Jan 1992
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-1135 catalog
Produced by
- Arts Pro Producer
Licensed by
- Central Park Media Licensor