“Post-apocalyptic warrior Violence Jack prevents civil war in underground Evil Town after global catastrophe.”
Violence Jack: Evil Town
バイオレンス ジャック 〜地獄街編〜
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Synopsis
Post-apocalyptic warrior Violence Jack prevents civil war in underground Evil Town after global catastrophe.
The World as we know it has been torn apart shattered by a series of natural disasters that have turned civilization into a brutish nightmare of survival and has left whole cities buried beneath the Earth. It's now a lethal and chaotic place, a place where only the strongest and most savage remain alive. The strongest of them all is a giant warrior known as Violence Jack… Violence Jack tries to avert a civil war brewing among the wretched inhabitants of a subterranean metropolis called Evil Town. Based on a character created by manga horror specialist, Go Nagai. (Source: AniDB)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 18 sampled reviews
What 18 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.89 · split reception
6.4 pts
Recommenders 8.6 · others 2.2
↓ 1.33
Running avg · Sep 2009 → Feb 2026
- 8 “This was an interesting watch. This is somewhat different to the original arc in the manga. In saying this I found this enjoyable because it was just so cooked… but WOW this shid was graphic and I...”
- 8 “After a terrible earthquake levels tokyo{what new }lol the few survivors are forced to live under the most extreme of conditions.Eating rats,cockroaches,canned dog food while all at the same time...”
- 10 “The GOAT of Violence OVA!!! If you rate it anything lower than 8 out of 10, then clearly this type of anime is not for you, so you should not even be rating this. I put the threshold at 8 because,...”
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- Format 1 × 58′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 58m all episodes
- Aired Dec 1988 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-1213 catalog
Produced by
- Japan Home Video Producer
- Dynamic Planning Producer
- Soeishinsha Producer
- Arts Pro Producer
Licensed by
- Discotek Media Licensor