Dororon Enma-kun

Template:Nihongo, also known as Satanikus!, is a Japanese horror-comedy anime and manga series created by Go Nagai. It is one of Nagai's most famous works in Japan, although not very well known in the rest of the world. In 2006, it would get a sequel/remake in Demon Prince Enma, which drops the comedy and becomes a full-fledged suspense-horror series. After the OVA was released, another manga version was released called Satanikus Enma Kerberos by Eiji Toriyama. A remake entitled Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up aired in Japan in 2011.

Plot

Enma, Yukiko-Hime and Kapaeru are part of the Yokai-Patrol. They go after yokai that have escaped from Hell into the human world.

Characters

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The hot-headed, perverted protagonist, sent by his uncle to arrest yokai that have infiltrated the human world, though most often then not he ends up going overboard and killing them instead. He has long eyebrows that can detect a yokai's presence and wields a powerful cape and a fiery staff which can transform into a massive hammer.

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A beautiful Yuki-onna princess who is in love with Enma, but often has to put up with his pervertedness. She has powerful ice powers, though more often than not gets captured in a fanserviceable manner.

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Half kappa, half water sprite. He is the third member of the Yokai Patrol. He doesn't have a lot of attacks, but still provides some help in battle. He's often confused for a frog, which makes him very angry. His name is a portmanteau of 'kappa' and 'kaeru' ("frog" in Japanese).

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An "old man" yokai who looks like a hat and guides Enma-kun. His name is a portmanteau of 'chapeau' and 'ouji' ("old man" in Japanese).

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A human boy that befriends the Yokai Patrol. He attends the local elementary school, and always gets attacked by demons. He is a side character in the 2011 anime.

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Tsutomu's teacher. He's merely a comic relief, and always yelling at Tsutomu-kun.

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A homeless deadbeat, Daracura was originally an officer for Enma-Daiou. After losing his position of officer, Daracura tried throughout the series to kill Enma-kun. However, as the series progressed Daracura became less important.

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Tsutomu's girlfriend. Her mother has passed on, and lives with her father in an apartment complex. She replaces Tsutomu as one of the main protagonists in the 2011 anime.

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The Judge of Hell and Enma's uncle. He sends Enma-kun and his friends to arrest demons on Earth.

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Enma's sister; the protagonist of the spin-off manga, Dororon Enbi-chan, and an antagonist in the 2011 anime. She has her own versions of Yukiko-Hime and Kapaeru named Yukiko-Hige and Kapaku.

Media

Anime

Template:Main article The original anime was produced by Toei Animation and was originally broadcast on Fuji TV from Template:Start date, to Template:End date. The opening theme was Template:Nihongo and the ending theme was Template:Nihongo, both performed by Chinatsu Nakayama. An original video animation of the sequel manga, Demon Prince Enma, was produced by Brain's Base and was released in four volumes released between August 25, 2006, and March 23, 2007. The OVA is licensed in North America by Bandai Entertainment. A remake of the original series, titled Template:Nihongo, was produced by Brain's Base and aired on MBS between April 7, 2011, and June 24, 2011. The opening theme is Template:Nihongo by Masaaki Endoh and the Moonriders, whilst the ending theme is Template:Nihongo by The Moonriders feat. Yoko. NIS America licensed the series in North America under the title Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up and released the series on subtitled DVD and Blu-ray Disc on September 11, 2012.

Manga

The main version of the manga was originally serialized in Shogakukan's magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from Template:Start date, to Template:End date.

Besides Weekly Shōnen Sunday version, other serializations were published at the time in various Shogakukan's children magazines and in Tokuma Shoten's TV Land, drawn by Nagai and several of his assistants.

Magazine	Original run	Artist
Shougakukan book	Template:Start date – Template:End date	Tsutomu Oyamada
Yochien	Template:Start date – Template:End date	Tsutomu Oyamada
Shogaku Ichinensei	Template:Start date – Template:End date	Tadashi Makimura
Shogaku Ninensei	Template:Start date – Template:End date	Kiyoshi Takenaka
Shogaku Sannensei		Go Nagai, Ken Ishikawa
Shogaku Yonnensei		Ken Ishikawa
Shogaku Gonensei		Yoshimi Hamada
Shogaku Rokunensei	Template:Start date – Template:End date	Tsutomu Oyamada
TV Land	Template:Start date – Template:End date	Osamu Hiramatsu, Mitsuru Hiruta
Yoiko		Tomotaka Iwasawa

Volumes

The series published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday has been compiled in volumes several times.

Wakagi Shobo (Comic Mate, 1974)

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Wakagi Shobo (Comic Mate, 1979)

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Asahi Sonorama (Sun Wide Comics, 1985)

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Chuokoron-sha (Chuko Aizoban, 1991)

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Chuokoron-sha (Chuko Bunko Comic Han, 1996)

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Kodansha (KP Comics, 2003)

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Goma Books (Goma Comics, 2006)

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This version is also available in ebook format, published by ebookjapan.

Sequels

Short stories

• Template:Nihongo, a one-shot story, was published in the Template:Start date issue of Asahi Sonorama' Manga Shōnen. In this story, the characters are older. Since its publication, this manga has been compiled in all tankōbon as the last story with the title Template:Nihongo.
• Template:Nihongo, drawn by Koichi Hagane, a short manga published by Shogakukan on Template:Start date in Coro Coro Comic and on Template:Start date, and Template:End date, in Bessatsu Coro Coro Comic Special.
• Template:Nihongo, a seinen manga by Masaki Segawa, is a 38-page one-shot story published on Template:Start date (cover date Template:Start date) published in Shueisha's Business Jump.

Dororon Enbi-chan

Template:Nihongo, published from Template:Start date to Template:End date in the magazine Monthly YoungMan by Sanwa Publishing. This is an adult-restricted erotic comedy.

Kikoushi Enma

Template:Main article Template:Nihongo is a sequel of the original manga by Go Nagai with a mature tone, where the characters are no longer children, published in Kodansha's Magazine Z from Template:Start date (cover date Template:Start date) to Template:End date (cover date Template:Start date.)

Satanikus ENMA Kerberos

Template:Nihongo is a sequel of Kikoushi Enma by Eiji Karasuyama, published in Kodansha's Magazine Z from Template:Start date (cover date Template:Start date) to Template:End date (cover date Template:Start date.)

Shururun Yukiko Hime-chan: feat. Dororon Enma-kun

Template:Nihongo is a seinen manga written and drawn by Sae Amatsu and released alongside Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera. It was serialized on Kadokawa Shoten's magazine Young Ace from Template:Start date (cover date Template:Start date) to Template:End date (cover date Template:End date).

External links

• Dororon Enma-kun at The World of Go Nagai webpage Template:In lang
• Satanikus!Template:Dead link at D/visual Template:In lang
• Dororon Enma-kun Toei Animation Website Official site (TV) Template:In lang
• Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera official website Template:Webarchive
• Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera official website Template:In lang
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