to do so as well. Kyoya finally decides to help because of Sayaka's pleas. Cast Production The film took two years to produce and had a budget of 130 million yen. It was also additionally screened in movie theaters in Hong Kong. Reception Hyper Daniel Wilks criticised the film for having "only vaguely interconnected action scenes punctuated by some rather dull talkiness marred by horrible accents (the heroine is unconvincingly British and the childish sidekick speaks with a mangled Mexican drawl)". Related works Demon Palace Babylon is the direct sequel to Demon City Shinjuku written six years later in 1988 and follows Kyoya, Sayaka, and Mephisto as they battle against King Nebachanezzar and his four knights. This was released in the United States in a complete edition with Demon City in 2011. It was also released as two manga by ADV Manga back in 2003 and 2004. Demon City Hunter is a series of 17 manga released in Japan that follows Kyoya, Mephisto, and Sayaka after the events of Demon City Shinjuku. ADV Manga published 2 of these in English but did not finish them. Demon City Blues is a set of five novels that is based in the Demon City universe and has Mephisto reappearing but with a new hero, Setsura Aki. Setsura is a P.I. specializing in missing persons, but now he and Mephisto must go up against a group of vampires led by "Princess" who plan on making Shinjuku a vampire metropolis. the last novel will be released in English in March. The Demon City Shinjuku Role-Playing Game was published by Guardians of Order in 2000. It uses the Tri-Stat System and was written by David L. Pulver. References External links 1982 Japanese novels 1988 anime OVAs 2002 manga ADV Manga Anime films based on novels Akita Shoten manga Asahi Sonorama manga Central Park Media Dark fantasy anime and manga Digital Manga Publishing titles Discotek Media Japanese horror novels Light novels Madhouse (company) Novels by Hideyuki Kikuchi Novels set in Tokyo Sentai Filmworks