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.
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karuha
Ok so It seems this site is full of sensitive little snots who can't appreciate violence and symbolism, but anyways on to fucking Violence Jack an awesome ova series of three. This review will be for the 2nd episode of the Japanese release "Evil Town". Plot: 10 ok the story, the story is about how humanity got hit by a bunch of natural disasters and 1 big ass earth quake. Because of this some humans have gotten stuck underground, they split into factions, they live disgustingly low eating cockroaches and shit(literally), 1 faction is the buisiness men, then you have have the criminal bike gangdudes, and then you have the innocent fashion models, this is all important because it reflects certain aspects of our society, the business men are like the conservatives of the old days when shit was normal, the bike gang is the evolution of the street criminals, and the fashion models represent the young new generation, the first to groups exploit the shit out of the innocent and violence jack decides to help them out, but violence jack is basically a manifestion of the violence of wherever he shows up. this anime shows how low humanity will fall once the citys are gone and there is no utilities and no law people will do the most disgusting things because thats what they are without a civilization (disgusting animals). thats why this movies plot is really great cause it gets you thinking. , theres also an element of retribution, in the form of violence jack while also showing that retribution while feeling good at the time does not solve anything.
Art :10
So some of you who are used to this new cg shit and stuff thats all done on computers may not like this style, well I'm here to tell you to fucking get over it and watch it anyways, This anime has some of the best fight animations ever the art really captures the emotions of the scene and heightens them very well the fight between mad soully and Violence jack, mad becomes a demon of the flesh and is probably the most disturbing display of a demon i have seen in anime. I have not seen another style of fight animation like this, not even Fist of the north star is as good as that fight scene
Sound 10: the music goes from hype to soft depending on the scene is does a good job.
Chracters 10: I would have given this an 8 if they didn't have violence jack but whatever, the chracters really give you some people to hate and some who seem alright in the begining turn out to be monsters. also props to that one girl who just kept kicking ass till she died I wish she had played a bigger role but oh well.
Enjoyment 10: I have not seen anime that has made me feel this way in a while it actually phased me which is good because I got my emotions turned on and I felt more connected to the violence that was happening I wanted to see the assholes get their just desserts and they got it.
overalll 10 good anime If you don't like strong emotional content don't watch it
I'm sorry this review is so shit but I had to say my piece since people seem to bash on this.
literaturenerd
Overview: I continue my review of the god awful Violence Jack trilogy with Violence Jack 2: Evil Town. Despite the hilariously cheesy title, this movie is...fairly dark. What do I mean by fairly dark? I mean that depraved weaboos on dark corners of the internet praise this movie for its prevalent use of rape, "guro", and "vore". If you don't know what the latter 2 terms mean, you obviously need to lurk MOAR. Or you could choose not to lurk and keep your sanity and humanity. I leave the choice up to you. Anyways, time to review another shitty old anime! Plot and characters: 1/10 Violence Jack doesn'treally have much a plot. In a post apocalyptic future, an underground town is controlled by an evil gang that likes to rape, kill, and eat people, but not always in that order. One day, some coal miners are digging with old pick axes and one of them discovers a man entombed in the wall of the mine shaft. Why the hell is he there? Because fuck logic, this is Violence Jack! This is what you watch because you want to see a 14 foot tall Wolverine look-alike murder rapists with a Crocodile Dundee knife. Once free from his never explained and nonsensical tomb, Jack decides to help the weak and punish the evil doers. Of course Jack never arrives in time to stop a rape or a murder. He only arrives in time to punish those responsible. Jack is the kind of guy that would somehow show up late to his own funeral. The only challenge for Jack is a 12 foot tall cannibal that appears to have been the inspiration for Todd McFarlane's character The Violator. Violence Jack came before Spawn, so I am assuming that Violator is in fact the ripoff and this guy is the original. The resemblence is so uncanny though that clearly one ripped off the other. At first Jack kicks the Violator's ass, but then Violator eats the corpse of an evil, child murdering transgender woman. After eating the transgender woman's corpse, Violator randomly transforms into a huge demon thing for absolutely no reason. FUCK LOGIC! This is BIORENSU JACKU! Jack loses more blood than even a 14 foot tall body could contain, but still kills the transformed violator and leads the surviving chicks to safety. The chicks all hang out in a field with their breasts exposed and the movie simply ends.
Art: 3/10
Like the first Violence Jack, Evil Town excels at showing carnage and intestines. The blood and gore is far more realistic than most other old anime. People are actually filled with organs, guts, and bone fragments instead of just red paint. One thing I found hilarious was that the artist REALLY loves to draw tits, but sucks at drawing them. The nipples are placed at random locations that seem to change in every shot. It would be easier to predict the exact location of an electron orbiting an atom (and its momentum) than predict where the nipple is going to show up next. At least Heisenberg would enjoy this anime, because it would give him the excuse to make another long math formula. If you didn't get that last joke...go take a physics course.
Sound: 1/10
Violence Jack 2 doesn't really have a soundtrack. It just has god awful sex sounds that play during the MANY rape scenes. I'm 99% positive they just used the sound of someone stirring macaroni and cheese in a bowl.
Overall: 2/10
Violence Jack 2: Evil Town...is not a very good anime. Maybe if you have some really odd fetishes, then it is enjoyable, but I am not one of those guys. I watch it because I have a different type of fetish. I am an anime masochist and I derive pleasure from watching the worst anime ever made. That is pretty much the only other reason that someone would watch Violence Jack. If I get 15 thumbs up I will review Violence Jack 3, otherwise I think I am done with good ol' Jack.
RobdeFR
Here we have the sequel to 1985 gory OVA based on a Go Nagai manga. Go Nagai’s the master of Horror in case you have forgotten. After another catastrophe, this time it was a big earthquake, the survivors of Tokyo get trapped underground. After some months after experiencing the difficulties of living underground and the lacking of food, people start to get crazy and kill each other over the smallest thing, thus the city is renamed by Evil City. That led to the starting of the division of three areas that still get each other involved in conflicts after conflicts. Area A, trying to dig atunnel back to the outside find a strange and enormous Human, his name is Violence Jack.
Well, the ending fight had some inconsistencies. That was confusing.
The animation was not as good as some obvious titles of that year, but it won't be on your way to enjoy the OVA.
The character designs looked awfully familiar, reminded me of those Akio Suginoi's character designs of series, like Ace Wo Nerae, Oniisama E..., Golgo 13, Rose of Versailles, Cobra, They Were Eleven... you got the point. But they weren’t, they were made by some guy name Takuya Wada, that only did this character design. I can guess where he went to get inspiration from.
Once again the sound department was horrible, due to the file that I watched was US English dub. Pretty horrible, bad voices and the BGM and music were far behind. (I’ll edit this part when I have watched a proper release with actually good sound ans the original voices)
Thanks to the excessive gore, this one is a pleasant view again, for if it wasn’t for the gore, almost the entire OVA would better go to the garbage bin.
Who is Violence Jack, and what the hell is with those powers of his? We still will have to wait for the answer.
Rate: 7/10
hznu
In theory canibalism, rape, breasts (well not really--why not watch porn instead?) and violence might be okay (good?) to see in a movie. But this is fucking awful. The way it is presented makes it completely unenjoyable. If you have ever seen an action movie before...well, it doesn't matter, there isn't even any real action here. ...So Boring... The voice acting in this show is easily the worst I have ever heard. It is probably humanly impossible to be as unenthused as the voice actors on the english dub. Though, this may have been one of the few pros of the movie: I might've laughedat some of incredibly bad parts if I weren't so tired and bored. Well, probably not. I'm just being nice. None of it was that funny.
Avoid.
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Edit: Sorry, I don't think I said how much this sucks, strongly enough. How is this rated so high? Mars of Destruction is more offensive than this??? Not really.
There is no reason to rate this even moderately high. This is not filling some kind of void. Similar, enjoyable, "more extreme" movies already exist. Just Google Search: 'Category III' .....
Making a boring drama is one thing but a boring action short-movie. God. This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
lawlmartz
"We meet again, General Cockroach." Overview: Violence Jack 2 Electric Boogaloo.. What a trip. Our protagonist Jack finally finds his voice in this nonstop, brutal, shockfest of an OVA. The basic premise is still the same as the first movie: exploitative ripoff of a Mad Max world, only this time, much more emphasis on the exploitation. Let there be no questions about it: this OVA is strictly adults only. It has extreme violent sexual content and some grisly violence (this OVA is notorious as I understand, a sort of quasi Cannibal Holocaust in the anime realm.) According to my cursory Google search, it was banned in severalcountries at the time of release. [still banned in Australia, woot!]
The sexual violence aside, nothing that should offend anyone over the age of 14. (If anyone under age 18 has ever even heard of this, I'd be about as shocked as a Maury Show paternity test recipient.)
Story: 5
Violence Jack is unearthed underground in a a pile of garbage (same place I found this OVA.. hmmmm) and then proceeds to deal with the three factions he meets in typical Jack fashion.. with extreme prejudice. We have something resembling a plot this time around: Jack meets a group of survivors trapped underground in a mall who have divided themselves into three sections, the Bros, the Models, and the Thugasses. Jack works with the Bros until he learns the super secret mystical conundrum that they'd been hiding the past 5 minutes: nobody is the good guy. Violence ensues, people die, somebody manages to walk away at the end.
Art: 7
A major step up from the first OVA, not bad at all for low budget 80's schlock.
I especially liked the wire frame drawn fight from the end- added an element of cool to the otherwise Scooby-Doo level drawing.
Sound: 3
Nothing much stuck out to me. More cheeseball 80's D list porno music, with a bit of riffage here and there.
Characters: 4
Well, Jack finally gets to show off his much touted intelligence by... eviscerating anyone and anything in his way. At least he found his voice somewhere underneath that mall he was buried in.
The other VA's are fine, nothing interesting enough to comment on.
Enjoyment: 5
Well, I'll admit it. I was shocked by the rape orgy scenes. It was pretty reviling in a can't-look-away way. There were some AWESOME disembowelments, complete with anatomically correct viscera, and at least a gallon of blood spewing forth. Head splits, face rips, and straight up butcher style slaughter- this film gives you what you want and expect from a movie with Violence in the title.
Overall: 5
Better than the first one, still not an objectively _good_ OVA on its own merit. They succeeded in shocking the audience with sexual content, necrophilia, and cannibalism combined with the odd ultraviolence.
Violence Jack promises pain and delivers it with a jackknife to the face.
NeonGod7
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, although I love this type of 80s/90s OVA, this particular title has some very minor weaknesses, which I overlook in my rating by giving 10/10 but others might not. So there it is. This second installment in the Violence Jack series has the infamous director Ichirō Itano on the directors seat, who is by far the best director when it comes to gory sexy violence inanime.
The theme and story is very dark that it delivers what it advertises in the opening: "darkness falling in humans hearts". Darkness really fell in my heart watching it and I loved it and if neither of the aforementioned events (darkness/love) did occur to you then do not waste your time with 80s/90s violence OVAs.
There is mindless sex, mindless violence and mindless characters overall. The graphics are killing, literally. I mean the crushing skulls and splattering eyeballs alone make it a must watch.
The final fight between Mad and Jack is by any standarts the greatest of all times. Its allusion to manga graphics is spectacular, like drawing the characters monochromatic or transparent, etc. This particular fight alone deserves a standing OVAtion.
The only weakness is that the main character Jack himself is kind of a bore, who bores people by being boring, when he is not boring holes in peoples bodies. When he is not fighting he just stands there devoid of any emotion. This may be part of his asocial character but from time to time it just bores the viewer.
Luquillo
Tokyo is decimated by a major earthquake that leaves millions of people dead. Many survivors become trapped underground and they have broken up into three factions; Block-B is a mad biker gang lead by a hulking man named Mad Saulus, Block-H are made up of random men, and Block-C are made up of random women. They all hope to make it to the surface, but there's a chance they may kill each other before that can happen. -summary Violence Jack is a three part OVA based on random stories from the manga written by Go Nagai. For some reason, the OVA was aired out oforder when shipped to the states. This volume is meant to be second in Japanese order and first in English, but it doesn't really seem to matter which order these stories are seen, because when looking at the beginning of this story in comparison with the first part, it's possible this volume can be seen as a stand alone. This second volume sees another director at the helm being Ichiro Itano(Angel Cop, Blassreiter), and although I will say it's better than the last volume, it's still pretty much complete garbage.
I began an attempt to review this series months ago, and I reminded myself why I stopped in the first place; the narrative is just so boring and it moves at a plodding pace. The characters are boring despite the heavy themes the anime puts to use. Violence Jack himself is one of the most stale main characters I have ever come across. He makes Dragon Ball Z characters look NGE deep. All he really does is just stare out into space, throws a few punches, and fights with his unimpressive over sized pocketknife; and there's one moment that really stands out as he introduces himself to one of the blocks. It just so happens he suffers from amnesia and he tells the people to call him Violence Jack, because he's violent, and he carries a jackknife. This is so fuckin' lame because it doesn't even work as unintentional comedy gold.
The story really doesn't make much sense, and it feels as if it was only written for one to share his misogynistic fetish. Jack appears and he's later put in a position to join one of the blocks; he chooses Block-C because the women were raped before and are defenseless... I never saw that coming. This begins a chain of events where Block-B decides to start killing Block-H for whatever reasons.
Violence Jack embodies all the turn offs synonymous with 80's anime; it's overly violent with hentai elements galore. Women are raped and torn to pieces, children beheaded and knifed to death, it has the works. Some people may confuse these mindless antics with risk taking and boldness; make no mistake though, it's nothing but confusion on their part.
The entire time it's never really made clear why they're killing each other though. The story element concerning being buried alive is brushed upon but never really brought into fruition. It all feels like some excuse to showcase rape and murder. It would have made sense if Block H and B were fighting over the women. Since Block B wants the women dead as well, it just stirs up this gigantic WTF cloud. It doesn't seem to occur to them that if they kill the women, then there goes the sex. There doesn't seem to be much of a connection here. The anime does take a dip into the supernatural and Japanese mythology pool, but it's dry as hell because it comes off as nothing more than a plot device most people will find to be unbelievably silly.
Visually, this is a step up from the Slum King. The colors are a bit brighter with a little more detail. The animation still takes numerous shortcuts with the action, such as knife swipes and falling bloody bodies. On other occasions, it does deliver some brutal death scenes. The rape scenes are not left to the imagination as you get some of the things that make up a hentai anime. Women are being raped with blood running down their legs and forced into oral acts, yeah, I had to go there. The voice acting is in Japanese with subs and the words move pretty quick sometimes, but it's nothing to worry about because you're not missing any story at all.
I don't remember Violence Jack ever being that popular back then. It was out of print for a very long time and for a good reason. This is probably the hardest three episode OVA I ever tried to get through, and it doesn't get better on repeated watches either. I only recommend this to the serious anime fans who are deep into hentai and violence.
Highs: Consistent tone
Lows: Very weak story, uninteresting characters galore, shocking for the sake of it
GaryL
I love old anime. I really do. I think they have a charming naivety and simplicity, something that is now lost due to the chaotic overabundance of anime today. But this one... There's just no defending it. As much as I have an immense respect for Go Nagai, it's impossible to appreciate Violence Jack. I don't mind violence at all in any media (that's exactly why the title didn't stop me from watching it), but when that is the ONLY thing you have to offer with such sloppy execution, then we have a problem. Evil City is a OVA filled withunderdeveloped character, stale animation and random acts of violence that amount to nothing, kinda like the first one, but even worse. The dialogue is silly as expected from such corny title and action sequences are okay at best. It would be way easier to indulge if the senseless gore happened only during the fights (some anime can do it pretty effectively), but when most of the violence concentrates on prolonged rape scenes, then it becomes simply intolarable. Embarrassing even...
barcaman101
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 being plaqued be disease due to insanitary conditions.Conflicts rage's among the survivors as they all justle for the few precious resources and are eventually forced into three factions,section a-c.One day members of section A, while trying to dig their way out of the tonnes of roble uncovers a giant man who for some reason have survived the earthquake which took place over 6 months ago,he eventually reveals himself to be called violence jack and hewill do whatever he can to aid the survivers.Now the animation for this show is really dated,most wont like it but it didnt bother me.The action is also very good,bloody and violent with lots of curseing{Dub} and although the story is simple its not at all predictable.Theres also quite a bit of nudity in this movie and the characters are all well done,being either psycho thugs,rapist,lesbians etc.neathless to say for such a short movie you wont ever be bored.
Motokogummi
Violence Jack : Jigoku Gai-Gen / Evil Town, again the ultimate show is this. A true high testosterone and maximum impact violent show of all the time. Art style is the first I will touch on, Cel shaded gets an automatic positive score. The real gem is how the brutality can be shown on screen. This is it guys, you want no pain no gain ? this is not the show like usual Shounen shows out there and latest Anime shows which have comedy and blood. This is dark and visceral. The old Anime art style of Japanese have women depicted in a perfect sense, absolutelyadore how they design and draw such beautiful girls with hands and give a superb expression and feelings. I suppose you already know Kawaijiri, yep this show is on par with his works perhaps a touch not that polished since no Bluray exists however you can see the quality through and through all the 3 part series.
Characterization and Story is straight forward for Violence Jack, Damsel in Distress. Which is a rare concept nowadays in Entertainment. Characters are always grey in this series, that said don't think it's too shallow. Also Harlem Bomber can be seen first or you can watch this first. I would advice to watch Evil Town first. That said this is the most violent of all extreme gore. Beware. R rated enthusiasts will love this show. Not because they want to watch people get murdered but the fact how real Power is felt on screen and how Violence Jack justifies it's case not for novelty case due to how bad antagonists behave.
Soundtrack in the series is real star since it amplifies the effect and suits the apocalyptic world plus the retro age 1980s effect on the current era. It's a rewarding experience.
Euphemius
A thing I really like to see, in the works of art I watch or read (movies, novels, comic books and so on) is when the author(s) gives me something to think about the nature of violence. Because I hate violence, but it's everywhere, and I feel like I need to understand from what it generates. Violence Jack (and, in particular, this OAV) fails to do it. Not only, but somehow it celebrates its violence, it finds some pleasure in showing it. Now, I will make some spoilers, but the story is very formulaic: basically, it's not about "what happens", but "how it happens", so youcould watch it and "enjoy it" (even if there's nothing to enjoy about it) even knowing how it ends.
So, the plot is about this guy, named Violence Jack, because he has a jacknife and he's violent, who is found, inside a wall (I swear), by the inhabitants of a city in the underground of Tokyo. Japan has been devastated by a cataclysm, and people live in difficult situations, much like in a Mad Max film or a Fallout game. This story in particular is about the war between three sectors, one ruled by men, one ruled by, how can I put it, monsters, and one by women. Jack allies with the ladies, trying to protect them, but the war will be inevitable.
Now, the point with Violence Jack is, that it tries to show how, even in very difficult situations, humans are incapable of collaborating, but instead, they try to fight even further for supremacy. This could be a good thing to talk about, if it wasn't shown in such a horrible way.
The problem of the series is that it has some kind of a sadistic pleasure in showing killings, rapes and violence of different kinds. There are scenes of children getting viciously killed, rapes that are shown in long scenes in a pornographic way, there is necrophilia and cannibalism, and all characters that are, in a way, LGBT+, are evil and perverse.
I haven't read the original manga from Go Nagai, but by watching this OAV I really can't understand the success of this work. It seems more like the perverted fantasy of a man who enjoys all the things I have just described, who tries to put them in a story in which in the end, good prevails because Violence Jack avenges the victims of these crimes. Yeah, he does, but so what? People have died, they have been brutalized and raped. But yeah, a huge good guy has killed the bad guys, so justice has won. Sure.
If you enjoy watching tortures and gore of any kind, this is for you. For the rest, it's just 60 minutes of "why I am I even watching this? What's the point of this senseless violence? Is this a rape porn?"
DISKOWN
Violence Jack: Jigoku Gai-hen does not cut any corners showing the viewer all of the horrible acts post apocalypse. It is not for the faint of heart. The gratuitous violence and extremely disturbing rape scenes show the absolute worst of humanity. The excellent animation of this OVA makes it extremely difficult and uncomfortable to watch. While not everyone will enjoy Violence Jack, it should be respected for its classic animation and symbolism. The overall plot, however, leaves much to be desired and brings down the overall experience. This is not an anime for everyone but if you have anyinterest in 80s animation this is worth the watch.
Ghost-Hardware
I considered dropping the Violence Jack OVA’s after watching the travesty that was Slumking, but this was a surprising improvement. ‘Evil Town’ is set several months after the apocalypse in a small-scale underground area, split into three separate areas due to infighting. Jack is re-introduced after being found buried by some of the residents who are seeking escape. He still isn’t a fully fleshed out character but at least he talks now and has an actual personality, even if it is a bit thin. Similarly, the other characters also have something resembling a personality too, and the main villains manage to say more than afew words. You know, this is one of the few times I’ve watched a post-apocalyptic show where the dystopia actually FELT like a dystopia. Everyone out for themselves, cold atmosphere, a feeling of no hope etc.
The animation and art were an improvement on Slumking, and there was a great fight scene at the end between Jack and the main villain Mad Saurus which was pretty damn cool.
The main problem with Evil Town? Well, it’s hard to recommend something that was so unpleasant to watch. When you are recommending something to a friend you talk about the positives, and with Evil Town it’s so dark and miserable that it’s a hard sell. Its basically 50 minutes of characters being put through misery, with scenes of graphic rape and violence. This was honestly one of the most cynical things I’ve ever watched.
An improvement on Slumking sure, but you’ll have to think long and hard about whether you really want to watch this one. If you do, make sure to watch it subbed.
