Nightwarriors: Darkstalker's Revenge

[DarkLordDragon]

NIGHTWARRIORS: DARKSTALKER'S REVENGE


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INTRODUCTION:
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Hi there... How are you doing guys!!? Hope you are fine.... Well this time I've decided to write a simple review about a very good anime for me, it's about Nightwarriors: Darkstalker's Revenge... Well I guess many of you heard about the infamous 2D fighting game which is called (Darkstalkers or Vampire Savior or Vampire Hunter) well as you know this game and anime was created by the one of the most famous fighting game creations company, Capcom, the makers of the famous Street Fighter and Mega Man series... This anime was brought to us by Viz in 4 OVAs and each one of them is 40 minutes long, Viz also produced 6 comics for the NightWarriors... Well I don't know what to say but being a fan of fighting games since I was a little kid I have to say that I like both the games and the anime... It's really a very cool fighting game, as for the anime I really like it as one of my favorite fighting animes around, I know some of you might not like this but as for me it's one of the coolest animes... Well many people thinks the anime is not good because it's based on a fighting game and to them the anime which is based on games are not cool but of course I disagree, because I enjoyed watching the anime, not because I am a big fighting animes fan or maybe because I like Darkstalker's game but because it was real good with these characters and amazing insanely battles... Anyway before I begin, I would like to thanks alot of people, of course one of the first is the Darkstalkers Domian webmaster for some great and cool informations, pics, manga's covers...etc I also would like to thanks for the guys who submitted faqs for Game Faqs site, not to forget to thanks everybody who submitted informations about Nightwarriors all around the network, I really appreciate it... I also would like to give credits for the following guys: Katokiti, Raven Knight, Aki Mizusawai, Lord Jedah, Hell Storm, Dark Setsuna, Capcom, Euhang and everyone who made DarkStalkers sites on the net, I really thanks them and appreciate it from the bottom of my heart, because without them I couldn't create and write in this thread so they deserves a big thanks... Anyway, Let's get going...



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REVIEW:
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The story: 7/10
The characters: 9/10
The animations: 8/10
The musics: 8/10
Overall: 8/10


THE STORY:
The story of the anime is very cool, I like it, it's pretty cool to see Pyron trying to rule the universe, one fighting himself and one fighting to be the Demons king, one for for the popularity, one to help a friend, one for all and all for one... The story of the anime is very nice and I am sure you will like it but you know something I like the game storyline better, the anime storyline all connected by Pyron, anyway it's pretty good story for a fighting game that's what I think, Donovan's story owns, since his blood cursed and they show how he suffer from that and what he will do to throw away the evils inside him, also as he always say, if one want to be strong he should be fighting himself, but sadly they missed Jedah in the anime, I really wished to see him in the anime and I can grantee he would a very damned and cool boss, since Pyron and Demitri did it already... One of the most things I like in the anime is the storyline, I know many of you when he watch the anime he will say the anime sucks or anything like this, but that's wrong, if you are a hardcore Darkstalker's fan and if you read the guide book I am sure the story will be one of the most intresting thing in this anime, because the story is very deep and big, but sadly the anime couldn't detail everything about their big story since many things are connected, just like the Demons World and UnderWorld just like Demitri, Morrigan...etc Well as for the anime story, it's that Demitri has revived once again to be the only ruler of the darkness and evils, he faces some new enemies who is standing in his way so he should prepare for one of his biggest battles, Donovan a dhampire, who hate himself for having a dark blood, found himself that he should protect a little girl named Anita because he felt that she and her have the same personality ad they share alot of things together, well Donovan wasn't very happy to see the little girl without smile and it was cause of Darkness which was created by the evils for their hungers of powers and to rule the universe, in the top of list there was Pyron, who wished to be the absolute ruler of the universe, and has threaten the mankind, so Donovan vowed himself, he will fight the evil and darkness untill the last second in his life... Of course the story is focused mainly on Donovan, Demitri, Morrigan and Pyron, as for the others, they are fighting for themselves, for their own reasons... Anyway all I have to say that the story is very cool and I think you will like it but as we all know everybody has his own opinion...


THE CHARACTERS:
All I can say about the characters is "AWESOME" they are absolutly originals, I really liked the characters designes and profiles, there are alot of great characters and of all sorts, Humans, Demons, Zombies, Were Wolf, Bat, Vampire and even a Supreme Being, I like alot of Darkstalkers such as Demitri, Pyron, Jedah...etc but sadly in the anime there are some missing characters such as Jedah (My favorite character of all time) also Lillith, Baby Bonnie Hood and Queen Bee... But that's not a big problem, as you all know it's pretty hard to make alot of character in only 4 episodes and especially if each one is just like a boss, so we have Demitri, Morrigan, Pyron, Jedah, also alot others so they can't connect all of them in one story... Also some of the characters in the anime are far better from what they were in the games, and especially Pyron, he really was very cool in the anime, he was too strong fighting all the Darkstalkers and beating the hell out of them... Also not to forget those flaming stuff around him, same goes for Demitri, he is very cool in the anime but yet he is also cool in the games, and to the top of the list come the Dark Warrior Donovan, I really liked this guy in the anime, he was a sad and lone fighter who just fights to live and to know more about his destiny, being half demon and half human gives him some great personality you know... But I guess they should make the appearance of the others characters more than once, I mean Lord Raptor should appears more than just one time, his music party was damn cool hehe, same goes for the great demon Bishamon and even some of the characters didn't appeared at all just like Rikku, Pharaoh...etc they only appeared against Pyron and were defeated badly by him without giving them the chance to show how good they are... Anyway about the characters style, well everyone has his own style, Donovan's style is the best, I like his style a cold fighter, with some evils inside him, showing mercy to needy ones and full of rage against the ones who bothers him, kinda remind me of D from (Vampire Hunter D series) also there alot more such as Demitri and Pyron and they all have their own style... Well anyway to everybody his own, though...


THE ANIMATIONS:
The art style of this anime really amazed me, it was fantastic and damn good, the animations were nicely done, for the years when this anime was first released I think it was hard to find good animations and art on that time but yet Nightwarriors proved to us that they can really be creative... Well being a fan of the series, I think the art in the anime was far better than the games, especially for Pyron, just look for Pyron in the games and see the difference in the anime, I really prefer the anime art to the games, both art style and good quality, it's not a surprise from a good working team like this... They really did some nice work and finally it resualted this very awesome animation, I really appreciate the team efforts... Nightwarriors animation is one of my favorite animation comparing to the other ones on it's time, true not as good as the Saint Seiya Hades or Full Metal Panic or any new animes outta there because Nightwarriors is an old anime compared to them but yet as I said before, for that time it is very good and I am sure some of you gonna like it...


THE MUSICS:
Well, as for the musics, of course they have alot of cool musics... Well I always liked the game musics but sadly the musics in the anime was different from the games, but of course I am not trying to say it sucks but it's very good too but I prefer the games's musics, though... Anyways. there are some great musics while the fighters fight, especially Pyron's fight against the Darkstalkers, also when Demitri and Morrigan fight... These musics really gived a good taste for the fighting scenes, which there are some of them... Sadly there is no much sad musics, as you all know I like sad musics, I am saying that I wished if there were some of the old style musics and symphony but that's not really a big deal, because most of the animes don't have the old style musics such as Saint Seiya or Grendizer...etc Generally, I think the musics were very good and many of my friends said exactly the same thing, so knowing that there are alot of people who thinks the music is good then it means it doesn't sucks or else they wouldn't like it, though....


OVERALL:
Well Since you all know this, I am a very big fighting anime fan, so this is one of my favorite fighting animes of all time... Many people thinks that if a game turned to anime it will sucks well I really don't agree because this one is very good... The story is nice and cool in my opinion, true it's fighting but not like the other fighting animes who just fight for their amusement but this anime have a deeper story... The story is not only fighting but it's related to the entire universe along with vampires, demons, zombies and supreme beings... As for the characters, I really liked the characters, there were alot of them and I can name them: Donovan (The Main Character), Demitri, Pyron, Bishamon...etc Donovan's story was pretty deep and sad, hating himself because he have Demon's blood... True they couldn't give a chance for many characters because of the time, if they have more time I am sure they will put more stuffs for the characters... Man I like the fight scenes in this great anime, it was really amazing, especially Pyron's fight... I also like the fight of the Demitri with these robots along with the help of Morrigan... As for the animations, some maybe hate it for some reasons known to themselves, but as for me it's really very good, the backgrounds, the speed of the animating and the picture they all were nicely done, I am not saying because I like the anime but I am saying what I just saw... As for the musics, I like it really and many people agree with me I already met alot of people who just said that the musics are good it's true it's damn true, because I liked the musics it was nice indeed... Well everything about this anime is cool in my opinion, the story is intresting, the characters are awesome, the animation is amazing...etc Well if you are a fighting anime fan then you should check this out, it's very cool and I am sure you will like it, maybe not! Who knows! anything might happen... Comparing to other fighting animes or animes which were based on games such as Fatal Fury, Street Fighter, Samurai Showdown, Toshinden...etc I think this one is one of my favorites really, I maybe like it more than Fatal Fury and Street Fighter, well don't be mad but to everybody his own... I don't know what to say more but all I have to say give it a shot and maybe you are going to like it... Well that's what I have to say about this anime...

[DarkLordDragon]

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In the time that peace was history, monsters from the demon world have appeared on the human beloved planet, the earth... They've killed the weak, nobody could live peacefully, death is for the weak, glory and rules for the evils, darkness rules everything, the rules is for the mighty... There were the warriors of the night, who fights for their own reasons, some fight to rule the world and darkness, some fight to be the most popular, some fight because his only amusement is fighting, some fight for his beloved earth, for the sake of the humans blood, they are called Darkstalkers, the Night Warriors... The supreme being Pyron, he wishes to be the absolute ruler of the universe, the ruler of every beings in the world, he caused alot of troubles, he caused alot of deaths, blocked alot Darkstalker's paths... Now one man should appear and change the world back to normal, one man who can fight the darkness untill the very end, he is none other than Donovan (A half human and half demon)... Can Donovan the one who have a darkness blood within himself defeat the darkness, bring the light and peace to earth once again!?

[DarkLordDragon]

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THE CHARACTERS:
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DONOVAN

http://darklorddragon2.jeeran.com/images/donovan.gif

STORY:
He is the main character in this anime... Donovan is a dark warrior who hates himself so much because he have a darkness blood in himself, being a half human and half demon caused him alot of suffering... Even though he was one of the Dark Ones, he yet don't like to be evil, he have a pure mind that nobody can control him, he punish himself for being a dark one... One day he might with a little girl named Anita, Donovan found that this girl have the same eyes as him and knew she is lonely and never smile ever, so he vowed in the name of the human blood, that he will fight untill the end gonna seek the evils and defeat them sending them to the darkness for Eternity... He is now a dark hunter who will put an end to the darkness and will bring the peace once again... Donovan is very strong characters, he have alot of strong attacks and he use a big sword which helps him in the battles, even with the strongest enemies... Whenever Donovan appears, he does so with incredible force and violence. He is able to kill many people in just matter of seconds of course using his summoning powers and summon demons and supreme beings. Yet Donovan can never ever forgive himself for having a dark blood, this was his destiny...



DEMITRI

http://darklorddragon2.jeeran.com/images/demitri.gif

STORY:
Demitri is one of the strongest lord of the demon world, his desire for powers and the rules caused him to appear on the earth, he was defeated by the king of Makai after a very strong battle and he was sent to the earth as a punishments... Now after centuries Demitri is revived and has come back to life to be once again the Lord Of Darkness and evil... Demitri is ruthless, unsensitive, and heartless fighter. For him, human life has no meaning, and will not doubt in killing any person, of any sex, and of any age... He is also very skillful at dispatching several people at once, he has a very strong attacks which makes alot of damages to the opponent... His desire is to rule his own domain then to rule the human world along with the demon world to be the absolute ruler of the universe... Demitri is a single, self-important person who cares of nobody but himself... He wishes to control the light and darkness so he will not have any weak point, that was his goal in living in his castle on the earth, so he can believe that he is the strongest and nobody else...



MORRIGAN

http://darklorddragon2.jeeran.com/images/morrigan.gif

STORY:
A beautiful young girl... She is nick named as the "Queen of the night" she is the last member of her clan, she is strong and clever, she can use alot of attacks which can destroy many of the enemies in matter of seconds... Nobody knows her true intentions she herself don't know what she have to do, all she is wish is to fight strong opponents, hanging around the human world to challenge strong opponents, because being in the castle surronded by the servents made her bored, so she wishes to see the outer world, to meet some new faces, to enjoy her time... She is a mystery girl of a mystery clan feared by everyone in the Makai World (Demon World) she also has the same desire as Demitri, because she wishes to be the ruler of the darkness and to be the ruler of her own domain along with some other domains, that's why she and Demitri were rivals... Yet she doesn't hate the people around her, but only the one who stands in her way should vanish even whatever it costs... She don't care much about the others but only herself...



PYRON

http://darklorddragon2.jeeran.com/images/pyron.gif

STORY:
Pyron is the supreme overlord of his world which is called (Hell Storm). Being a supreme he could easily gai control over planets, he absorb energies from the stars and planets, his powers have connections with the space and fire... Pyron have an incredible powers that nobody can stop him easily, nobody knows a limit to his powers so they think his powers is unlimited, because he can gain as much as he wishes from the stars... He came to earth to challenge the darkstalkers and to fight some strong opponents so he changed his form and decreased his powers because with his full powers the earth will be in absolute danger since he can destroy planets using his fingers just if the planets are some kind of games... He can destroy his enemies in a matter of seconds, he have some strong attacks which are based on giant fireballs, and good fighting skills along with a very high speed... Being totally unnatural creature, he feels that he should be the Lord of the Darkstalkers and the supreme lord of the universe...

[DarkLordDragon]

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SCREEN SHOTS:
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[DarkLordDragon]

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MOVIES DESCRIPTION:
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THE STORY:

Donovan is half-human and half-darkstalker. He has hated his "Tainted" blood for as long as he can remember. He spends his days using his great power to destroy everything that is evil. Hsien-Ko (Lei-Lei and Lin-Lin) are sisters who have chosen to become dark ones in order to avenge their mother's death. Demitri and Morrigan are the rulers of their own domains, seeking to control the dark. Felicia just wants to be a good person and lead a normal life, free of prejudice... All their path paths are bound together by the alien Pyron, whose only desire is to become the absolute ruler of the universe... Even if there is nothing to rule...



Here is the story of the 4 episodes of Night Warriors (Vampire Hunter) the anime...


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EPISODE 1: THE RETURN OF THE DARKSTALKERS

In another world, another time, all the old legends of vampires, of ghosts, of werewolves, and all manner of things that go bump in the night... Are real. And as the old legends make so very clear, humans are the natural enemies of... The Darkstalkers. Now, one man has made it his duty to seek out and destroy those who would threaten and eclipse humanity's future. Bearing a sword that seems almost... Alive... He stands ready to fight all those who have dedicated their lives to The Dark.


http://www.accessv.com/~ehuang/vhs2.gif

EPISODE 2: BLOOD OF DARKNESS, POWER OF DARKNESS

A unique pair of freelance Darkstalker Hunters, supernatural sisters Mei-Ling, and Hsien-Ko, ride into a town, expecting to find employment ridding the village of Darkstalkers... Only to find a mysterious monk has already done that work for them... There is always more evil to be found, however. A mad general in a suit of accursed armor is laying waste to the countryside...but he too must face the one powerful man who only wishes for The Dark expunged from everywhere in the world...even from the half-breed blood in his own body...


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EPISODE 3: PYRON DESCENDING

After stealing the sun and plunging the Earth into darkness, Vampire Lord Demitri plots his triumphant return to the Demon World as its conqueror. However, he will soon become all too aware that Pyron, the Fire master, has world domination plans of his own! Monsters and humans in battle after battle for survival and superiority - all of the exciting characters from the hit Capcom franchise square off in this stunningly animated series based upon the arcade and Sega Saturn platform sensation Darkstalkers (aka: Vampire Hunters).


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EPISODE 4: FOR WHOM THEY FIGHT

The exciting conclusion! Witness the intense showdown between the Fire master and the Darkstalkers. Features all of the characters from the popular Capcom video game series in a wildly animated series where monsters walk the Earth and battles are resolved in action-packed one-on-one fighting!


SCREEN SHOTS

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http://www.boomspeed.com/lorddragon/nightwarriors-tn-02.jpg

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http://www.boomspeed.com/lorddragon/nightwarriors-tn-04.jpg

http://www.boomspeed.com/darkworld3/demitri01.jpg

http://www.boomspeed.com/darkworld3/demitri02.jpg

http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/pyron-a.jpg

http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/pyron-b.jpg

http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/pyron-c.jpg

http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/pyron-blz1.jpg

[DarkLordDragon]

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PICTURES:
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Here are some pictures...


CHARACTERS:


Anakaris (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/anakaris.html)

Anita (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/anita.html)

Baby Bonnie Hood (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/bbhood.html)

Bishamon (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/bishamon.html)

Demitri (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/demitri.html)

Donovan (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/donovan.html)

Felicia (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/felicia.html)

Hsien-Ko (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/leilei.html)

Huitzel (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/phobos.html)

Jedah (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/jedah.html)

Jhon Talbain (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/talbain.html)

Lilith (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/lilith.html)

Lord Raptor (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/zabel.html)

Morrigan (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/morrigan.html)

Pyron (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/pyron.html)

Queen Bee (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/qbee.html)

Rikuo (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/rikou.html)

Sasquatch (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/sasquatch.html)

Victor (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/characters/victor.html)


OTHER PICTURES:


BB Hood and Donovan (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/art1/posters/new3/bbhood-donnovan.jpg)

Demitri and Morrigan (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/art1/posters/new6/demitri-morrigan.jpg)

Donovan and Morrigan (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/art1/posters/new6/donovan-morrigan.jpg)

Hsien-Ko and Anita (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/art1/posters/new3/leilei-anita.jpg)

Hsien-Ko and Anita 2 (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/art1/posters/new6/leilei-anita.gif)

DarkStalkers Collage 1 (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/art1/misc/new5/darkstalkers-collage.jpg)

DarkStalkers Collage 2 (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/art1/misc/new5/darkstalkers-collage2.jpg)

DarkStalkers Collage 3 (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/art1/misc/new5/darkstalkers-collage3.jpg)

DarkStalkers Collage 4 (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/art1/misc/new5/vampirehunter-poster.jpg)

DarkStalkers Collage 5 (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/art1/posters/new6/darkstalkers-group11.jpg)

Selection Screen (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/art1/selectionscreens/dstlk.gif)

Logo (http://www.gamegen.com/fightgen/art1/logos/darkstalkers3.gif)

[DarkLordDragon]

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GAMES SCREEN SHOTS:
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http://emustatus.rainemu.com/games/vampire/vampire-02.jpg

http://emustatus.rainemu.com/games/vampire/vampire-04.jpg

http://emustatus.rainemu.com/games/vampire/vampire-05.jpg

http://emustatus.rainemu.com/games/vampire/vampire-06.jpg


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MOVIE CLIPS:
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Here are some movie clips from the anime, the files type are AVI

This movie clip shows the opening of the series, it's a great clip but the file size is pretty big, it's 7.3 MB

Openning (http://www.stuart.iit.edu/students/adamadr/images/darkstal/dsop.avi)

This clip shows when Donovan and Anita met, the file size is 1.8 MB

Donovan (http://www.stuart.iit.edu/students/adamadr/images/darkstal/donovan.avi)

This clip shows some quick fighting scenes, the file size is 4.5 MB

Bishamon (http://www.stuart.iit.edu/students/adamadr/images/darkstal/Bishamon.avi)

This is a great clip but it's not that long but pretty cool, it shows Demitri and Morrigan's fight, the file size is 2.8 MB

Demitri vs Morrigan (http://www.stuart.iit.edu/students/adamadr/images/darkstal/vhfight1.avi)

This is a very good clip it shows the fight between two masters, Demitri vs Pyron... The file size is 3.5 MB

Demitri vs Pyron (http://www.stuart.iit.edu/students/adamadr/images/darkstal/vhfight4.avi)


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MUSICS:
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Here are some musics from Darkstalkers games, there are some great ones like Demitri, Victor and Morrigan... Anyway the files type are midis and it's too small...


Demitri (http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/rampling/15/vampire.mid)

Demitri 2 (http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/rampling/15/demitri.mid)

Rikuo (http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/rampling/15/aulbath.mid)

Baby Bonnie Head (http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/rampling/15/bb.mid)

Jhon Talbain (http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/rampling/15/gallon.mid)

Jhon Talbain 2 (http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/rampling/15/h_gallon.mid)

Morrigan (http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/rampling/15/morrigan.mid)

Morrigan 2 (http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/rampling/15/morrigan3.mid)

Huitzel (http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/rampling/15/phobos.mid)

Victor (http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/rampling/15/victor.mid)

[DarkLordDragon]

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INFORMATIONS:
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English Name: Nightwarriors: Darkstalker's Revenge
Japanese Name: Vampire Hunter
Genre: Action, Horror, Martial Arts
Category: OVA
Episodes: 4
Runtime: 40 minutes Per Episode
Available on: VHS, VCD and DVD


JAPANESE STAFF:

Director: Masashi Ikeda, Satoshi Ikeda
Screenplay: Satoshi Ikeda, Tatsuhiko Urahata
Character Design: Shukou Murase
Animation director: Hideki Takayama, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Takafumi Hoshikawa
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Animation producer: Masao Maruyama
Continuity: Satoshi Ikeda, Sunao Katabuchi
Editing: Harutoshi Ogata, Satoru Terauchi, Yukiko Itou
Executive producer: Masayuki Miyashita
Music Artist: KO Otani
Music producer: Toshiaki Ohta
Producer: Kenichiro Zaizen, Toshiki Oonishi
Production Design: Hidetoshi Kaneko
Production manager: Masahiro Otake
Sound Design: Yota Tsuruoka
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi
Animation Production: Madhouse Studios
Associate Animation Production: D.R. Movie, JCF
Presented By: Amuse Video, Digital Media Lab



ENGLISH STAFF:

Script: Toshifumi Yoshida, Trish Ledoux
Translation: Toshifumi Yoshida, Trish Ledoux
Assistant Engineer: Trevor Smith
Dialogue Director: Karl Willems
DVD Coordination: Hiroe Tsukamoto, William Flanagan
Executive producer: Seiji Horibuchi
Logo Animation: Allen Hastings
Producer: Toshifumi Yoshida
Production Coordination: Diana Gage
Re-Recording Mixing: Jan Deny
Recording engineer: Robert Crang
Video Mastering: Pierre de la Roche
Wordfit Editor: Eric LeBl
Captions: Captions, Inc.
DVD Authoring: Cinram/POP DVD Center
DVD Producer: Pioneer Animation
Licensed by: Viz Communications
Recording Studio: The Ocean Group



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VOICE CAST:
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JAPANESE CAST:

Donovan: Unshou Ishizuka
Anita: Akiko Yajima
Demitri: Akio Ohtsuka
Morrigan: Rei Sakuma
Pyron: Shinji Ogawa
Lord Raptor: Kouichi Yamadera
Hannya: Masashi Ebara
Mei-Ling: Maya Okamoto
Bishamon: Shozo Iizuka
Felicia: Yukana Yukana
Hsien-Ko: Yuko Miyamura



ENGLISH CAST:

Donovan: Ari Solomon
Anita: Andrea Libman
Demitri: Paul Dobson
Morrigan: Kathleen Barr
Pyron: David Kaye
Bishamon: Don Brown
Felicia: Janyse Jaud
Hannya: Michael Dobson
Hsien-Ko: Nicole Oliver
Ling-Ling: Jane Perry
Lord Raptor: Scott McNeil
Mei-Ling: Jane Perry
Priest: French Tickner



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Well so now I've come to the end... As always, please expect those grammer errors but you know I can't help it, I am trying my best and I already said this alot of times before so I think I don't need to repeat the same thing, again, again and again... Well I know this is not the best review I can come up with, but yet I am glad that I was able to complete my review on this great anime even though I could do better if I spare more time for it but I guess there is no need at alll.... Because I know this anime is kinda popular or let me say, many people around have heard about this anime or even the game, so they have idea about it even if it's a little so no need to go deeper and deeper... So feel free to post any comment about this anime or even about this thread... Well as you all know there are alot of people who knows more than me and have alot of good informations so feel free to correct me if there is anything wrong, or even post anything more you have related to Nightwarriors: Darkstalker's Revenge... If you have any questions about this anime feel free to ask and I would very glad to answer them... One thing more, that if somebody wanna use these informations or the review please don't forget to ask me first, you can send me a private message or by sending me an e-mail on this address: dark_lord_dragon@hotmail.com even if you did without asking me, please don't forget to put my name and gives the credits to the people who worked for writing the review or for the informations or screen shots...etc so please don't forget this and I would appreciate it really... Hope this thread help anybody to know more about Nightwarriors: Darkstalker's Revenge, even if it's little and I really hope you enjoyed reading this even if it was a long boring review... Thanks for reading so far and to save some of your worthy time to read this thread, I really appreciate it... Hope to meet you once again guys, see ya around...

DARK LORD DRAGON

[Arsene Lupin]

مشكور اخوي على الموضوع الاكثر من رائع... يعني كل التفاصيل فيه...

ما قريته بس اخذت نظره سريعه عليه...

اشوفك معجب بالعاب الفايتنق...



دارك ستوكرز... حلوه اللعبه... مع اني ما لعبتها كثير... بس بالنسبه للانمي او الكوميكس... مدري ما قد شفت شي...



لو فضيت... يا ليت تكتب عن ساموراي شوداون :# ... :6



لان صراحه اعتبرها افضل لعبة قتال ظهرت حتى الآن... خاصة الجزء الرابع على النيو جيو....


و مشكور مره ثانيه على الموضوع :)

[DarkLordDragon]

الرسالة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة Arsene Lupin
مشكور اخوي على الموضوع الاكثر من رائع... يعني كل التفاصيل فيه...

ما قريته بس اخذت نظره سريعه عليه...

اشوفك معجب بالعاب الفايتنق...



دارك ستوكرز... حلوه اللعبه... مع اني ما لعبتها كثير... بس بالنسبه للانمي او الكوميكس... مدري ما قد شفت شي...



لو فضيت... يا ليت تكتب عن ساموراي شوداون :# ... :6



لان صراحه اعتبرها افضل لعبة قتال ظهرت حتى الآن... خاصة الجزء الرابع على النيو جيو....


و مشكور مره ثانيه على الموضوع :)

Thanks alot my dear friend... It's pretty sad you didn't watched the anime yet, well I hope you find it sooner or later and thanks for your cool comments... And about Samurai Shodown No problem Sister I will create a thread about it sometime later... But first let the people enjoy it here because this thread took a while to complete it;)

[Arsene Lupin]

No problem Sister

:!


سيستر مره وحده :"



ياخي قد شفت بنت تحب العاب القتال؟ :":




ههههههههههه انا ولد ياخي...


و ابحاول اجيب الانمي... يمكن من ستريم لود...



و لا تستعجل على الساموراي... يعني... متى ما كنت فاضي و ما تدري عن ايش تكتب... يكون موضوع حلو لو تكتب عنه :)



و مشكور مره ثانيه على الموضوع

[DarkLordDragon]

Oh I am really very sorry I just thought you were a girl, sorry for the mistake but maybe it was your name which made me think that you are a girl! Anyway Brother I know some girls from other forums play fighting games and they enjoy the game as well though... Anyway I will try to post about Samurai when I have free time but as you know the anime isn't as popular as the game and I can't post about SS 4 here becuase it's anime section or I would be doing gladly...

Thanks for taking time dude (Dude means buddy)

[Anime-Girl]

ماشاء الله اخوي DLD ..على هالموضوع مره مفصل وقوي جدا..
وانا دائم اشوف عروض له واتمنى اشوفه قريب ..:)
احب انا القتالي مره و في الواقع جميع الانمي بانواعه يعجبني ;)
صراحه موضوعك كالسابق وافضل ويستحق التميز راح اشوف راي اخواني المراقبين وان شاء الله يرفع للمميزه :)

[Rei Ayanami]

الرسالة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة anime-girl
ماشاء الله اخوي DLD ..على هالموضوع مره مفصل وقوي جدا..
وانا دائم اشوف عروض له واتمنى اشوفه قريب ..:)
احب انا القتالي مره و في الواقع جميع الانمي بانواعه يعجبني ;)
صراحه موضوعك كالسابق وافضل ويستحق التميز راح اشوف راي اخواني المراقبين وان شاء الله يرفع للمميزه :)

そごいー!!　... Another Great Thread from you after FF ... I agree

To remove it there ...

You diserv it ...

Keep Going

Bai Bai

ばい　ばい

[DarkLordDragon]

ماشاء الله اخوي DLD ..على هالموضوع مره مفصل وقوي جدا..
وانا دائم اشوف عروض له واتمنى اشوفه قريب ..
احب انا القتالي مره و في الواقع جميع الانمي بانواعه يعجبني
صراحه موضوعك كالسابق وافضل ويستحق التميز راح اشوف راي اخواني المراقبين وان شاء الله يرفع للمميزه


Thanks you so much Anime-Girl for your comments! This is anime is very cool and it deserve the full credits and I am very glad you liked the thread and hope to see it there! You guys really cheers me up to create more threads like this....




... Another Great Thread from you after FF ... I agree

To remove it there ...

You diserv it ...

Keep Going

Bai Bai


Oh another cool comment after Anime-Girl!
Glad to hear that you guys like it and thanks alot ;)

I will keep it up and I will post more stuff, just keep waiting and thanks again

[DarkLordDragon]

Now I will post the history of Darkstalkers series:


The beginning of the Makai(Demon's world).


It is written in the "Makai souseiki (Genesis of Makai)" that the Makai is "the body of an evil."

The "first life" appeared in the emptiness. It created the world. All demons are it's descendants. About 2,000,000 years ago that the reign of Demon World nobles began.

Zeruru Aensland the demon king is recorded as the first emperor in writing. It is therefore very possible that someone wrote the history and that the truth is in darkness as well.

More coming soon...

[Rei Ayanami]

Yosh ...

Now it's in right place ...

[DarkLordDragon]

First of all let me thanks my friend Rei Aynami for his/her help... ;)

Ok let me complete...

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The gate

There is a space distortion, which is called "the gate", between Makai and the human world. That distortion connects Makai and the human world. It is located above the top of the Gilala Gila Mountain.

A jet-black cleft is opening and shutting periodically and is floating in there. Its period is about two-week cycle. It deflects lights and gravity and things like that. When it opens as widest, Makai and the human world are physically contacted and bounded for only a few seconds. In other words, it produces a tunnel between each other.

The gate was discovered about 2,000 year ago. There was a big change like a bolt of lightning. Since the beginning of Makai, a fire blizzard Lepe blew leaded someone who approached it to hell of fire. It stopped it selves's action. The present master of Lepe family (Lord of areas surrounding Gilala Gila) had servant to investigate the cause. The present master debriefed that there was a trouble on the top of the mountain and went to there. He saw a swirling stream of enormous power at there. Shortly after, the stream was swallowing him although he was Makai Noble and had quite a strong power. Shocking news of emergence of the gate, which killed him, took wind all over Makai while the day.

It was a new fear appeared in Makai. It transferred someone who approached it to far another dimension. The gate was dreaded as if it was lethal or death by residents of Makai. After all, it was announced that the gate was the most significant source of badness. Following discussions power elites at the time did, it was going to be sealed later. In fact, it might be true that power elites concealed the gate to keeping up their power before utility value of the gate came to light. After that, the gate kept on silence as if it was forgotten.

But..... Makai nobles kept researching about the gate. Before long, it was discovered that the gate was a contact point between Makai and another dimension that was called the human world. Also, it was confirmed that there were exhaustlessly source of their vital energy as evil souls, which were called "Maryoku" (magic power). There was power that was capable of competing with the three lord of Makai, who were ruler of Makai, in the human world. A lot of people indirectly keep one's movements for the gate behind the scenes, before long, Makai was now entering a period of war disturbances. Then, the tension increasing exploded after the death of spirit king Garunan.


Just wait for more ;-)

[Rei Ayanami]

First of all let me thanks my friend Rei Aynami for his/her help...

Do itashimashite

I want to tell you that i'm a girl ...

and no need to use ( his/her ) anymore ...

[DarkLordDragon]

الرسالة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة Rei Ayanami


Do itashimashite

I want to tell you that i'm a girl ...

and no need to use ( his/her ) anymore ...

Thanks alot my sister but you know why I use his/her because once I talked to Arsene as a girl (I thought he was a girl so always refers him as she, sister...etc) so I don't like to do the same mistake, hope you understand what I mean and thanks again...

[سفير الغلا]

ألف ألف شكر لك اخوي DarkLordDragon

والله يعطيك الف عافية على هالتقرير الرائع :D

[DarkLordDragon]

You are welcome my friend...

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A guide of Makai

Matairiku (a devil continent) is in the middle of Makai. The earth is as red as blood in Matairiku. There's an unending pitch-black deep fault, there are trees of a forest moving weirdly, there is a cave filling miasma, there is a poisonous marsh, which will melt your bone when you fall into, and there are residents of darkness infesting innumerably.

The area is several hundred times as wide as areas of adding together every continental in the human world at a rough estimate. It's impossible to figure the area of sea making peripheries. Even Maou (the Saturn of Makai) can't know every inch of Makai.

At the further side of the peripheries, high compressed atmospheric walls are standing so that you can't go outside of the walls. According to an ancient document, there is a break of dimension connected to another world, of course nobody can demonstrate. In the middle of Matairiku, there are Devil Mountains, which are higher than 8,000km above sea level and there is a big waterfall, which reaches 3,000km down throw. The waterfall called "Heaven to hell" drag anyone approaching into itself. East side of Matairiku is called "Daimakai (the Makai Sea)", left side is called "Daimayou (the Makai Ocean)". Daimakai is filled with 10,000 degrees Celsius flames, Daimayou is filled with absolute zero ice. At sea and ocean taking up with each other, there is a 200km wide crack, which reach to Inkai. There is constant storm and rolling thunder at that boundary. Several hundred trillion kinds of Makai living things live on land in places, and form an original society in their territory.

It is a harsh world, Makai, that weaker human beings can't live even a day in.

[DarkLordDragon]

Masters of the three Makai noble families

(1) Berial is the master of Aensland family. His title is "the strongest man in Makai"

Another name "the devil" -- He is actually the ruler of Makai.
He is more than 220 yards (200m) tall, has four arms, and has four eyes (two eyes are on the palm of hand). He is the protector of Morrigan who is succubus race.

He is treated as special, because he has the strongest basic power. For instance, His power is equal (estimated roughly) to a few hundred thousand of Makai Beast, or it is equal to a few hundred Class A Makai nobles, who are like Demitri, his (physical) offensive power is the strongest in theory.

His body is covered with a protective thin film by his power all the time. The film can stand up one million degrees Celsius. If weak Makai Beast touches the film, they will disappear. With his two of four arms folded, he is sealing his power, in the past, he unsealed all his arm one time, then it was said that he defeated 200 Makai nobles by swinging his arm.

He used "Skeilephoton", which was one of his good attacks, when he fought against Demitri a hundred years ago of late. The attack was special attack by means of shooting high compressed power arrow with very high speed. If it hit Jedah or Garunan, they will die immediately (He used a warning shot, which was low power, against Demitri).

Though he had such a strong power, didn't feel interest to rule Makai fully or completely. This didn't mean he was disinterested. He didn't take the trouble to rule, because Makai was the same himself. However, he was doubtless "ruler of Makai" in name and reality, Makai Noble's struggle for power was continual.

When Berial won in the battle against Demitri by cutting off space that contained Gate from Makai to the human world, he damaged himself. His enough power had been diminished little by little. Though, Jedah and Garunan, who could take advantage of diminishing Berial power, already had died, nobody made him frighten. (Ozomu gave his name as emperor, but his power was quite no much for Berial.)

Makai is becoming weak steadily. When Berial power was diminished fully, Makai order, which is maintained barely, will be disturb.

[DarkLordDragon]

(2) Garunan is the master of Bosital family. His title is "the brain of Makai"

He is the oldest in the Makai three noble. (He died when he was 32,000 years old.)
He has the best information network in Makai by means of using devil-beasts.
He had been the master of Bosital for more than 20,000 years.

He used to have power as much as Berial's. He was cruel and offensive more than Berial in charactically.

He had special ability to use and summon devil-beasts, which lived in a world called "Inkai". Since devil-beasts in Inkai had limit intellect, leading them required much power, so it didn't pay. Garunan could directly control nervous network of life that lived in Inkai by means of his special psychic wave, so he could control them with a little power.

However, he was a bit older than other two persons. He held dominant position, but he hadn't gradually been matched for other two persons on the basis of power. Instead, the summon ability was useful for him collecting information. He was called "the brain of Makai" later. It was changed to his image as a tyrant.

While he had been the master of Bosital for 20,000 years, any information of vast
Makai was gathered into his castle. All actions of men of power were leaked out to Garunan, they hadn't been able to act under the circumstances. Of course, he knew what happened after discovering "Gate", and he sealed Jedah or Berial or other Makai
Noble's action. Unexpectedly, Garunan played a role "Guard" of Makai. After he died, lineage of Bosital was diminishing, and "Guard" disappeared actually.
This was because, why his death drove veterans in Makai to let them fought for supremacy at a stretch.

[Kamui]

Thanks Alot My Freind DLD Thats Sooo Cooool Keep Up The Good Work Man;) ;) :D

[DarkLordDragon]

الرسالة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة Kamui
Thanks Alot My Freind DLD Thats Sooo Cooool Keep Up The Good Work Man;) ;) :D

You are welcome brother... I appreciate it, I am always here to help;)

[DarkLordDragon]

(3) Jedah is the master of the Dohma family. His title is the "Lord of Death of anxiety."
The youngest master of the three lords; Jedah is over 6000 years old. Jedah lets his liquid body change in every shape. If he absorbs the soul of another, he can increase his power in but a moment.
He was always anxious about the future of the world that is Makai. Makai grows old, and it is decaying, it is because an onlooker like Berial controls this world.
Berial is probably the man who said it was "the life" and the "the destiny" that wasn't minded. Berial is the foreign substance that must not exist for Jedah. He looked for the method to imprison Berial securely, and waited for the opportunity to strike.

After Garunan(lord of ghost) dies, just.Ozomu was the young confidant of Jedah.
He was an gourmet.
It was "Eat a delicious soul." benefit that he became the men of Jedah.
Though ability was the minor, he was the master who deceived others.
He was genius about using others.
He advised Jedah about the way of using "the gate of Makai".
Because it was confident, he agreed on the opinion.
He demanded "Break a part of the seal" to Ozomu to open a door more widely.
He saw enormous magical power flow like a river.
"If this is absorbed at a time, a strong demon like Jedah must ruin himself."
He thought it to be the good opportunity for one to become the master.
Ozomu backed and told a lie to his master.
"Because little magical power flowed, I must destroy all seals."
Then, he ran away to the frontier after all the seals were destroyed.


He thought.
If he ruins himself, I can rise in life.
Possibly, I may be able to absorb the magical power that he was left, too.
Then, his plot succeeded.
Jedah's permissible level was bigger than Ozomu predicted,and all magical power seemed to be absorbed by Jedah.
But, even if it was a result, Ozomu didn't have damage at all.
Jedah broke up because it exceeded his limit.
He gather the magical power scattered widely, and stored it in Dohma castle.
He became the new master of Dohma family, the emperor Ozomu.

Then,100 years passed.Jedah revived in Makai.The world was wild, and nobles were repeating foolish plunder.He was anxious about it.
Jedah felt a pity more than anger toward Ozomu who betrayed him.
He had the plan.
The relief that his perfect restoration and all souls are perfect.
Majigen which therefore is the stage is necessary.
Jedah got off to Dohma castle, and saw Ozomu momentarily, and held his one hand.He had enough power to remove Ozomu(the dunce of the epicure affectation) though it wasn't recovered completely.
Ozomu was frightened and stares at Jedah and keeps silent.
"Ozomu,Would you help me? Your soul becomes the foundation of Majigen, and useful for the future of Makai."
Dohma castle was sunk with Ozomu at the bottom of the dark space which warped.
It was the beginning of his "save the world".

[DarkLordDragon]

Class of the Makai living things

The following simply indicate classification by power.

(1) Class S (Lord)
have ability to reign over the Makai.
In other words, the three lord of Makai:
Berial Aensland
Garunan Bosital
Jedah Dohma

Berial is classified S+ and is by far the more stronger than other 2 lords.

(2) Class A (Noble)
mainly are the present masters we call Makai Noble.
Demitri is a member of Class A Makai Noble (But, after banishment from Makai, he was demoted to B+ Class).

We call in the following person Makai 7 Noble. They look for the three S Class lord's trend for chance.

Lepe family
present master: Persimmon De Lepe (male)
is Lord of Gilala Gila, where there is the gate, that connects Makai and the human world. He is the most senior next Aensland in the Makai.

Maximov family
present master: Demitri Maximov (male)
is a young ambitious person, who fought against Berial. He lost the battle, was banished to the human world, and revived after a hundred years.

Hartland family
present master: Gregorio Hartland (male)
is the most lady-killer of the Makai. He is served by women and is enjoy every day. Confidential Mejeena is his powerful staff officer and an absolute servant.

Croits family
present master: Zel Croits (male)
is opposed to Hartland family. He is a rough. He has wyvern and looks different from human being.

Gray family
present master: Thomas Gray (male?)
is a collector in Makai. He has various items. Hannya and Kien originally are his.

Gilman family
present master: Sierra Do Gilman (female)
is a Makai philosopher. She wrote: the Beginning of Darkness, Me and Makai, and a lot of books. She is fluent in 78 languages, controls 1,400 spells.

Funechika family
present master and honorary teacher of martial art: Ed Funechika (male)
is a group of fighter. Present master Ed is a holder of 666th grade in Makenpou. They have so respect for spirit nature that to apt to look down actual battle nature.

* Emperor Ozomu's rank is about Class A+.

(3) Class B+ (Soldier)
have special abilities. They are soldiers who use stronger power than standard. We call them Darkstalkers.
There are 10,000 soldiers in all over the Makai.

* Player characters who appear in the game are classified as this class.

(4) Class B (Citizen)
are inferior to Class B+ practically. Almost all the residents of the Makai are classified as this class.
The total of residents are 6 million.

(5) Class C (Slave)
is servant class. They are treated as Class A and B's workers or domestic animals. Economy of Makai can't be hold good without them. Human beings who come the Makai by accident are classified as this class. The total are about 120 million.

(6) Class D (Beast)
is inferior Makai Beast. We call living things which aren't human type Makai Beast generically. Though inferior, but some beast can understand language and form a society. Also, there are 2,000 Makai Beast that have equal power of Class B+. Hannya and Kien are classified as this class and have equal power of Class B+. The total of kinds exceed 30 billion.

[DarkLordDragon]

Demitri battle a hundred years ago, and banishment from Makai

The three lord of Makai: the Aensland family, the Dohma family, the Bosital family.
Makai was under direction of the three lord for 10,000 years. When Garunan, who was the master of the Bosital family, died, the direction collapsed. It is called the start of the Makai Battle.

Jedah (the lord of Death), who was the master of the Dohma family, planned to rule Makai. To gather evil souls, he broke a ban of Makai to open a gate that connects Makai and the human world. This is because
he want to defeat Berial(the lord of demon), who was the master of the Aensland family. However,Jedah ruined himself because took in excessive amounts of power.

Makai was in very confusion. So far, other lords of Makai were forced to obey, they intended to defeat Berial. Demitri was one of the lords. He was young master of the Maximov family. He had a chance of victory. He used the gate, which was opened by Jedah, for made up absolutely lack of his power. He cleverly controlled his power and attacked, Berial's influence gradually were decreased.
"Berial...I'll teach you who is the strongest in Makai." he talked to himself.
It is Demitri's magical power vs Berial's magical power. It is time that battle!

He finally was at Berial's castle. There were covered disgusting signs. A huge shadow slowly was become visible.
"You...You have no manners because entered my castle without permission."
Huge body like rocky mountain was standing. Demitri said without fear,
"Hm(grin)...This castle and Makai immediately will be mine."
"You're kidding!"
For a moment, countless shine arrows had been shot toward Demitri. He barely dodged the arrows. He stepped back. The air were horrible and Berial opened eyes.

The violent battle reached for a few days. At first, Berial thought that it is easy to win Demitri,but he gradually realized a change of circumstance. There is a limit of Berial's power, too. He said
"Where are you getting such a large quantities power?"
Demitri took in souls from the gate, which connects Makai and the human world, now he could control infinite power. He was sure victory. He said
"Finish, Berial...Get my rage!"
He attempted to shoot a Chos Flare toward Berial, then
"!!...What happened? I can't move!"
Demitri's arms had been stiff. He was dragged by flowing backward wave of power violently.
"Berial, what had you done?"
"This is answer you can't defeate me, after all."
Berial had cut off space that contains the gate from Makai to a different dimension with the his last power. Energy, which was taken in by Demitri, caught him and he had blown away from Makai. Berial said
"I am sad that I lose my world a little...but it is inevitable."
Demitri had been blown to the human world with his own castle, he must be sleep for a long time for cure injure. By the effect of the battle, the gate was lost; simultaneously a lot of monster went to the
human world.

After a hundred years...
Since Pyron invaded, Demitri Maximov (Prince of dark) has revived. Short peace of Makai is about to break. Who is truly the strongest of Makai?...
The answer immediately will be obvious.

[DarkLordDragon]

Majigen

Majigen is the word of Japanese made by Capcom.
Such a word isn't being written in the Japanese dictionary.
"Ma" is the meaning of the demon, and "jigen" is a dimension.

[lord zacx]

مرحبــــــــــhttp://members.lycos.co.uk/lordzacx/zacx/Helz.gif ــا


:bigeyes:

:ciao: تسلم يدك على هالموضوع :09:

مشكور ما قصرت

farewell