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Based on: Whole OVA
UK Distributor: ILC Prime (DVD Only) This Review is part of an Animetion UK experiment, wherein we will watch some older anime titles whilst completely blasted on a variety of alcoholic beverages. The results may be understandably incoherent... Current Alcohol Level: 9 Cans of Carlsberg (440ml) & 1 'Ronin' Cocktail (Saké, Vodka & Lemon Juice), Jack Daniels & ginger, Sex on the Beach Cocktail Ok. Idol of Darkness. It's hentai so it's never going to be high art, but the crapness of this defies belief. The plot revolves around Itsumo, a schoolgirl and famous singer and actress who is in love with fellow student Akira. She may think that the worst she has on her plate is the fact her career is dragging her away from her love, but she soon has more to content with in the shape of a rival actress called Rie who has raised an ancient sex demon to destroy her. Yes that is apparently a plot. What it boils down to is a pretty poorly executed and truncated story of fame getting in the way of romance, punctuated by a few rubbish sex scenes. The problem with Idol of Darkness is that whilst you expect the plot to be rubbish, you would hope the sex would rescue it, but NO! The entire film contains only three blatantly cut sex scenes, and if that wasn't bad enough for a hentai film then the fact that two of them contain a guy who looks disturbingly like Jonathan Ross is the final nail in the coffin. Idol of Darkness is not a great piece of anime. The plot holes are big enough to sail the HMS Ark Royal through (how, for example, does Rie know how to raise the sex demon?) and not even Akira's inexplicable green Ready Brek glow can rescue it. It's utterly pants, but that does make it quite funny, and the animation isn't bad. This is its only redeeming feature though. Avoid unless hammered. Best Bit: Akira's inexplicable
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