Wolf Guy
ウルフガイ
| Genres: Action, Military, Sci-Fi | |
| Themes: Military | |
| Studios: J.C.Staff | |
| Rating: 5.08 / 10 | |
| Rank: #13471 | |
| Popularity: #12117 | |
| Users Listed: 2,062 | |
| Users Scored: 645 | |
| NSFW: No | |
| Last Updated: 03/16/2018 | |
| Aired: December 17, 1992 – June 21, 1993 (Fall) | |
| Type: ova | |
| Source: manga | |
| Age Rating: R | |
| Episodes: 6 |
Synopsis:
In a near-future world grappling with biological anomalies, Akira Inugami faces a desperate choice. A lethal poison ravaging his body offers a slim chance of survival, contingent on an experimental antidote. However, this cure triggers a profound transformation – a lycanthropic curse that irrevocably alters his existence. Akira struggles to maintain control amidst heightened primal instincts while evading the watchful eyes of a powerful military organization. They see in him not a victim, but a potential weapon. The series explores themes of identity, free will versus fate, and the ethical implications of scientific advancement, set against a backdrop of urban decay and simmering social unrest. It presents a character-driven narrative focused on internal conflict and navigating a world that fears what it doesn't understand.
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Characters:
- Inugami, Akira (Main) - Voice Actors: Morikawa, Toshiyuki
- Aoshika, Akiko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sasaki, Yuuko
- Chiifusun (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ootaki, Shinya
- Dlank (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nishimura, Tomomichi
- Dr. Ishizuka (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takagi, Wataru
- Fukuda (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hirose, Masashi
- Hunter (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sawaki, Ikuya
- Hǔ èr (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kawamura, Maria
- Hǔ sì (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yokoyama, Chisa
- Jinmei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horiuchi, Kenyuu
- Miki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mayama, Ako
- Professor Owada (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tatsuta, Naoki
- Saijo, Kei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Gouri, Daisuke
- Sawa, Keiko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sasaki, Yuuko, Katsuki, Masako
- Shílóng, Lín (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mugihito
Staff:
- Abe, Michihisa (Producer)
- Honda, Kouji (Producer)
- Sugita, Tsutomu (Producer)
- Yoshinaga, Naoyuki (Director, Storyboard)
- Takigawa, Kazuo (Episode Director)
- Aono, Atsushi (Animation Director)
- Fujiie, Kazumasa (Planning)
- Hirai, Kazumasa (Original Creator)
- Jizoumoto, Takuji (Art Director)
- Kawasaki, Tomoko (Production Manager)
- Ochi, Shinji (Animation Director)
- Takami, Akio (Animation Director)
- Tsuruyama, Osamu (Animation Director, Character Design)
- Unozawa, Shin (Planning)
- Yamamori, Shigeyuki (Editing)
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User ktulu007 (Score: 1/10):
Wolf Guy started out as a manga in the early 70s and ran for eleven volumes. A year after it ended, a live action film came out. Almost two decades after that, J.C. Staff dug it up to make an OVA. Yes, the same studio behind Potemayo, Honey and Clover, Love Stage, Yami no Matsuei and many others. So, the OVA came a bit late all things considered. But was it good? Let's take a peek at this OVA from the early 90s and find out. Story: We open with a scene of a kid watching who we presume is his parent get killed. Move forwardto a scene with an injured man in a hospital. Shift scene to random people we know nothing about, unless they show up in the manga, saying that Inugami Akira might be alive. The man in the pair is contacted by someone who tells him that Inugami Akira is alive and asks him to meet her in a specific place at a certain time. He responds in the most level-headed way he can think of. He runs her car off the road so that she can answer the questions she was going to answer at the rendezvous. Wait, what? This basically leads to the beginning of the quest to rescue this guy. nnIt also brings up one of the two biggest problems with the narrative. A lot of the major events are nonsensical. It's not just the “running someone off the road and drawing attention to the secret meeting” thing either. There's a bit where two characters are tunnelling over a secure installation with power drills and, somehow, no one hears them. Even though they can hear the commotion above. Even when they're literally breaking down a wall behind some people. No one notices until it's too late. Incidentally, the tunnelling scene also involves a woman going completely stir crazy and the only explanation for it is that “well, she's a woman.” We also have two characters trail a third in a car. He glances at the car so they decide they need to switch cars. A bit of an over reaction there, isn't it? I mean, you guys are in a crowded parking area. It's not like he has any reason to suspect you're there for any reason besides patronising the businesses. Just to make this plot point even more pointless, they immediately attack him after getting the new car. We also get some completely pointless plastic surgery that never comes into play in a significant way. Possibly the worst, though, is when a certain character gets drugged, raped and impregnated and they let the sixteen year old with a crush on her decide what to do about it because she's still catatonic. No. Just no. You don't let a sixteen year old make that decision. You find a relative. If she has no relatives, you let a medical doctor decide what would be best for her as a patient because sixteen year olds…
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