History Main / DemonKingNobunaga

* In ''Manga/{{Drifters}}'' Nobunaga is a human warlord, but revels in his reputation and has no issue presenting himself as a demon. He's more of a MagnificentBastard.

* In ''VideoGame/DeaeTonosamaAppareIchiban'' Nobunaga (or "[=NObunaga=]" as the game spells it) was turned into a missile-shooting cyborg by Martians who want to rule the Earth. It's just another bizarreness of the game that [[WidgetSeries does not take itself seriously]] at all.
* ''VideoGames/SamuraiWarriors'' doesn't have Nobunaga as a bad guy specifically (unless you're playing the first one or as an enemy of his on any of them. Then, like the rest of the three rulers, he's a ruthless SOB as always. And even being an ally doesn't always mean he's not portrayed as [[MoralEventHorizon unnecessarily cruel]].), but it doesn't stop him from wielding dark magic and being able to charge his sword to sound like a [[StarWars freaking lightsaber]]!

->"[[AGodAmI Worship me]]. Die for your crime of defying the House of One Hundred Demons, and repent in the afterlife. [[BadassBoast There are none before me, and will be none after me]]. I am the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, Oda Nobunaga!" ''[[[BadassCape Dramatic Cape Flourish]]]''

* Nobunaga doesn't directly appear in ''Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma'', but the story takes place at the height of his conquests, and he influences the story since the main character is a ninja serving the Takeda clan when it opposes Nobunaga, and because the brutality of Nobunaga's conquests is giving power to the Yoma demons. At one point the main character thinks about Nobunaga's brutality and wonders if he is a demon. While he's doing this, Nobunaga and his army are seen in a montage, and all of them have [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing]] [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]].

Compare WeDidntStartTheFuhrer and {{Dracula}} (as Vlad Tepes).

* Nobunaga is the BigBad of ''VideoGames/SakuraWars V''.
* Much like the ''Black Lion'' example above, in ''VideoGame/DeaeTonosamaAppareIchiban'' Nobunaga (or "[=NObunaga=]" as the game spells it) was turned into a missile-shooting cyborg by Martians who want to rule the Earth. It's just another bizarreness of the game that [[WidgetSeries does not take itself seriously]] at all.

* Much like the ''Black Lion'' example above, in ''VideoGame/DeaeTonosamaAppareIchiban'' Nobunaga (or "NObunaga" as the game spells it) was turned into a missile-shooting cyborg by Martians who want to rule the Earth. It's just another weirdness of the game that [[WidgetSeries does not take itself seriously]] at all.

According to the Jesuit Father Luis Frois, UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga called himself "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Demon King of the Sixth Heaven]]" (''dairokuten-maō''), a title properly belonging to Māra, the Buddhist counterpart of {{Satan}} (though portrayed in mythology as a NobleDemon). While Nobunaga is not the only ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku Jidai whose ruthlessness has inspired a HistoricalVillainUpgrade, many popular depictions of Nobunaga literally demonize him, or at least give him supernatural powers.

* In ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', Nobunaga is once again a cruel, ruthless S.O.B with a sword, a shotgun and a [[BadassCape nasty cape]] that can attack enemies. He's also possibly the most ObviouslyEvil depiction of him, a TinTyrant decked out in SpikesOfVillainy and often seen [[SlouchOfVillainy reclining]] on [[NothingButSkulls his throne of skulls]]. When you have NorioWakamoto as the voice actor, of course [[LargeHam ham]] is to be expected.
** The anime turns this UpToEleven: DramaticThunder and [[OminousLatinChanting Ominous German Chanting]] follow Nobunaga whenever he makes an appearance.
** And the third game ([[spoiler:and TheMovie of the anime]]) does even better when Nobunaga returns LikeABadassOutOfHell, having apparently taken over the sixth underworld and turned his epithet into a literal description. As a playable character, his story pretty much involves killing ''everyone'' else in Japan before returning to Hell again.

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-->--''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' anime, "Episode 1"

->''"[[AGodAmI Worship me]]. Die for your crime of defying the House of One Hundred Demons, and repent in the afterlife. [[BadassBoast There are none before me, and will be none after me]]. I am the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, Oda Nobunaga!"'' ''[[[BadassCape Dramatic Cape Flourish]]]''

Compare WeDidntStartTheFuhrer.

* DoubleSubverted in ''VideoGame/{{Onimusha}}'': Nobunaga starts out as human, gets an arrow through the throat, and is ''revived'' by demons to work for them--but winds up taking control of the demons who wanted him for a lackey! Incidentally, he pulls a OneWingedAngel twice in the second game, once in the third.

* In SamuraiDeeperKyo, Nobunaga was Japan's fiercest warlord who has a massive hate on for the main character. True to his nickname, his powers all revolve around Grim Reaper based attacks.

* In ''Wrath of the Ninja'', Nobunaga appears to be the chief antagonist for the 3 heroes, conquering Japan with demonic help and seeking to be transformed into a demon himself. [[spoiler:This time, however, there's a ManBehindTheMan, a demon looking to use the bloodshed of war and Nobunaga's cruelty to power the demons themselves, and Nobunaga is just his patsy.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 2}}'' there are monsters/Persona based on Nobunaga called "Demon King", in Japanese, it's called "Dairoku Tenmaoh". Later, in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', Kanji Tatsumi's evolved Persona is a shortened version of these demon/Persona: "Rokuten Maoh".
* In ''VideoGame/MapleStory: Mark of Honor'', Nobunaga's EvilPlan is to become the reincarnation of the Sixth Sky Demon King.

According to the Jesuit Father Luis Frois, OdaNobunaga called himself "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Demon King of the Sixth Heaven]]" (''dairokuten-maō''), a title properly belonging to Māra, the Buddhist counterpart of {{Satan}} (though portrayed in mythology as a NobleDemon). While Nobunaga is not the only ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku Jidai whose ruthlessness has inspired a HistoricalVillainUpgrade, many popular depictions of Nobunaga literally demonize him, or at least give him supernatural powers.

->''"Worship me. Die for your crime of defying the House of One Hundred Demons, and repent in the afterlife. There are none before me, and will be none after me. I am the Devil King of the Sixth Heaven, Oda Nobunaga!"'' ''[Dramatic Cape Flourish]''

According to the Jesuit Father Luis Frois, OdaNobunaga called himself "Demon King of the Sixth Heaven" (''dairokuten-maō''), a title properly belonging to Māra, the Buddhist counterpart of {{Satan}} (though portrayed in mythology as a NobleDemon). While Nobunaga is not the only ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku Jidai whose ruthlessness has inspired a HistoricalVillainUpgrade, many popular depictions of Nobunaga literally demonize him, or at least give him supernatural powers.

->''"Worship me. Die for your crime of defying the House of One Hundred Demons, and repent in the afterlife. There are none before me, and will be none after me. I am the Devil King of the Sixth Heaven, Oda Nobunaga!"'' ''(Dramatic Cape Flourish)''
-->--'''Nobunaga''', ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' anime (set to his {{Leitmotif}} [[OminousLatinChanting of Evil]])

-->--''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' anime, set to his {{Leitmotif}} [[OminousLatinChanting of Evil]]

* DoubleSubverted in ''VideoGame/{{Onimusha}}'': Nobunaga starts out as human, gets an arrow through the throat, and is ''revived'' by demons to work for them - but winds up taking control of the demons who wanted him for a lackey!