History Manga / Shutendoji

* {{Bishonen}}: Jiro is explicitly described by Yusuke as such. Downplayed in the anime, where his character design is conventionally manlier.

* DoesNotLikeShoes:
** Demons here wear usually loincloths and nothing more, including footwear. Even characters like Goki and their queen Dai Ankoku Shiya Jarai, despite wearing more clothing than most oni, are barefoot under their furry gaiters.
** Some of the Demon Buddhists, like Jawanbo, wear either bandage ankle wraps or nothing at all.

** TheChick: Ricki (jolliest and only female).

* {{Expy}}: Miyuki is based on Yuu Ozumi, a character from a short story by Go Nagai called Demon War Chronicles, which is basically a first draft for Shutendoji.

* DrivenToMadness: Kyoko after Jiro is forced to leave Earth. Incidentally, this results on [[spoiler:her creating the demons and their world in a StableTimeLoop.]]

* BigBad: Yonen Majari fits the role for the first part of the series.
* BiggerBad: Dai Ankoku Shiya Jarai, also known as [[spoiler:Kyoko Shiba]].

Artist couple Ryuichiro and Kyoko Shiba had longed for a child, and this is presented to them from the mouth of a monstrous {{Oni}}, who tells them he will return for the boy 15 years later. Passed said period of time, the boy is now known as Jiro Shutendo, an aloof teenager with no friends beyond his smitten schoolmate Miyuki. As promised, strange events start happening around him, most specifically the exploits of a ReligionOfEvil trying to kill him in order to prevent an ancient prophecy.

Although it was expected to be Nagai's next great success in the DarkFantasy genre after ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'', the manga and its adaptation remain as one of his most obscure works.

* AdaptationalWimp: In the OVA, Ryuichiro doesnt't take part in the battle against the Dark God School. This contrasts with the manga, where he is present and aids them with his shotgun and brilliant marksmanship.

Despite it was groomed to be Nagai's next great success in the DarkFantasy genre after ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'', the manga and its adaptation remain as one of his most obscure works.

* ClothingDamage: As expected from a Go Nagai work, this is rampant, especially among females. Interestingly, the male protagonist suffers of it as well, as he loses most of his clothing when [[spoiler:he's teleported from the future]] and is left in a loincloth until the end of the series.

** The character design of Ryuichiro is clearly modelled after Creator/GregoryPeck's Robert Thorn from ''Film/TheOmen''. The plot of said film, released some months before ''Shutedoji'', is similarly about a father discovering that his son is related to demonic forces, so it could be probably considered the inspiration behind this manga.

* WaifProphet: While in Ongokukai, Miyuki suddenly gains seer abilities for an instant to warn the group that Dai Ankoku Shiya Jarai is coming. (Not that they don't know it, anyways.) Why this happens is never explained.

** The OVA alters substantially the space arc in order to create a massive homage to both ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' and ''Film/{{Terminator}}''.

* AdaptationExpansion: Although the OVA series is a PragmaticAdaptation, it also adds a dramatic battle against a final oni where the manga only had the main characters anticlimactically butchering minor ogres. It also expands somewhat Miyuki's role, if only by shortening the appearance of Yusuke and his gang and Kitani's exploits, and also turns Jawanbo into TheDragon for Majari, something that was only implied in the manga.
* AdaptationOriginConnection: The OVA gives the female illusionist a line pondering whether Kaji's power might be related to her own, which shocks him. Nothing of it is really proved, thought.

* BathingBeauty: Naturally, how Jiro finds Miyuki after he manages to return to the past and find her and his ogres.

* {{Bishonen}}: Jiro is explicitly described by Yusuke as such. Downplayed in the anime, where his character design is more conventionally manly.
* BittersweetEnding: Jiro and Miyuki return to the present safely; Goki goes back in time to have descendants; Senki leads the Oni to populate another planet; and [[spoiler:Kyoko regains her sanity.]]However, [[spoiler:Yusuke and his gang (secretly coming from Goki's lineage) are still dead, and the civilization founded by Senki is doomed to perish in a space war that takes place in the future. Goki and Yusuke's gang are still survived by Ricki's little sister in the manga, though.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: The OVA. Several scenes from the manga are given a more horror film-like feel, and the last act is given more gore and a new, scary enemy (as well as yet another sexual on Miyuki).

** Demons here wear usually loincloths and nothing more, including footwear. Even characters like Goki and their queen Dai Ankoku Shiya Jarai, who wear more clothing than most oni, are barefoot under their furry gaiters.

* TheLoad: Miyuki when she decides to accompany Jiro, Goki and Senki in their travel. Aside from a moment in the anime in which she gains momentarily psychic abilities, she's of not much use and has to be constantly protected.

* NaughtyTentacles: The final demon from the OVA can sprout them from any part of his body. Naturally, their are used to grab Miyuki, tear away her kimono and stretch her naked body out. (For gender equality's sake, they also grab Jiro, but unlike her he doesn't have much clothing to tear.)

* ScreamingWoman: Miyuki's other talent besides ending up naked is screaming her lungs out whenever she sees a demon or anything out of the ordinary. She does this much more often in the manga, however; her anime self gets considerably pluckier.

* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: Unusually for a work by Go Nagai, ''Shutendoji'' ends in a high note. By the end of the story, [[spoiler:the demon Buddhists have been defeated, Jiro and Miyuki reunite with Ryuichiro and a now sane Kyoko, and the oni race is being led by Senki to some planet in which they will find a better life.]]

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Both Jiro and especially Miyuki have very well-toned, mature-looking bodies for their age. Jiro is relatively tall and has a very muscular physique despite not being a star athlete, and Miyuki has a very sensual and curvaceous figure. Earlier in the story, Jiro is revealed to have recently turned 15, while Miyuki (of the same grade) is implied to be slightly younger (making her 14). It would have been more convincing if they were 18 instead.

* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Miyuki (of course), who has a voluptuous and sensual figure, despite being slightly you get than Jiro (making her most likely 14 years old). But since this is Go Nagai we are talking about, this is to be expected.

* ActionGirl: Ricki. She's the last member of Yusuke's gang to be defeated.
* AdaptationalBadass: Despite his cooler attitude, the manga version of Kaji is a very weak psychic, so much that his telekinesis is only good to lightly throw pebbles to distract his enemies while his friends fight them. In the OVA, although he is comparatively meeker in personality, his telekinesis basically turns the pebbles into high caliber bullets, and he accordingly takes out several cultists by himself until [[spoiler:he is killed.]]
* AdaptationalWimp: In the OVA, Ryuichiro doesnt't take part in the battle against the Dark God School. This contrasts with the manga, where he was present and aided them with his shotgun and brilliant marksmanship.

* BellyMouth: Senki has a second face in his chest in a very Go Nagai manner, although it averts MultipleHeadCase by being apparently non-sentient (it only serves to fire BreathWeapon from it).

* BodyHorror: The final demon from the OVA sprouts tentacle-mouths from his wounds. He also uses BloodyMurder and turns a slash wound into a toothy mouth to chomp on Jiro.
* BrainCriticalMass: Kaji is the nerdiest character and has telekinesis.

* CompositeCharacter: The OVA puts Iron Kaiser in the place of AdaptedOut character Spector Saurus.

** Some of the Demon Buddhists, like Jawanbo in the anime.

** TheLancer: Oyama (the closest to Yusuke and much more introvert).

* MrFanservice: Jiro himself spends half of the series barely dressed, with some cover spreads and occasional sequences in the story, show him in the nude. Goki, the most human-like of the two good ogres, also offers some eye candy for the ladies.
* MsFanservice: Miyuki serves as a milestone for Go Nagai's trademark fanservice. Whenever she is not getting kidnapped or screaming in horror, she is losing her clothes and revealing her well-toned body. This is more frequent in the OVA than in the manga, though.

* ScreamingWoman: Miyuki's other talent besides being naked is screaming her lungs out whenever she sees a demon or anything out of the ordinary. She does this much more often in the manga, however; her anime self gets considerably pluckier.

** Ricki Muso, the female pro wrestler, is a nod to Japanese pro wrestling legend Wrestling/RikiChoshu. She once even does his Riki Lariat.

* VagueAge: Unlike the rest of Yusuke's gang, who are either highschoolers or college students, Ricki is described as a "former pro wrestler", which implies she's much older than them. However, in TheEighties's Japan it was not uncommon for aspiring professional wrestlers to join major federations in their teen years (and drop out very quickly if they found pro wrestling wasn't suited for them).

* MrFanservice: Jiro himself spents half of the series barely dressed. Goki, the most humnlike of the two good ogres, also offers some eye candy for the ladies.

* AdaptationalBadass: Despite his cooler attitude, the manga version of Kaji is a very weak psychic, so much that his telekinesis is only good to lightly throw pebbles to distract his enemies while his friends fight them. In the OVA, although he is comparatively meeker in personality, his telekinesis can basically turn the pebbles into high caliber bullets, and he accordingly takes out several cultists until [[spoiler:he is killed.]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Demons here wear usually loincloths and nothing more, including footwear. Even characters like Goki and their queen Dai Ankoku Shiya Jarai, who wear more clothing than most oni, are barefoot under their furry gaiters.

** TheLeader: Yusuke.
** TheLancer: Oyama.
** TheBigGuy: Koyayashi.
** TheSmartGuy: Kaji.
** TheChick: Ricki.

* MsFanservice: Miyuki serves as a milestone for Go Nagai’s trademark fanservice. Whenever Miyuki is not getting kidnapped or screaming in horror, she is prone to losing her clothes and revealing her well-toned body. This is more frequent in the OVA than in the manga.
* NaughtyTentacles: The final demon from the OVA can sprout them from any part of his body. Naturally, their are used to grab Miyuki, tear away her kimono and stretch her naked body out. (For gender equality's sake, they also grab Jiro, but he doesn't have much clothing to tear in that battle.)

* ScreamingWoman: Miyuki’s other talent besides being naked is screaming her lungs out whenever she sees a demon or anything out of the ordinary. She does this much more often in the manga.

** Ricki Muso, the female pro wrestler, is a nod to Japanese pro wrestling legend Wrestling/RikiChoshu.
** The OVA alters substantially the space arc in order to create a sort of mismash of ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' and ''Film/{{Terminator}}''.

* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: Unusually for a work by Go Nagai, ''Shutendoji'' ends in a high note. By the end of the story, [[spoiler:the demon Buddhists have been defeated, Jiro and Miyuki reunite with Ryuichiro and a now sane Kyoko, and the oni race is being led by Senki to a planet in which they will find a better life.]]

* Ms.Fanservice: Miyuki serves as a milestone for Go Nagai’s trademark fanservice. Whenever Miyuki is not getting kidnapped or screaming in horror, she is prone to losing her clothes and revealing her well-toned body. This is more frequent in the OVA than in the manga.

* AdaptationExpansion: Although the OVA series is a PragmaticAdaptation, it also adds a dramatic battle against a final oni king where the manga only had the main characters anticlimactically butchering minor ogres. It also expands somewhat Miyuki's role, if only by shortening the appearance of Yusuke and his gang and Kitani's exploits, and also turns Jawanbo into TheDragon for Majari, something that was only implied in the manga.

* AdaptationalBadass: Despite his cooler attitude, the manga version of Kaji is a very weak psychic, so much that his telekinesis is only good to lightly throw pebbles to distract his enemies while Yusuke shoots them. In the OVA, although he is comparatively meeker in personality, his telekinesis can basically turn the pebbles into high caliber bullets, and he accordingly takes out several cultists until [[spoiler:he is killed.]]

* BarbarianHero: Jiro by the end of the series.

* {{Bishonen}}: Jiro is explicitly described by Yusuke as such.

* ClothingDamage: As expected from a Go Nagai work, this is rampant, especially among females. Interestingly, the male protagonist suffers of it as well, as he loses most of his clothing when [[spoiler:he's teleported from the future]] and is left in an appropriately oni-like loincloth until the end of the series.

* LoinCloth: Almost all the oni wear it, including Jiro himself after [[spoiler:taping into his oni powers.]]

** Ricki Muso, the female pro wrestler, is a nod to Japanese pro wrestling legend Riki Choshu.

* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: Unusually for a work by Go Nagai, ''Shutendoij'' ends in a high note. By the end of the story, [[spoiler:the demon Buddhists have been defeated, Jiro and Miyuki reunite with Ryuichiro and a now sane Kyoko, and the oni race is being led by Senki to a planet in which they will find a better life.]]

* VagueAge: Unlike the rest of Yusuke's gang, who are either highschoolers or college students, Ricki is described as a "former pro wrestler", which implies she's much older than them. However, in TheEighties's Japan it was not uncommon for aspiring professional wrestlers to join major federations in their teen years (and drop out very quickly if they found it pro wrestling wasn't suited for them).

* AdaptationExpansion: Although the OVA series is a PragmaticAdaptation, it also adds a dramatic battle against a final oni king where the manga only had the main characters anticlimactically butchering minor ogres. It also expands somewhat Miyuki's role, if only by shortening the appearance of Yusuke and his gang and Kitani's exploits, and also turns Jawanbo into TheDragon for Majari, something that in the manga was only hinted.

* AdaptationalBadass: Despite his comparatively cooler attitude, the manga version of Kaji is a very weak psychic, so much that his telekinesis is only good to lightly throw pebbles to distract his enemies while Yusuke shoots them. In the OVA, although he is substantially meeker in personality, his telekinesis can basically turn the pebbles into high caliber bullets, and he accordingly takes out several cultists until [[spoiler:he is killed.]]

* ClothingDamage: As expected from a Go Nagai work, this is rampant, especially among females. Interestingly, the male protagonist suffers of it as well, as he loses most of his clothing when [[spoiler:he's teleported from the future]] and is left in an adequately oni-like loincloth until the end of the series.

* CoversAlwaysLie: Miyuki never gets to wear a FurBikini as portrayed in the image above (nor [[spoiler:Jiro]] wears those beads). It is actually a censored version; in the [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RshWegu30g0/TrpMK2g-efI/AAAAAAAADL4/_YENlVkM2gU/s1600/Shutendoji.jpg original]], she appeared naked.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Demons here wear usually loincloths and nothing more, including footwear. Even characters like Goki and their queen Dai Ankoku Shiya Jarai, who wear more clothing than most of oni, are barefoot under their furry gaiters.

* LecherousLicking: Kitani licks Miyuki's body (nude, of course) with his demon form's tongue in order to turn his body into
* TheLoad: Miyuki when she decides to accompany Jiro, Goki and Senki in their travel. Aside from a moment in the anime in which she gains momentarily telepathy, she's of not much use and has to be constantly protected.

* TearsOfBlood: The OVA's final demon when he ponders on the oni race's fate, and later when he pleads to Jarai to know why.

* AdaptationalBadass: Despite his comparatively cooler attitude, the manga version of Kaji is a very weak psychic, so much that his telekinesis is only good to lightly throw pebbles to distract his enemies while Yusuke shoots them. In the OVA, although he is substantially meeker in personality, his telekinesis can basically turn the pebbles into high caliber bullets, and he accordingly takes out several cultists until [[spoiler:he is killed.

* CoversAlwaysLie: Miyuki never gets to wear a FurBikini as portrayed in the image above (nor [[spoiler:Jiro]] wears those beads).

''Shutendoji'' is a {{manga}} series from the mind of Creator/GoNagai. Published from 1976 to 1978, it received a four episode OVA adaptation in TheNineties.

* BaldOfEvil: The evil cultists, as they seem to be a Buddhist/Shinto priest cult.
* ClothingDamage: As expected from a Go Nagai work, this is rampant, especially among females. The main character suffers of it as well, as he loses most of his clothing when [[spoiler:he's teleported from the future]] and is left in an adequately oni-like loincloth.

* DamselInDistress: Miyuki all the time. The mighty Senki eventually becomes somewhat of her bodyguard only to keep her safe, and he still fails rather often.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Despite wearing more clothing than most of oni, Goki is barefoot under his furry gaiters.

* PowerDyesYourHair: Jiro's hair turns golden after his powerup. Oh, and he [[spoiler:grows horns.]]