Doomed Megalopolis
The four-part OAVDoomed Megalopolis(1991) is more notable for its  misogynistic violence than for its coherent storytelling or skillful animation. In  1908 the ghost-demon-sorcerer Kato tries to resurrect Masakado, a  historical figure who has become the unofficial guardian deity of Tokyo, by  offering Yukari as a human sacrifice. Masakado rejects Kato's offering, but  the evil sorcerer keeps trying, tormenting Yukari and her daughter, Yukiko  (whose father is Yukari's brother Tatsumi). Kato causes the devastating 1923  Tokyo earthquake at the end of episode 2, after which the plot simply  collapses. Violent imagery--collapsing buildings, the repeated rape and torture  of Yukari--alternate with stretches of leaden dialogue, long  Morris-the-Explainer scenes, and pretentious narration. The animation is  crude at best: the characters change appearance from scene to scene, and the  artists try unsuccessfully to draw the human figure from weird angles. The  most striking feature of this jejune gorefest is designer Masayuki's  flamboyantly bizarre use of color. (Rated 17 and older, but unsuitable for viewers  under 18: graphic violence, violence against women, rape, incest, nudity,  grotesque imagery, profanity, tobacco use)--Charles Solomon