Dororon Enma-kun

Dororon Enma-kun (ドロロンえã‚"é­"くã‚", Dororon Enma-kun), also known as Satanikus!, is a Japanese horror-comedy anime and manga series created by Go Nagai. It's one of Nagai's most famous works in Japan, although not very well known in the rest of the world. In 2006, it would get a sequel/remake in Demon Prince Enma, which drops the comedy and becomes a full-fledged suspense-horror series. After the OVA was released, another manga version was released called Satanikus ENMA Kerberos by Eiji Toriyama. A remake entitled Dororon Enma-kun MeeraMera began airing in Japan in April 2011.

Plot

Enma, Yukiko-Hime and Kapaeru are part of the Yokai-Patrol. They go after ghosts that have escaped from Hell into the human world.

Characters

Enma-kun (えã‚"é­"くã‚")

Voiced by: Masako Nozawa (1973), Kappei Yamaguchi (2011)

The hot-headed, perverted protagonist, sent by his uncle to arrest yokai that have infiltrated the human world, though most often then not he ends up going overboard and killing them instead. He has long eyebrows that can detect a yokai's presence and wields a powerful cape and a fiery staff which can transform into a massive hammer.

Yukiko-Hime (雪子姫)

Voiced by: Sumie Sakai (1973), Mamiko Noto (2011)

A beautiful ice princess who is in love with Enma, but often has to put up with his pervertedness. She has powerful ice powers, though more often than not gets captured in a fanserviceable manner.

Kapperu (ã‚«ãƒ'エル, Kapaeru)

Voiced by: Kaneta Kimotsuki (1973), Takehito Koyasu (2011)

Half kappa, half water sprite. He is the third member of the Yokai Patrol. He doesn't have a lot of attacks, but still provides some help in battle. He's often confused for a frog, which makes him very angry.

Chapeauji (シャポーじい, Shapōjii)

Voiced by: Junpei Takiguchi (1973), Minoru Inaba (2011)

An "old man" yokai who looks like a hat and guides Enma-kun. His name is a portmanteau of 'chapeau' and 'ouji' ("old man" in Japanese).

Tsutomu-kun (ツトムくã‚")

Voiced by: Takako Kondo (1973), Rumi Shishido (2011)

A human boy that befriends the Yokai Patrol. He attends the local elementary school, and always gets attacked by demons. He is a side character in the 2011 anime.

Tobatiri (トバッチリ, Tobacchiri)

Voiced by: Akira Shimada (1973), Daiki Nakamura (2011)

Tsutomu's teacher. He's merely a comic relief, and always yelling at Tsutomu-kun.

Daracura (ダラキュラ, Darakyura)

Voiced by: Takuzou Kamiyama (1973), Hideyuki Umezu (2011)

A homeless deadbeat, Daracura was originally an officer for Enma-Daiou. After losing his position of officer, Daracura tried throughout the series to kill Enma-kun. However, as the series progressed Daracura became less important.

Harumi (ハルミ)

Voiced by: Reiko Katsura (1973), Ayako Kawasumi (2011)

Tsutomu's girlfriend. Her mother has passed on, and lives with her father in an apartment complex. She replaces Tsutomu as one of the main protagonists in the 2011 anime.

Great King Enma (é–»é­"大王, Enma Daiō)

Voiced by: Hidekatsu Shibata (1973), Norio Wakamoto (2011)

The Judge of Hell and Enma's uncle. He sends Enma-kun and his friends to arrest demons on Earth.

Enbi-chan (艶靡ちゃã‚")

Voiced by: Rumi Shishido (2011)

Enma's cousin; the protagonist of the spin-off manga, Dororon Enbi-chan, and an antagonist in the 2011 anime. She has her own versions of Yukiko-Hime and Kappaeru named Yukiko-Hige and Kapaku.

Media

Anime

The original anime was produced by Toei Animation and was originally broadcast on Fuji TV from October 4, 1973 (1973-10-04) to March 28, 1974 (1974-03-28). The opening theme was "Dororon Enma-kun (ドロロンえã‚"é­"くã‚") and the ending theme was "Be Careful of Ghosts (妖怪にã"ç"¨å¿ƒ, Yōkai ni go Yōjin), both performed by Chinatsu Nakayama. An original video animation of the sequel manga, Demon Prince Enma, was produced by Brain's Base and was released in four volumes released between August 25, 2006 and March 23, 2007. The OVA is licensed in North America by Bandai Entertainment. A remake of the original series, titled Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera (Dororonえã‚"é­"くã‚" メ~ラめら), was produced by Brain's Base and aired on MBS between April 7, 2011 and June 24, 2011. The opening theme is "Soul Burning at 1,000,000,000°C!! (魂メラめら一兆℃!, Tamashii Meramera Icchō °C!) by Masaaki Endoh and the Moonriders, whilst the ending theme is "Everybody's Exhausted ZZZ" (みã‚"なくたばるサァサァサァ, Minna Kutabaru Sasasa) by The Moonriders feat. Yoko. NIS America licensed the series in North America under the title Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up and released the series on subtitled DVD and Blu-ray Disc on September 11, 2012.

Manga

The main version of the manga was originally serialized in Shogakukan's magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from September 30, 1973 (1973-09-30) to March 31, 1974 (1974-03-31).

Besides Weekly Shōnen Sunday version, other serializations were published at the time in various Shogakukan's children magazines and in Tokuma Shoten's TV Land, drawn by Nagai and several of his assistants.

Volumes

The series published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday has been compiled in volumes several times.

• Wakagi Shobo (Comic Mate, 1974)

• Wakagi Shobo (Comic Mate, 1979)

• Asahi Sonorama (Sun Wide Comics, 1985)

• Chuokoron-sha (Chuko Aizoban, 1991)

• Chuokoron-sha (Chuko Bunko Comic Han, 1996)

• Kodansha (KP Comics, 2003)

• Goma Books (Goma Comics, 2006)

This version is also available in ebook format, published by ebookjapan.

Sequels

Short stories

• Enma Jigoku (ç‚Žé­"地獄), a one-shot story, was published in the September 1978 (1978-09) issue of Asahi Sonorama' Manga Shōnen. In this story, the characters are older. Since its publication, this manga has been compiled in all tankōbon as the last story with the title Enma Jigoku no Kan (ç‚Žé­"地獄の巻).

• Doki Doki! Enma-kun (ドキドキ!えã‚"é­"くã‚"), drawn by Koichi Hagane, a short manga published by Shogakukan on August 24, 1992 (1992-08-24) in Coro Coro Comic and on December 1, 1992 (1992-12-01) and February 1, 1993 (1993-02-01) in Bessatsu Coro Coro Comic Special.

• Enma vs: Dororon Enma-kun Gaiden (ç‚Žé­"VS〜ドロロンえã‚"é­"くã‚"外伝〜), a seinen manga by Masaki Segawa, is a 38-page one-shot story published on July 7, 2010 (2010-07-07) (cover date July 21, 2010 (2010-07-21)) published in Shueisha's Business Jump.

Dororon Enbi-chan

Dororon Enbi-chan (どろろã‚"艶靡ちゃã‚"), published from December 2000 (2000-12) to June 2001 (2001-06) in the magazine Monthly YoungMan by Sanwa Publishing. This is an adult-restricted erotic comedy.

Volumes

Kikoushi Enma

Kikoushi Enma (鬼公子炎é­", kikōshi Enma, Demon Prince Enma) is a sequel of the original manga by Go Nagai with a mature tone, where the characters are no longer children, published in Kodansha's Magazine Z from March 25, 2006 (2006-03-25) (cover date May 2006 (2006-05)) to May 26, 2006 (2006-05-26) (cover date July 2006 (2006-07).)

Satanikus ENMA Kerberos

Satanikus ENMA Kerberos (Satanikus ENMA ケルベロス, satanikus enma keruberosu) is a sequel of Kikoushi Enma by Eiji Karasuyama, published in Kodansha's Magazine Z from June 26, 2007 (2007-06-26) (cover date August 2007 (2007-08)) to January 26, 2009 (2009-01-26) (cover date March 2009 (2009-03).)

Shururun Yukiko Hime-chan: feat. Dororon Enma-kun

Shururun Yukikohime-chan feat. Dororon Enma-kun (シュルルン雪子姫ちゃã‚" feat.ドロロンえã‚"é­"くã‚") is a seinen manga written and drawn by Sae Amatsu and released alongside Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera. It was serialized on Kadokawa Shoten's magazine Young Ace from October 4, 2010 (2010-10-04) (cover date November 2010 (2010-11)) to March 4, 2011 (2011-03-04) (cover date April 2011 (2011-04)).

Volumes

References

External links

• Dororon Enma-kun (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Dororon Enma-kun at The World of Go Nagai webpage (Japanese)
• Satanikus! at D/visual (Italian)
• Dororon Enma-kun Toei Animation Website Official site (TV) (Japanese)
• Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera official website
• Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera official website (Japanese)
• Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia