![]() Slowly but surely, shadowy figures, blood leaking from the walls, and creepy voices add a terrorizing urgency to the escape. The students are mysteriously split up and the focus of Corpse Party’s first episode shifts to Naomi and Seiko as they try to find an exit. The art in the decrepit underground school perfectly sets the mood for what is about to happen. You might want to see a dermatologist, buddy… But the premise is not what impressed (and scared the hell out of) me about this anime – it was the artists and animators’ abilities to create incredible visual terror. Thus far, the events of Corpse Party are very generic and cliché – promises of a happy future of friendship immediately following a spooky story that, unsurprisingly, directly relates to the trouble in which these kids find themselves. During a charm ritual to bless their friendship, however, the floor beneath the students collapses and they all land in different areas of a dark, abandoned school. The ghost story is interrupted by a teacher who helps the teens bid farewell to Shinozaki, who is transferring to a different school. Of course, Kisaragi Academy stands where Heavenly Host once was. The anime begins with a group of high school students at Kisaragi Academy sitting in a dark classroom as one of them tells a scary, but allegedly true, story about the terror at Heavenly Host Elementary School: A teacher died and the principal committed suicide. I simply read that this OVA was incredibly disturbing, decided to watch, and have concluded that reviewers are correct – this show is incredibly disturbing. This OVA is based on the Corpse Party series of games, none of which I have ever played…as of yet. The internet truly did not disappoint.Ĭorpse Party: Tortured Souls is a 4-episode anime OVA (original video animation – released on home video formats, not on television as is the norm) that essentially totals the length of a horror movie. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, horror anime and manga have generally disappointed, so I decided to see what kind of recommendations the internet could give me. I’m a huge fan of Junji Ito’s work and was watching slasher films before I was a teenager, so although I’m not a horror expert, I certainly enjoy the genre. ![]()
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