Product Details:The city will know its greatest fear at the unveiling of. . . ICHI The Killer. Anime at its most extreme. “Chock-a-block full of glorious blood splattered battles, delivered in vivid technicolour comic-book violence” – Ice Magazine. A world-exclusive anime companion to the infamous, hyper-violent Japanese psychological thriller ‘Ichi the Killer’, this animated feature, penned by the original series creator Hideo Yamamota, is significantly more shocking and controversial than its live-action counterpart. Shamelessly underpinned with glorious blood-splattered battles and sadistic sexual debauchery, the ‘Fun for all the family’ ethos has been emphatically ‘thrown out the window’ to make way for a disturbing, visceral, and often savage kaleidoscope of rampant comic-book violence. Tracing the genesis of Ichi’s inner rage and detailing the previously untouched history of his schooldays and interaction with his parents, this joyfully excessive anime provides a unique insight into the main themes of the live-action adventure, in much the same way as “The Animatrix” illuminated the origins of the much celebrated “Matrix Trilogy’. Fans will delight in the fact that Takashi Miike, the director of Ichi the Killer (live-action) and ‘Audition’, provides the voice of the pivotal character of Kakithara.
