Sacrilege

Publisher
Anime 18
Director
Katsuma Kanazawa
Production
Miami Soft, Studio Kuma
Country of origin
Japan
Format
OVA
Year
2004

Sacrilege DVD

By David Rasmussen
5th Nov 06

Some evil cult that seems to have an intergalactic immigration addiction (as it seems to have lots of sexed up hairless women from the planet Delta (remember Star Trek The Motion Picture?)) are putting out this illict drug that transforms me into sex crazed monster (tentacle rape), though one of these men also turns out to not be such a pawn of the evil guys as he (after becoming a monster and raping his significant other) ends up on the side of good trying to stop whatever is happening to him (or something which leads to at least one bang with a female police officer in demon form).

Police partners and woefully underused lesbian couple Atsuko and Kei are the main hitters in this one against the evil cult, investigating a shady drug deal that (during the couple’s one and only rubbing scene that leads nowhere) gets them involved in the demon thing when a woman being chased by a demon guy (to be raped in front of the two lady cops) gets them thrown headlong into the case against the criminals.

A cut above your adverage cops and demons ploy, the sex is not as important as the drama but several cuts of sex are available here EXCEPT where it counts, but more on that in a second. Balanced out with a nice drama (with it’s occult flair but in a sick gore fest way) this one is abit more of the intellectual demon rape thing with brains as well as beauty under it’s hood providing a more interesting view than some other things you could be watching this Halloween with your significant other (squeeze squeeze foreplay whatever).

Two failings of this title though.
One is that despite the fact the box CLAIMS that our lesbian couple here Atsuko and Kei have to find time to pry themselves away from each other to do their jobs they seem most able to do that as they do NOTHING with each other! What is the point of having a lesbian couple in this DVD if they only have one throwaway rubbing scene that goes nowhere fast! Yes, one of our tough ladies (the blonde) is molested by a female enemy while her lover is raped by one of the big males of the evil cult (in his bed no less) but action between the two loving ladies is nil and that sucks.

Second thing is you have this great build up to the end… only for the end to… well… breeze right past you. Once you get to the final confrontation the ending is a quick unapologetic sequence of events that roll fast and end faster, leaving you with an ending that was OK (things turn out I suppose well enough) but it could have been abit more thought out all the same.
Breakdown time.

Sacrilgious Breakdown
What‘s Hot?
It’s abit above the normal with more plotting than your usual demon tentacle rape cult sex whatever thing. Despite missing the bandwagon on a few pointers this is still a worthy view.

What’s Not?
Think I said my grievances about this one above… so, nuff said.

Moments to Remember?
Some of the sex is interesting, and the fact that this has a solid enough plot is also good (since other series has had the worst writing ever… Sexy Sailor Soldiers comes to mind on that score).

What to Ignore?
The fact that Anime 18 can’t make a DVD that works on the PS2 for some damnable reason! This thing is such a glitchy glitchy problem when trying to watch it on a PS2 that I won’t even go into the headaches I have trying to review Anime 18 titles

Overall?
A cut above your standard demon cult rape monster whatever thing, it fails in having a lesbian couple that does NOTHING sexual and an ending that could have rolled a little better (or a little longer with a bit more satisfying ending that seemed abit rushed due to time constraints).
Still, for being as good as it was, I’m giving this one the silver star, aka 4 copies (out of 5) of F3 for Atsuko & Rei to… ahem… get them in the mood for love… whatever.

-- David Rasmussen 5th Nov 06

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