Dororon Enma-kun

Dororon Enma-kun
Cover of Dororon Enma-kun volume 2 (1996) showing the main characters.
ドロロンえん魔くん
Genre	Horror, comedy, supernatural
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday and others
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	September 30, 1973 – March 31, 1974
Volumes	3
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	Tsutomu Oyamada
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Shougakukan book
Demographic	Children
Original run	September 1973 – March 1974
Anime television series
Directed by	Kimio Yabuki
Written by	Masaki Tsuji Shun'ichi Yukimuro Tadaaki Yamazaki
Studio	Toei Animation
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	October 4, 1973 – March 28, 1974
Episodes	25
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	Tsutomu Oyamada
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Shogakukan no Yochien
Demographic	Children
Original run	October 1973 – April 1974
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	Tadashi Makimura
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Shogaku Ichinensei
Demographic	Children
Original run	October 1973 – March 1974
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	Go Nagai Tsutomu Oyamada (last story)
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Shogaku Sannensei
Demographic	Children
Original run	October 1973 – April 1974
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	Ken Ishikawa
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Shogaku Yonnensei
Demographic	Children
Original run	October 1973 – April 1974
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	Yoshimi Hamada
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Shogaku Gonensei
Demographic	Children
Original run	October 1973 – April 1974
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	Tsutomu Oyamada
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Shogaku Rokunensei
Demographic	Children
Original run	October 1973 – March 1974
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	Mitsuru Hiruta
Published by	Tokuma Shoten
Magazine	TV Land
Original run	October 1973 – March 1974
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	Tsutomu Oyamada
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Shogaku Ninensei
Demographic	Children
Original run	December 1973 – April 1974
Manga
Enma Jigoku
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	Asahi Sonorama
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Manga Shōnen
Demographic	Shōnen
Published	September 1978
Manga
Doki Doki! Enma-kun
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	Koichi Hagane
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Coro Coro Comic
Demographic	Children, Shōnen
Original run	August 24, 1992 – February 1, 1993
Manga
Dororon Enbi-chan
Written by	Go Nagai
Published by	Sanwa Publishing
Magazine	Monthly YoungMan
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	December 2000 – June 2001
Volumes	1
Game
CR Dororon Enma-kun
Publisher	NewGin
Genre	Pachinko
Platform	Arcade
Released	February 2007
Manga
Enma vs: Dororon Enma-kun Gaiden
Written by	Masaki Segawa
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Business Jump
Demographic	Seinen
Published	July 21, 2010
Manga
Shururun Yukiko Hime-chan feat. Dororon Enma-kun
Written by	Sae Amatsu
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Magazine	Young Ace
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	November 2010 – April 2011
Volumes	1
Anime television series
Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up
Directed by	Yoshitomo Yonetani
Written by	Yoshitomo Yonetani
Music by	Keiichi Suzuki
Studio	Brain's Base
Licensed by	NA: NIS America
Original network	MBS, TBS, TV Aichi, TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting, AT-X
Original run	April 8, 2011 – June 24, 2011
Episodes	12

Dororon Enma-kun (ドロロンえん魔くん), also known as Satanikus!, is a Japanese horror-comedy anime and manga series created by Go Nagai. It is 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 Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up aired in Japan in 2011.

Plot

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

Characters

Enma (えん魔くん)

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.

Princess Yukiko (雪子姫)

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

A beautiful Yuki-onna 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.

Kapaeru (カパエル, 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. His name is a portmanteau of 'kappa' and 'kaeru' ("frog" in Japanese).

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 (ツトムくん)

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 (閻魔大王, 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 (艶靡ちゃん)

Voiced by: Rumi Shishido (2011)

Enma's sister; 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 Kapaeru 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, to March 28, 1974. The opening theme was "Dororon Enma-kun" (ドロロンえん魔くん) and the ending theme was "Beware of Yokai" (妖怪にご用心, 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えん魔くん 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°C!, Tamashii Meramera Icchō °C!) by Masaaki Endoh and the Moonriders, whilst the ending theme is "Everybody's Exhausted ZZZ" (みん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, to March 31, 1974.

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.

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

Sequels

Short stories

• Enma Jigoku (炎魔地獄), a one-shot story, was published in the September 1978 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 (炎魔地獄の巻).
• Doki Doki! Enma-kun (ドキドキ!えん魔くん), drawn by Koichi Hagane, a short manga published by Shogakukan on August 24, 1992 in Coro Coro Comic and on December 1, 1992, and February 1, 1993, in Bessatsu Coro Coro Comic Special.
• Enma vs: Dororon Enma-kun Gaiden (炎魔VS〜ドロロンえん魔くん外伝〜), a seinen manga by Masaki Segawa, is a 38-page one-shot story published on July 7, 2010 (cover date July 21, 2010) published in Shueisha's Business Jump.

Dororon Enbi-chan

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

Volumes

Kikoushi Enma

Kikoushi Enma (鬼公子炎魔, 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 (cover date May 2006) to May 26, 2006 (cover date July 2006.)

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 (cover date August 2007) to January 26, 2009 (cover date March 2009.)

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ん feat.ドロロンえん魔くん) 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 (cover date November 2010) to March 4, 2011 (cover date April 2011).

Volumes