Japan Synopsis
幼獣都市
“For centuries a treaty has existed between the human world and the realm of the demons.”
A peace treaty between the Earth and the Black World, a parallel universe of demons, is coming to an end. Two cops, Taki, a human male, and Maki, a female demon, are assigned to protect a diplomat who will help secure another treaty. A radical group of demons from the Black World are out to assassinate the diplomat and prevent the treaty; only the bond that forms between the two cops can save the Earth from destruction.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Wicked City. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
4 sharedDemon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
★ 8.3 · Japan
3 sharedJujutsu Kaisen 0
★ 8.2 · Japan
3 sharedDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village-
★ 7.4 · Japan
3 sharedPrincess Mononoke
★ 8.3 · Japan
3 sharedBerserk: The Golden Age Arc I – The Egg of the King
★ 7.2 · Japan
3 sharedA Silent Voice: The Movie
★ 8.4 · Japan
Other Titles From Madhouse
Animation + Action in Japan
1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Wicked City itself).
The 1986–1988 Japan Window
Wicked City holds position #51 of 99 Japan films in the 1986–1988 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Japan, 280 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Wicked City premiered alongside 26 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 26 other Japan films in 1987.
The 710th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
182 audience reviews — more than 85% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 74th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Wicked City, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- graphic violence · 5
- interspecies romance · 4
- tentacle · 2
- peace treaty · 1
- spider women · 1
- sadism · 9
- anime · 711
- based on manga · 297
- adult animation · 101
- demon · 45
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,722 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (41st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.2 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,780 of 2,532 (top 70%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Madhouse, Japan Home Video |
| Runtime | 1h 22m |
| Release Date | April 19, 1987 |
| IMDb | tt0098692 |