TEITO MONOGATARI (帝都物語) Manga Adaptation Part 6/FINAL Part

This is IT! The final part of the Hong Kong edition of the official manga adaptation of TEITO MONOGATARI (aka DOOMED MEGALOPOLIS) illustrated by Fujiwara Kamui (with a script by Hiroshi Aramata?) released in 1988. This took quite a while to put together for reasons you will see (assuming you watch the whole video).

I do not own TEITO MONOGATARI or any of the adaptations or the soundtracks. They are the creative property of Kadokawa Shoten, Hiroshi Aramata and all affiliates.

NOTE: Just in case you're wondering, ALL the pictures at the end are characters, objects, symbols, etc. that are related to the plot of TEITO MONOGATARI (novel and films) in one way or another.

*Names of real people shown at end in order of appearance (note that some have two or more pictures):
--Taira no Masakado
--Abe no Seimei
--Enno Ozunu
--Kohbo Daishi Kukai
--Lagrange
--Sato Nobuhiro
--Ninomiya Sontoku
--Emperor Meiji
--Koda Rohan
--Ogai Mori
--Eichii Shibusawa
--Kyoka Izumi
--Masatochi Okochi
--Torahiko Terada
--Noritsugu Hayakawa
--Makoto Nishimura
--Gakutensoku
--Karl Haushofer
--Goto Shinpei
--Korekiyo Takahashi
--Ikki Kita
--Kanji Ishiwara
--Kanji Nakajima
--Joseph Needham
--Hideki Tojo
--Masahiko Amakasu
--Hirohito
--Franklin Roosevelt
--Adolf Hitler
--Puyi Emperor
--Shumei Okawa
--Fumimaro Konoe
--Kozui Otani
--Tadashi Morita
--Gurujefu
--Yukio Mishima
--Gen'yoshi Kadokawa
--Haruki Kadokawa
--Hiroshi Aramata

If you want to know more about who these people are, please don't hesitate to use Wiki or just ask!

Also, if you haven't, please support our attempt to get the original novel translated for English readers:
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[aznricekracker]

I'm such an idiot. Guys, the list of people shown in the little montage I made at the end is in the description box. I was going to put in a key before but I never got around it. So SORRY. :( A lot of viewers probably don't even know half of the faces shown at the end.

[SpongeBobeeshia1991]

But on the whole I liked this adaptation.

Good job with the slides and music selection, aznricekracker.

sorry for posting twice like this. not enough characters. :p

[aznricekracker]

@SpongeBobeeshia1991

Thanks! I'm really glad you enjoyed it!

Maybe in the near future I will import, scan and upload the manga adaptation of TOKYO: THE LAST WAR in a similar manner. If Toho won't let me upload the film, I should at least be able to share the manga adaptation with people.

[aznricekracker]

@SpongeBobeeshia1991

Guess he still gets turned on by women despite being a demon. Yeah, it also struck me as over the top, especially when events leading up to it were relatively restrained.

As for the adaptation itself...at first I was disappointed that they cut out so much (Gakutensoku the robot, the Feng Shui expert, etc.) but over time I've begun to warm up to it. Because they do simplify things it allows for better focus on the drama between Kato and the other characters which is nice.

[aznricekracker]

@SpongeBobeeshia1991

This brings up a question...If the anime adaptation was made in 1991, then WHY didn't they continue with all 10/12 parts? To further mislead people, the provide a closure to the story in the anime when the live adaptation clearly stated implied during the ending credits that there would be a sequel. But in the anime they just dumped that possibility and cut everything off at part 4. I'm a little confused about that...Maybe they ran out of money?

[aznricekracker]

@SpongeBobeeshia1991

Exactly, I know what you mean! If you saw my other comment on part 2, I just discovered that this manga adaptation was written around the same time as the first film adaptation, meaning that it could only stop at part 4 since the other parts hadn't been written yet.

[SpongeBobeeshia1991]

@aznricekracker

oh yeah that's right, i do keep forgetting it's not over at all with this. it's difficult to keep in perspective with the way it's the first 4 books condensed into one movie/manga/anime and everything else is japan-only.

[aznricekracker]

@SpongeBobeeshia1991

Remember this important battle in the original novel was not intended as the "ending" as there was still 6 more books to be written. The original novel (from what I understand) is more like the live action version and this version--Keiko's fate is left ambiguous. I DO know from the plot summaries of the later books that Kato actually captures her and holds her hostage in China. From there she gives aid to some of the later protagonists (I think)

8:22's music is from anime.

[SpongeBobeeshia1991]

Personal opinion here but I find this manga adaptation's final battle between Keiko and Kato to be a little too violent in a kinky way with the ear-licking and bite.

In the anime, the final battle seemed perversely romantic with Keiko's hug and kiss to Kato.

The live action movie seemed to mediate between the two endings… it involved a knife but wasn't too violent, and it wasn't full of too much love…

What was the ending like in the novel???

Also, 8:22 where is that music from? the anime?

[aznricekracker]

@Ultramanmattia1

5:29 So THAT'S what happened! Hell I had trouble telling from the picture there...it looked like she slashed his face or something.

6:02 He's on FIRRRE!!!!!!

6:41 OUCH.

Their encounter is certainly a lot more violent here than in the anime.