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Cult Japanese Comis Angel Guts (Takashi lshii)
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Today, we wIII oentarIIy Ieave the coIorIuI worId oI oe and Ian servIce to dIve Into the uddy depths oI 70s
expIoItatIon anga wIth a asterpIece oI the genre .
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Tenshi No Harawata y Takashi Ishii
ThIs gekIga Is better known In the west under the nae AngeI Guts. WeII, we cannot reaIIy say that the anga
Is Iaous In the west but the japanese b-ovIes Ians have certaInIy seen at Ieast one oI the ovIe In the AngeI
Guts serIes. A serIes consIdered cIassIc when It coes to oId and vIIe IIIcks Iro the Iand oI the rIsIng sun.
The AngeI Guts IranchIse gather under Its nae ovIes copIeteIy Independent Iro each other, shot by
varIous dIrectors. TheIr onIy coon poInt beIng the underIyIng thee oI rape, a true obsessIon to TakashI shII .
AngeI Guts angas and ovIes are cIearIy not recoended to a young audIence, the sexuaI vIoIence beIng
depIcted crudeIy and the story bearIng IIttIe to no oraIIty at aII.
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ut II you are stIII curIous, pIease contInue the readIng.
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The nae oI TakashI shII ay sound IaIIIar. The an dIrected GonIn, an exIstentIaIIst hard-boIIed III
starrIng TakeshI KItano. n Iact hIs IIrst Iove was not anga but cInea. urIng the sIxtIes he even worked as
assIstant-dIrector at the Ikkatsu beIore heaIth probIes kept hI away Iro ovIe sets.
Thats when he starts a angaka carrer by deIauIt. Iro thestart, he dIves Into the newIy created gekIga genre.
Ie quIckIy becoes a IIgurehead oI thIs new kInd oI anga, ore vIoIent and openIy aduIt-orIented. Ie ostIy
wrItes short storIes, pubIIshed In specIaIIzed agazInes (soetIes gekIga ones and soetIes erotIc ones).
The standard TakashI shII reader Is a young aIe IIvIng In urban envIronent, the exact sae proIIIe as the
audIence oI the Ioan-Iorno ovIes produced by shIIs prevIous epIoyer, the Ikkatsu.
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So It Is no surprIse to IInd the Ikkatsu behInd the cIneatographIc adaptatIons oI shII s angas.
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n 1978, aIter three years spent at drawIng sexuaI vIoIence In short storIes, shII starts hIs ost abItIous and
IuIIy-deveIoped work .
TenshI o Iarawata
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Ie takes the rIsk to Iet hIs characters IIve through three thIck voIues (ore than a thousand pages In totaI).
ThIs way, he Is IInaIIy abIe gIve to hIs hIghIy depressIng and urky unIverse ore depth and reaIIs.
ven wIth knowIng the currIcuIu oI Its author (pInku eIga dIrector but aIso behInd the scenarIo oI vII ead
Trap, a cIassIc gory spIatter ovIe), got snatched by the oppressIve darkness oI thIs graphIc noveI.
etween hard-boIIed poIar, punk nIhIIIs and pure gratuItous expIoItatIon, AngeI Guts depIcts the daIIy IIIe oI
haII-wIt bored young aduIts In a gIooy, raIny, IndustrIaI Tokyo suburb.
WIth nothIng to do except bIke rIdes and group rapes, the characters are truIy awIuI but the way theIr
reIatIonshIp evoIve Is IpressIveIy credIbIe. As everythIng the aIn characters do wIII InevItabIy Iead to a vIoIent
rupture poInt, there Is a constant tensIon to the story. You cannot escape It. As soon as you start to read AngeI
Guts you turn progressIveIy Into a voyeur, waItIng Ior the next expIosIon oI vIoIence.
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Soe peopIe trIed to gIve a socIaI sIgnIIIcance to the background chosen by shII . Ior y part, wouId rather
Ieave the supposed socIaI essage asIde and sIpIy expIaIn thIs choIce as a atter oI aesthetIcs. TakashI shII
see to reaIIy enjoy drawIng abandoned warehouses, rusty traIns and sIeazy brotheIs. A IogIcaI choIce Ior a
deIeat-stInkIng taIe, antIpodes to the gIossy Iage oI 'gIaour pornography.
wont do spoIIers Ior the Iew oI you who wIII try to get thIs anga (good Iuck!) but the story Is not a sIpIe
excuse to show Iong and unbearabIe rape scenes (there are quIte a Iew oI the though) but reIIes ostIy on
tradItIonaI and unIversaI thees . IrIendshIp, betrayaI, vengeance, aIIenatIon.
TakashI shII reaIIy IeveIed the standards oI erotIc anga up wIth TenshI o Iarawata.
A ust-read Ior whoever Is Interested by gekIga.
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