Satanika...
Sometime in the late-90s, I picked up the Satanika promotional music video on VHS...
According to John, a contributor to the AnimeNation new blog...
I used to have the promotional film on subtitled VHS. What little I've seen so far looks good, but, given that the original comic book publisher (which funded the anime) went bankrupt and the subsequent comic book publisher also went bankrupt, I don't expect that there will ever be a finished movie or OVA. In the aftermath of the Ultimate Otaku Fall Cleanup, I decided not to keep it in my archive. I gave Satanika a 3 out of 5.
----- Essentially, Satanika is a promotional music video (about 2-3 minutes) featuring the talents of Mad House Studios (Ninja Scroll and Wicked City) and about 25 minutes worth of interviews.The popular Verotik comic character Satanika comes to life in full Japanese animation. Produced by Mad House Studios. ("X". Ninja Scroll, Wicked City) this beautiful anime pilot features story boards by the renowned Rintaro and character designs by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. Also included are interviews with the series creator Glenn Danzig and Mad House staff Rintaro, Takuji Endoh and Mad House producer Masao Maruyarna. Plus a tour inside Mad House Studios. Japanese anime fans and Satanika fans alike will all want to own this fantastic and powerful video.
According to John, a contributor to the AnimeNation new blog...
Satanika was an original character created by Danzig lead singer Glenn Danzig’s comic company Verotik Press. Verotik worked with Japanese adult manga artist Wingbird to create a number of Satanika manga for American publication, and in 1998 Verotik worked with Madhouse Studios of Japan to produce a 3 minute long music video pilot for a planned Satanika OAV series. Unfortunately, Verotik Press encountered financial difficulties and closed, ending hopes that the planned full length Satanika anime would ever be produced. Central Park Media released the short Satanika pilot animation on VHS tape in 1998, along with "making of" footage and interviews with creator Glenn Danzig and the Madhouse Studios animation staff.
I used to have the promotional film on subtitled VHS. What little I've seen so far looks good, but, given that the original comic book publisher (which funded the anime) went bankrupt and the subsequent comic book publisher also went bankrupt, I don't expect that there will ever be a finished movie or OVA. In the aftermath of the Ultimate Otaku Fall Cleanup, I decided not to keep it in my archive. I gave Satanika a 3 out of 5.
