3x3 Eyes (1991) (V) Sazan aizu (original title)

Director:

Daisuke Nishio

Writers:

Akinori Endo
Yuzo Takada (manga)

Release Date:

1994 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Fantasy | Horror | Romance

Tagline:

3X3 is an excellent horror story with a human twist...

Plot:

A demon girl's quest to become human, with the help of an unwitting boy named Yakumo.

Plot Keywords:

Demon | Statue | Immortality | Magical Girl | Doll

Cast

Thom Adcox-Hernandez	...	Monkey (Manga Entertainment Version) (voice: English version) (as Thom Adcox)
Takeshi Aono	...	Chou (voice)
Brigitte Bako	...	Pai, Sanjiyan (Manga Entertainment Version) (voice: English version)
Earl Boen	...	Benares (voice: English version)
Steve Bulen	...	Steve Long / Hotel Manager (Manga Entertainment Version) (voice: English version)
Christian Campbell	...	Yakumo Fujii (voice: English version)
Susan Chesler	...	Ling-Ling Li (voice: English version)
Lara Cody	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Keith David	...	Mama (voice: English version)
Julie Diamond	...	Additional Voices (Manga Entertainment Version) (voice: English version)
Bill Fagerbakke	...	Steve Long (voice: English version) (as Bill Faggerbakke)
Rebecca Forstadt	...	Pai Ayanokouji (voice: English version)
Eddie Frierson	...	Yakumo Fujii (voice: English version)
Jean Gilpin	...	Mrs. Wong, Newscaster (Manga Entertainment Version) (voice: English version)
Banjô Ginga	...	Steve Long (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Pai Ayanokouji (voice)
Masato Hirano	...	Transvestite #1 (voice)
Taliesin Jaffe	...	Frog Demon (voice: English version)
Eleni Kelakos	...	Ling-Ling Li (Manga Entertainment Version) (voice) (as Eleni Kalakos)
Alexandra Kenworthy	...	Sanjiyan (Manga Entertainment Version) (voice: English version)
Masami Kikuchi	...	Saru (voice)
Michitaka Kobayashi	...	Transvestite #2 (voice)
Mia Korf	...	Natsuko (voice: English version)
Mariko Kouda	...	Woman (voice)
Steve Kramer	...	Mama (Manga Entertainment Version) / Frog Demon (Manga Entertainment Version) (voice: English version)
Joyce Kurtz	...	Ms. Huang (Manga Entertainment Version) (voice: English version)
Kerrigan Mahan	...	Yakumo's friend (Manga Entertainment Version) (voice: English version)
Naoko Matsui	...	Armulet (voice)
Erin Matthews	...	Mei-Shin (Manga Entertainment Version) (voice: English version)
Michael McConnohie	...	Chou (Manga Entertainment Version) (voice: English version)
Hikaru Midorikawa	...	Hide (voice)
Yûko Mizutani	...	Natsuko (voice)
Akio Ohtsuka	...	Benares (voice)
Ryôtarô Okiayu	...	Masked Man (voice)
Yuji Okumoto	...	Chou / Transvestite #2 (voice: English version) (as Yujii Okumoto)
Ai Orikasa	...	Ling-Ling Li (voice)
Bodie Plecas	...	Additional Voices (Manga Entertainment Version) (voice: English version)
David Povall	...	Demon (Manga Entertainment Version) / Benares (Manga Entertainment Version) (voice: English version)
Osamu Saka	...	Professor Fujii (voice)
Lia Sargent	...	Meishin ((Manga Entertainment Version) (voice: English version)
Hiroyuki Satou	...	Tatsuya (voice)
Ernie Sheesley	...	Additional Voices (Manga Entertainment Version) (voice: English version)
Kôzô Shioya	...	Monster (voice)
Rick Simone	...	Tatsuya / Transvestite #1 (voice: English version)
Bonnie Stauch	...	Additional Voices (Manga Entertainment Version) (voice: English version)
Keith Szarabajka	...	Professor Fujii / Ryouko (voice: English version)
Mayumi Tanaka	...	Meixing Long (voice)
Michie Tomizawa	...	Don (voice)
Kôji Totani	...	Ryouko (voice)
Kôji Tsujitani	...	Yakumo Fujii (voice)
Greg Weisman	...	Hide (voice: English version)
Jeff Winkless	...	Professor Fuji (Manga Entertainment Version) (voice: English version)

Directed by
Daisuke Nishio

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Akinori Endo
Yuzo Takada		manga

Produced by
Katsunori Haruka	....	producer
Yoshimasa Mizuo	....	producer
Toshimichi Ohtsuki	....	producer
Hidetoshi Shigematsu	....	executive producer
Ryohei Suzuki	....	executive producer
Shigeru Watanabe	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Kaoru Wada

Cinematography by
Fumio Hirokawa		(director of photography)

Art Direction by
Toshikatsu Sanuki
Junichi Taniguchi

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Takahiro Imamura	....	assistant director

Art Department
Miyuki Sato	....	art designer
Tomoko Yoshida	....	art designer

Animation Department
Koichi Arai	....	character designer
Hideki Hamazu	....	animator
Kou Yoshinari	....	animator

Music Department
Hideyuki Tanaka	....	music arranged by

Production Companies

• Bandai Entertainment Inc.
• King Record Co.
• Kodansha

Distributors

• Geneon Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Sazan aizu" - Japan (original title)
"3x3 Eyes: Immortals" - USA (series title)

Runtime:

110 min (4 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15 (part 5) | UK:18 (parts 1 & 2 & 3) | UK:PG (part 4) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (Vol 1 & 3) | Germany:16 | Canada:G (Quebec) (vol 4) | New Zealand:M | Australia:M | Canada:PG (Manitoba) (video rating) | Iceland:16

Company:

Bandai Entertainment Inc.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Manga! (1994) (TV)

Immortals and Demons

After years of waiting, 3x3 Eyes arrives on DVD. This has to be one of my favorite animes of all time. Based off Yuzo Takada's long running popular manga series 3x3 Eyes (Sazan Aizu) published in 1987. If you liked Yuzo Takada's other work such as Blue Seed and All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku, you'll like this one!

3x3 Eyes revolves around a girl named Pai. She belongs to an ancient race of three eyed demons called the Sajiyan-Unkara. They possessed the power of immortality. Pai is the last survivor of the Sajiyan-Unkara. She wishes to become human. But in order to become human, she must find the Staute of Humanity. With the archeologist, Professor Fuji's dying words, he tells her to travel to Japan to get help from his son Yakumo Fuji. This is where it begins.

Basically, she meets Yakumo in a very akward way. Then he gets killed saving Pai from her own pet demon, Takui. Pai uses her Sanjiyan powers to turn him immortal. He wakes up wondering why he's still alive. After realizing what happened, Yakumo embarks on a long journey in search for the Staute of Humanity, which takes them to Hong Kong. Yakumo is forced to look for a way to make Pai mortal so he can get his old life back, so that he too can also become mortal again. But he must abandon his old life for anew.

This is a very good anime. It gets better and better by the episode. The thing that makes 3x3 Eyes so great is that is has a little of everything from, drama, action, adventure, comedy, and horror. Not only is the story good, the music is too. Kaoru Wada does a great job with composing the musical score.

So if you want a bit of every genre, give 3x3 Eyes out. You won't be disappointed. Once you've done that, check out the Manga.