Jump to content

Kamasutra (manga): Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
m minor ce
 
(149 intermediate revisions by 71 users not shown)
Line 6: Line 6:
| ja_kanji = カーマスートラ
| ja_kanji = カーマスートラ
| ja_romaji = Kāmasūtora
| ja_romaji = Kāmasūtora
| genre = <!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
| genre = [[Adventure]], [[erotica]]
}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
{{Infobox animanga/Print
Line 26: Line 26:
| writer = [[Seiji Matsuoka]]
| writer = [[Seiji Matsuoka]]
| music = [[Ken Yajima]]
| music = [[Ken Yajima]]
| studio = [[Animate]]<br/>E&G Films <br/>[[Toho|Toho video]]
| studio = [[Animate (retailer)|Animate]]<br/>E&G Films <br/>[[Toho|Toho video]]
| licensee = {{English anime licensee
| licensee = {{English anime licensee
| NA = [[Kitty Media]]
| NA = [[Kitty Media]]
Line 43: Line 43:


==Plot==
==Plot==
Dr. Aikawa is researching the location of an ancient Indian princess. An ancient Indian cult, the Naga tribe, is also looking for her. Dr. Aikawa's grandson, Ryu, becomes involved when the cult ransacks his grandfather's apartment in search for information about the princess, attacking Ryu and his girlfriend Yukari in the process. Ryu goes to India to help his grandfather. There he finds his grandfather's assistant, Shakty, who introduces him to some of the techniques found in the ''Kamasutra''. While both fly towards Dr. Aikawa locations they are kidnapped by the Mali Clan. Ryu is sexually drained and physically debilitated while in captivity, but his grandfather and Indy Yakko manage to save them.
Prof. Takeshi Aikawa is researching the location of an ancient Indian princess, Princess [[Surya]] of [[Gupta Empire]]. Prof. Aikawa's grandson, Ryu, becomes involved when the group of gangster attack Ryu and his spoiled girlfriend Yukari and ransacks his grandfather's apartment in search of information about the princess until Ryu witnesses as he discovered the manuscript which was an ancient Indian sex manual called ''[[Kama Sutra|Kamasutra]]''. Ryu goes to India to help his grandfather. There, he finds his grandfather's assistant, Shakti, who introduces him to learn the techniques found in ''Kamasutra''.


During a trip to Prof. Aikawa's locations, Ryu and Shakti are kidnapped by the same gangsters who are working for an ancient Indian cult, the [[Nāga|Naga Tribe]], and soon takes them into the Palace of Naga. Ryu is sexually drained and physically debilitated while in captivity, but his grandfather and adventurous Indy Yakko manage to rescue them. Afterward, Prof. Aikawa's group goes to [[Khajuraho Group of Monuments|Khajuraho Temple]] to find a golden cup-like artifact called the Sex Grail, which is sealed inside of [[Rama]]'s sculpture, and with it, they can locate and retrieve the frozen princess Surya, who was resting at [[Himalayas]], with using the grail to revive Surya from the suspended animated state.
After that, Dr. Aikawa's group manages to find the [[holy grail]] and with it they are able to locate and retrieve the frozen princess Surya, who was resting at the [[Himalayas]], and the revive Surya with the holy grail. Meanwhile, having failed at obtaining the holy grail, the person behind the attacks, the [[Rōshi|old mentor]], dies and the prince assumes the leadership of the tribe, killing the woman [[physician]] of the mentor in the process. He then personally kidnaps Shurya with the intention of obtaining her [[Vaginal lubrication|love juices]] to be used with the grail. The prince then tries to obtain the holy grail and succeeds by deceiving Ryu into an exchange of the princess for the grail. After obtaining the grail (kidnapping Ryu in the process), he sends Hige Godzilla to trick Yukari into abducting Surya for them. Yukari does so and is also captured and is jailed along Ryu. Yakko, however, is able to track them down and rescues them before they are crushed by a trap. While trying to escape, they are confronted by the prince of Naga, who gives them a glimpse of his mystical power. Despite this, they still escape.


Meanwhile, having failed at obtaining the grail, the person behind the attacks, the Old Master, dies and his son, [[Rudra|Prince Rudra]] assumes the leadership of the tribe, and rapes Jody, the Old Master's doctor in the process. He then personally kidnaps Surya to obtain her love juice to be used with the grail. Rudra then tries to obtain the grail and succeeds by deceiving Ryu into an exchange of the princess for the grail. After obtaining the grail (and kidnapping Ryu in the process), he sends his henchman, Hige Godzilla to trick Yukari into raping Surya for them. Yukari does so and is also captured and jailed along with Ryu before they are crushed and stuck by a wall trap. Yakko, however, can track them down and rescues them. While trying to escape, they're confronted by Rudra, who uses his mystical power to attack them, but they still escape.
The prince, now in possession of Surya and the holy grail, is about to be married to Surya, but he's interrupted by the attack of Austin, a military man and the father of Jodie, the woman whom the prince killed. The prince manages to escape with Surya and the grail, but is soon followed by Austin, Yakko, Ryu and Dr. Aikawa. With the help of the grail, the prince opens a portal to [[Shambhala]] and enters it. He is soon followed by Ryu and Yakko, who find a space egg floating like a sun. During this time, Dr. Aikawa finds another way of entering Shambhala, by using the holy grail counterpart, a death cup, and a [[foursome (group sex)|foursome]] sexual position in a wall of a [[Lakshmana]] temple. As the prince is about to enter the egg with princess Shurya and the grail, Dr. Aikawa, Shakty, Yukari and Hige appear before him. Soon after, Ryu and Yakko also arrive and Ryu manages to catch up to the prince just as he enters the egg with Shurya. The prince and Ryu engage in a battle, in which the holy grail falls outside the egg. They are stopped by the angels that protect the egg, just as the egg elevates itself towards the space.


Prince Rudra, now in possession of the Sex Grail and forced to marry princess Surya, as they proceed with the wedding ceremony, however, they're interrupted by the attack of Captain Austin, an American soldier, and Jody's father, who came to avenge his daughter. He manages to escape by the [[Garuda|Boat of Garuda]] along with Surya and the grail but is soon followed by Austin, Prof. Aikawa, Yakko, and Ryu. With help of the Sex Grail, Rudra opens a portal to enter them into the earthly paradise of [[Shambhala]] which is hidden inside the waterfall, he is soon followed by Ryu and Yakko with help of Captain Austin. As they entering to Shambhala, Ryu, and Yakko find a giant golden egg-shaped vessel, the Sacred Egg, floating like a sun, they continued to rescue Surya.
The angels test both the prince and Ryu in the ''Kamasutra'', as only one can be together with princess Surya. Ryu decides that he wants to do it with the princess, and so the prince is killed by a [[Lernaean Hydra|Hydra]]-like creature who also takes him out of the egg. The angels leave Shurya and Ryu alone and they both engage in sex. Having fulfilled its purpose, the egg divides in two. One takes Shurya and the other Ryu.


In the meantime, Prof. Aikawa goes to Khajuraho once again to find another way of entering Shambhala along with Shakti, Yukari, and Hige, by using the grail counterpart, the Cup of Death, and joining them in a foursome position which is similar to Khajuraho's erotic sculpture. As prince Rudra and princess Surya enter the Sacred Egg, Prof. Aikawa and his allies (who are shown naked in a foursome position) appear before him. Soon after, Ryu and Yakko also arrive and Ryu manages to catch Rudra just as he enters the egg with Surya, in which the grail falls outside the egg, just as the Sacred Egg elevates itself and flies towards space.
By this time, Dr. Aikawa manages to get all of them back to Earth with the help of the Holy Grail. As they return, the egg containing Ryu returns while the other floats in the sky. Shurya's egg gets smaller and attaches itself to the holy grail. The grail is then returned to its original place, with Shurya (and Ryu's [[DNA]]) inside and sealed by the goddess sculpture.


As Rudra and Ryu engage in the fight, they're interrupted by the group of [[Apsara|celestial angels]] who reside in the egg, they give Ryu and Rudra a final task to perform in group sex based on the ''Kamasutra'', as only one can be together with Surya. Ryu decides that he wants to do it with her, and so Rudra takes out from the egg by a [[Nāga]]-like creature, killing him. As angels disappear, leave only Surya and Ryu and they both have sex in eternal pleasure. Having fulfilled its purpose, the Sacred Egg is now split in two, one takes Ryu and the other Surya, and then falls to Earth.
===Differences between the manga and anime===

*The OVA presents a shortened and slightly modified version of the story. The main story starts when Princess Surya's frozen body is discovered, leaving out all the first volume of the manga.
By this time, Prof. Aikawa, Yakko, Shakti, Yukari, and Hige manage to get all of them back from Shambhala to Earth using the Boat of Garuda with the help of the Sex Grail. As they return, Prof. Aikawa's group saw the two Sacred Eggs, one falling into a river, and Ryu released while Surya was still inside the other, floating in the sky. Surya fulfilling his promise to him as the Sacred Egg gets smaller and attaches itself to the grail. Afterward, the next day, the Sex Grail and the Sacred Egg now is then returned to their original place, and sealed into the sculpture, while Ryu and his group leave India and returned to Japan safely.
*In the anime, Ryu is already helping his grandfather, who find Surya without the need of the holy grail.
*The holy grail is also referred as the sex cup in the anime.
*The prince is called Rudracin in the anime, whereas in the manga, that name is barely mentioned.
*There is no mention in the anime to the Navy background of the prince.
*The old mentor is already about to die in the anime.
*The constant sexual relationships between Shakty and Dr. Aikawa are not touched in the anime.
*In the anime, Ryu is the reincarnation of a knight who protected Shurya in the past.
*Jodi and her father Austin don't appear in the anime. Austin's attack is changed into a police raid.
*In the anime, the method with which Surya is kidnapped the second time, is different and Yukari has a less active participation in it.
*Only the prince, Surya, Yakko and Ryu enter Shambhala in the anime.
*The angels do not test the prince in the anime. They only help Ryu to cross a lagoon that it's in the way to the temple above which the egg floats. They are 48, a reference to the 48 positions of the {{Nihongo|''Shijuhatte''|四十八手}}, the Japanese ''Kamasutra''.
*In the anime, instead of being killed by a Hydra-like monster, Ryu and the Prince engage in weapon combat outside the egg, in which Ryu is remained of his ancient life and kills the prince after the prince takes the form of a monster.
*In the anime, the Hindu gods save Surya in the ancient past and entrust her the mission of saving humanity after the world is destroyed. In the manga, Surya is already a divine being.
*The Hindu gods have a prominent role in the anime, almost non-existent in the manga.
*After Surya has sex with Ryu, only she travels inside the space egg and this remains floating in the space instead of attaching itself to the holy grail.


==Characters==
==Characters==
*{{Nihongo|'''Ryu Aikawa'''|阿井川 竜|aikawa ryū|played by [[Yasunori Matsumoto]]}}: The hero of the story, a handsome but sexually inexperienced young man. During the course of the story he is taught in the ''Kamasutra'' so that he can conquer the final test. In the anime, he is the reincarnation of Gopal, a knight that protected princess Surya.
*{{Nihongo|'''Ryu Aikawa'''|阿井川 竜|aikawa ryū|played by [[Yasunori Matsumoto]]}}: The hero of the story, a handsome but sexually inexperienced young man. During the course of the story he is taught in the ''Kamasutra'' so that he can conquer the final task. In the anime, he is the reincarnation of Gopal, a knight that protected princess Surya.
*{{Nihongo|'''Princess Surya'''|スーリャ姫|sūrya hime|played by [[Sakiko Tamagawa]]}}: A mysterious princess who holds the secret of eternal life. In the anime, she knows Ryu from his previous life.
*{{Nihongo|'''Princess Surya'''|スーリャ姫|sūrya hime|played by [[Sakiko Tamagawa]]}}: An immortal ancient Indian princess who holds the secret of eternal life. In the anime, she knows Ryu from his past life.
*{{Nihongo|'''Prince of Naga'''|ナーガのプリンス|nāga no purinsu|played by [[Jūrōta Kosugi|Jurota Kusogi]]}}, also known as {{Nihongo|'''Rudra'''|ルドラ|rudora}} or {{nihongo|'''Rudrasin'''|ルドラシン|rudorashin}}: The main antagonist after the death of the Old Master, he seeks to make Surya his in order to achieve eternal life. He was a navy Lieutenant until he assumes the role of leader of the Naga Tribe. In the anime, it is implied that he is the reincarnation of Ryu's killer.
*{{Nihongo|'''Shakty'''|シャクティ|shakutei|played by [[Naoko Matsui]]}}: Dr. Aikawa assistant and lover. She is the first to introduce Ryu into the art of the Kamasutra.
*{{Nihongo|'''Hige Godzilla'''|ヒゲゴジラ|higegojira|played by [[Naoki Tatsuta]]}}: The character from the ''[[Chibikko Kaiju Yadamon|Yadamon]]'' manga and ''[[Harenchi Gakuen]]''. In this story, he is helping the Naga tribe and acts as the main henchman of the prince.
*{{Nihongo|'''Shakti'''|シャクティ|shakutei|played by [[Naoko Matsui]]}}: Prof. Aikawa assistant and lover. She is the first to introduce Ryu into the art of the Kamasutra. Her real name known as Irene Adoldo
*{{Nihongo|'''Dr. Takeshi Aikawa'''|阿井川猛博士|aikawa takeshi hakase|played by [[Kenichi Ogata (voice actor)|Kenichi Ogata]]}}: Ryu's grandfather and the archaeologist behind the discovery of princess Surya. In the manga he constantly engages in sexual acts with Shakty.
*{{Nihongo|'''Prof. Takeshi Aikawa'''|阿井川猛博士|aikawa takeshi hakase|played by [[Kenichi Ogata (voice actor)|Kenichi Ogata]]}}: Ryu's grandfather and the archaeologist behind the discovery of princess Surya. In the manga he constantly engages in sexual acts with Shakti.
*{{Nihongo|'''Yukari Tsuji'''|辻ユカリ|tsuji yukari|alternatively written 辻ゆかり in the OVA, played by [[Chieko Honda]]}} a spoiled yet sassy girl who is Ryu's girlfriend.
*{{Nihongo|'''Old mentor'''|老師|rōshi|played by [[Ikuya Sawaki]]}}: An old man with snake-like features seeking the secret of the holy grail and Surya, and the leader of the Naga tribe. He is the father of the prince and is called also Beshuma.
*{{Nihongo|'''Indy Yakko'''|インディやっこ|indei yakko|played by|[[Masami Kikuchi]]}}: An adventurer who is a parody of [[Indiana Jones (character)|Indiana Jones]] and comic relief. He successfully helps Ryu during the course of the story. His real name known as Hiya Yakko.
*{{Nihongo|'''Yukari Tsuji'''|辻ユカリ|tsuji yukari|alternatively written 辻ゆかり in the OVA, played by [[Chieko Honda]]}} The nominal girlfriend of Ryu.
*{{Nihongo|'''Indy Yakko'''|インディやっこ|indei yakko|played by|[[Masami Kikuchi]]}}: A parody of [[Indiana Jones]] and comic relief. He successfully helps Ryu during the course of the story.
*{{Nihongo|'''Hige Godzilla'''|ヒゲゴジラ|higegojira|played by [[Naoki Tatsuta]]}}: The character from the ''[[Chibikko Kaiju Yadamon|Yadamon]]'' manga and ''[[Harenchi Gakuen]]''. In this story, he is helping the Naga tribe and acts as the main henchman/servant of the prince.
*{{Nihongo|'''Old Master''' |老師|rōshi|played by [[Ikuya Sawaki]]}}: An ill, disfigured old man with snake-like voice, and the former leader of the Naga Tribe who seeking the secret of the "Sex Grail" and ancient Princess Surya. He is the father of the prince and is called also Beshuma.
*{{Nihongo|'''Prince of Naga'''|ナーガのプリンス|nāga no purinsu}}, also known as {{Nihongo|'''Rudran'''|ルドラン|rudoran}} or {{nihongo|'''Rudracin'''|ルドラシン|rudorashin|played by [[Jūrōta Kosugi|Jurota Kusogi]]}}: The main antagonist after the death of the old mentor, he seeks to make Surya his in order to achieve eternal life. He was a navy Lieutenant until he assumes the role of leader of the Naga tribe. In the anime, it is implied that he is the reincarnation of Ryu's killer.

==Production==

===Anime staff===
*Studio: [[Toho|Toho video]]
*Original work: Go Nagai, [[Kunio Nagatani]]
*Executive producer: Masamichi Fujiwara (Toho)
*Producer: [[Seiji Tani]] (Toho)
*Director: [[Masayuki Ozeki]]
*Scenario: [[Seiji Matsuoka]]
*Character design/animation supervisor: [[Shinsuke Terasawa]]
*Art Director: Yoken Ko
*Director of Photography: Chiho Miyakazi
*Music: [[Ken Yajima]]
*Sound Director: Hideyuki Tamaka
*Animation production: [[Animate Film]]
*Co-production: [[EG Film]]
*Voice cast: Yasunori Matsumoto, Sakiko Tamagawa, Naoko Matsui, Naoki Tatsuta, Kenichi Ogata, Ikuya Sawaki, Chieko Honda, Masami Kikuchi, Jurota Kusogi
Source(s)<ref name="Kamasutra - Go-mania">{{cite web
| url = http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/yashiki_yashiki/eika-ma.html
| title = 究極のSEXアドベンチャーカーマスートラ
| accessdate = 2010-09-03
| author =
| work =
| publisher = Go-mania
| location = Japan
| language = Japanese
|trans-title=Kamasutra: The Ultimate Sex Adventure
}}</ref><ref name="OVA list - mazingerz.com">{{cite web
| url= http://www.mazingerz.com/ANIME/OVA.html
| script-title=ja:オリジナルビデオ化作品リスト
| accessdate= 2010-09-03
| author=
| date=
| work=
| publisher= The World of Go Nagai
| location= Japan
| language= Japanese
|trans-title=Original Video works list
}}</ref>

===USA staff===
*Translation: Tokyo Rose
*Executive producer: Gary Sierra
*3D animation: Michael Fenimore
*Additional music: Ivan Woolfe
*Production supervision: Simon Li
*English language script adaptation: Chris Norman
*Adr director: T-Bone Wang
*Audio engineer: Elvis Herbert
*Audio mix consultant: Kobe Nagoya
*Recording studio: Planet 2 Planet Studios
*Executive producer of English version: John Sirabella
*Production manager: Scott Marchfield
*Production supervision: Sean Molyneaux
*Production assistant: Anna Yamamoto
*Editor: Khalid Mills
*Art director: Meredith Mulroney
*English packaging & design: Anime Works
*Voice cast: Savanna Blu (Princess Surya), Fred Felt (Ryu), George Malios (Dr. Aikawa), Don Carlo (Hige/Vishnu), Pablo Paratha (Rudra), T. Bone Wang (Rudra's father), Evelyn Jones (Reporter/Shiva), O. Dear (Shakty), Chrissie Squirt (Sky Maidens), Mark. Z Wolf (Yakko), Mayblissa Cummings (Yukari), Bobby Ballsack (Detective/other voices)
Source(s)<ref name="Kama Sutra USA DVD credits">{{cite video
| people = Ozeki, Masayuki (director)
| date = 1992-04-24
| title = Kama Sutra
| url = http://www.kittymedia.com/titledisplay.cfm?title=Kama%20Sutra&upc=631595022865
| medium = DVD
| publisher = Kitty Media
| location = USA
| accessdate = 2010-09-03
| time = 42:56 - 43:17
| id = {{UPC|631595022865}}
| ref =
}}</ref><ref name="Kama Sutra (OVA) - CrystalAcids.com">{{cite web
| url= http://www.crystalacids.com/database/title/1104/kama-sutra/
| title= Kama Sutra (OVA)
| author=
| date=
| work=
| publisher= CrystalAcids.com
| location= USA
|trans-title=| accessdate= 2010-09-03
}}</ref>


==Media==
==Media==
Line 170: Line 74:
| url= http://www.mazingerz.com/H/KAMA.html
| url= http://www.mazingerz.com/H/KAMA.html
| script-title=ja:カーマスートラ
| script-title=ja:カーマスートラ
| accessdate= 2010-09-03
| access-date= 2010-09-03
| author=
| author=
| work=
| publisher= The World of Go Nagai
| publisher= The World of Go Nagai
| location= Japan
| location= Japan
Line 180: Line 83:
| url= http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/nagaigo/works_04.asp
| url= http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/nagaigo/works_04.asp
| title= Go Nagai works list 1981-1990
| title= Go Nagai works list 1981-1990
| accessdate= 2010-09-03
| access-date= 2010-09-03
| work= Nagai Go Special Corner
| work= Nagai Go Special Corner
| publisher= eBOOK Initiative Japan Co. Ltd.
| publisher= eBOOK Initiative Japan Co. Ltd.
Line 188: Line 91:
|url = http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/yashiki_yashiki/1990.html
|url = http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/yashiki_yashiki/1990.html
|script-title = ja:作品年譜 -1990-
|script-title = ja:作品年譜 -1990-
|accessdate = 2010-09-03
|access-date = 2010-09-03
|author =
|work =
|publisher = Go-mania
|publisher = Go-mania
|location = Japan
|location = Japan
|language = Japanese
|language = Japanese
|trans-title = Work chronology -1990-
|trans-title = Work chronology -1990-
|deadurl = yes
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090507153144/http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/yashiki_yashiki/1990.html
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090507153144/http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/yashiki_yashiki/1990.html
|archivedate = 2009-05-07
|archive-date = 2009-05-07
|df =
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
{{Graphic novel list/header
{{Graphic novel list/header
Line 226: Line 126:


===Anime===
===Anime===
The OVA adaptation, titled {{nihongo|'''''Kyukioku no Sex Adventure Kamasutra'''''|究極のSEXアドベンチャー カーマスートラ|Kyūkyoku no Sekkusu Adobenchā Kāmasūtora|translated as '''''Kamasutra: The Ultimate Sex Adventure'''''}}, was released on {{Start date|1992|04|24}} by Toho Video in [[VHS]] format, with standard number TA-4347 and [[Japanese Article Number|JAN]] 4988104210319.
The OVA adaptation, titled {{nihongo|''Kyukioku no Sex Adventure Kamasutra''|究極のSEXアドベンチャー カーマスートラ|Kyūkyoku no Sekkusu Adobenchā Kāmasūtora|translated as ''Kamasutra: The Ultimate Sex Adventure''}}, was released on April 24, 1992.


The anime was released in a [[Subtitle (captioning)|subtitled]] version VHS in the United Kingdom in 1994, by [[Western Connection]].<ref name="Complete UK Anime Reviews 1992-1994">{{cite web | url= http://www.sandg-anime-reviews.net/ukanime/anim9294.htm | title= Complete UK Anime Reviews 1992-1994 (UK-PAL video format) | author= Cowie, Geoff | date= November 1995 | work= Complete UK Anime Guide | publisher= Shoujo & General Weblog | location= United Kingdom |trans-title=| access-date= 2010-09-03 }}</ref>
====Releases outside Japan====
The anime was released in a [[Subtitle (captioning)|subtitled]] version VHS in the United Kingdom on {{Start date|1994|04|11}} by [[Western Connection]], [[European Article Number|EAN]] 5021904001004.<ref name="Complete UK Anime Reviews 1992-1994">{{cite web
| url= http://www.sandg-anime-reviews.net/ukanime/anim9294.htm
| title= Complete UK Anime Reviews 1992-1994 (UK-PAL video format)
| author= Cowie, Geoff
| date= November 1995
| work= Complete UK Anime Guide
| publisher= Shoujo & General Weblog
| location= United Kingdom
|trans-title=| accessdate= 2010-09-03
}}</ref> Western Connection also released it in [[DVD]].


In the United States, it was originally released by [[Kitty Media]] on May 5, 1998, in two versions, an edited "general release"<ref name="Kama Sutra General Release - Kitty Media">{{cite web | url= http://www.kittymedia.com/titledisplay.cfm?title=Kama%20Sutra%20General%20Release%20&upc=631595981834 | title= Kama Sutra General Release | author= | date= | publisher= Kitty Media | location= USA |trans-title=| access-date= 2010-09-03 }}</ref><ref name="MangaStuf 1998-05 - The Right Stuf International">{{cite web | url= http://www.rightstuf.com/releases/mang0598.txt | title= MangaStuf May 1998 | author= | date= May 1998 | format= TXT | publisher= The Right Stuf International | location= USA |trans-title=| access-date= 2010-09-03}}</ref> and an unedited version.<ref name="Kama Sutra (OVA) - CrystalAcids.com">{{cite web
In the United States, it was originally released by [[Kitty Media]] on {{Start date|1998|05|05}} in two versions, an edited "general release"(catalog number KVVS-9818, {{UPC|631595981834}})<ref name="Kama Sutra General Release - Kitty Media">{{cite web
| url= http://www.kittymedia.com/titledisplay.cfm?title=Kama%20Sutra%20General%20Release%20&upc=631595981834
| url= http://www.crystalacids.com/database/title/1104/kama-sutra/
| title= Kama Sutra General Release
| title= Kama Sutra (OVA)
| author=
| author=
| date=
| date=
| publisher= CrystalAcids.com
| work=
| publisher= Kitty Media
| location= USA
| location= USA
|trans-title=| accessdate= 2010-09-03
|trans-title=| access-date= 2010-09-03
}}</ref><ref name="MangaStuf 1998-05 - The Right Stuf International">{{cite web
}}</ref><ref name="MangaStuf 1998-05 - The Right Stuf International" /><ref name="Kama Sutra - Kitty Media">{{cite web
| url= http://www.kittymedia.com/titledisplay.cfm?title=Kama%20Sutra%20&upc=631595981537 | title= Kama Sutra | author= | date= | publisher= Kitty Media | location= USA |trans-title=| access-date= 2010-09-03}}</ref> Kitty Media also released the OVA in DVD on January 28, 2003, this time including English [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbed]] audio.<ref name="Kama Sutra (OVA) - CrystalAcids.com" /><ref name="Kama Sutra DVD - Kitty Media">{{cite web | url= http://www.kittymedia.com/titledisplay.cfm?title=Kama%20Sutra&upc=631595022865 | title= Kama Sutra | author= | date= | publisher= Kitty Media | location= USA |trans-title=| access-date= 2010-09-03}}</ref>
| url= http://www.rightstuf.com/releases/mang0598.txt
| title= MangaStuf May 1998
| author=
| date= May 1998
| work=
| format= TXT
| publisher= The Right Stuf International
| location= USA
|trans-title=| accessdate= 2010-09-03
}}</ref> and an unedited version (catalog version KVVS-9815, {{UPC|631595981537}}.<ref name="Kama Sutra (OVA) - CrystalAcids.com" /><ref name="MangaStuf 1998-05 - The Right Stuf International" /><ref name="Kama Sutra - Kitty Media">{{cite web
| url= http://www.kittymedia.com/titledisplay.cfm?title=Kama%20Sutra%20&upc=631595981537
| title= Kama Sutra
| author=
| date=
| work=
| publisher= Kitty Media
| location= USA
|trans-title=| accessdate= 2010-09-03
}}</ref> Kitty Media also released the OVA in DVD on {{Start date|2003|01|28}} (catalog number KVDVD-0228, {{UPC|631595022865}}), this time including English [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbed]] audio.<ref name="Kama Sutra (OVA) - CrystalAcids.com" /><ref name="Kama Sutra DVD - Kitty Media">{{cite web
| url= http://www.kittymedia.com/titledisplay.cfm?title=Kama%20Sutra&upc=631595022865
| title= Kama Sutra
| author=
| date=
| work=
| publisher= Kitty Media
| location= USA
|trans-title=| accessdate= 2010-09-03
}}</ref>

[[Yamato Video]] released the anime in [[Italy]] in VHS with an [[Italian language|Italian]] dubbed version. The OVA was also released in VHS in [[Spain]], dubbed in [[Spanish language|Spanish]].


==References==
==References==
Line 285: Line 145:


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.mazingerz.com/H/KAMA.html ''Kamasutra''] at the ''World of Go Nagai'' website {{ja icon}}
*[http://www.mazingerz.com/H/KAMA.html ''Kamasutra''] at the ''World of Go Nagai'' website {{in lang|ja}}
*{{ann|ova|2852|Kama Sutra}}
*{{anime News Network|ova|2852|Kama Sutra}}
*[http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=235678 ''Kyukioku no Sex Adventure Kamasutra''] at allcinema {{ja icon}}
*[http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=235678 ''Kyukioku no Sex Adventure Kamasutra''] at allcinema {{in lang|ja}}
*{{IMDb title|0240646|Kama Sutra}}
*{{IMDb title|0240646|Kama Sutra}}


[[Category:1990 manga]]
[[Category:1990 manga]]
[[Category:1992 anime OVAs]]
[[Category:1992 anime OVAs]]
[[Category:Adventure anime and manga]]
[[Category:Go Nagai]]
[[Category:Go Nagai]]
[[Category:Hentai anime and manga]]
[[Category:Hentai anime and manga]]
[[Category:Comics set in India]]
[[Category:Television shows set in India]]
[[Category:Television shows set in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Khajuraho]]
[[Category:Anime and manga set in India]]

Latest revision as of 22:58, 8 July 2024

Kamasutra
Cover of Kamasutra #1 (1990)
カーマスートラ
(Kāmasūtora)
Manga
Written byGo Nagai
Kunio Nagatani
Illustrated byGo Nagai
Published byTokuma Shoten
DemographicSeinen
Original runMarch 31, 1990 – November 30, 1990
Volumes4
Original video animation
Kyukioku no Sex Adventure Kamasutra
Directed byMasayuki Ozeki
Produced bySeiji Tani
Written bySeiji Matsuoka
Music byKen Yajima
StudioAnimate
E&G Films
Toho video
Licensed by
ReleasedApril 24, 1992
Runtime43 minutes
Footnotes

The manga was directly published in tankōbon without magazine serialization. Kunio Nagatani participation is credited as composition since the manga consists of the main story by Nagai and of several texts written by Nagatani related to the Kamasutra, not to the main story.

Kamasutra (カーマスートラ, Kāmasūtora) is originally a four tankōbon manga (inspired by the homonymous book) created by Go Nagai and Kunio Nagatani and published by Tokuma Shoten in 1990. It was later adapted into an OVA, Kamasutra: The Ultimate Sex Adventure (究極のSEXアドベンチャー カーマスートラ, Kyūkyoku no Sekkusu Adobenchā Kāmasūtora), known in the United Kingdom as Kamasutra and in the United States as Kama Sutra and considered a hentai anime in the West.

Plot

[edit]

Prof. Takeshi Aikawa is researching the location of an ancient Indian princess, Princess Surya of Gupta Empire. Prof. Aikawa's grandson, Ryu, becomes involved when the group of gangster attack Ryu and his spoiled girlfriend Yukari and ransacks his grandfather's apartment in search of information about the princess until Ryu witnesses as he discovered the manuscript which was an ancient Indian sex manual called Kamasutra. Ryu goes to India to help his grandfather. There, he finds his grandfather's assistant, Shakti, who introduces him to learn the techniques found in Kamasutra.

During a trip to Prof. Aikawa's locations, Ryu and Shakti are kidnapped by the same gangsters who are working for an ancient Indian cult, the Naga Tribe, and soon takes them into the Palace of Naga. Ryu is sexually drained and physically debilitated while in captivity, but his grandfather and adventurous Indy Yakko manage to rescue them. Afterward, Prof. Aikawa's group goes to Khajuraho Temple to find a golden cup-like artifact called the Sex Grail, which is sealed inside of Rama's sculpture, and with it, they can locate and retrieve the frozen princess Surya, who was resting at Himalayas, with using the grail to revive Surya from the suspended animated state.

Meanwhile, having failed at obtaining the grail, the person behind the attacks, the Old Master, dies and his son, Prince Rudra assumes the leadership of the tribe, and rapes Jody, the Old Master's doctor in the process. He then personally kidnaps Surya to obtain her love juice to be used with the grail. Rudra then tries to obtain the grail and succeeds by deceiving Ryu into an exchange of the princess for the grail. After obtaining the grail (and kidnapping Ryu in the process), he sends his henchman, Hige Godzilla to trick Yukari into raping Surya for them. Yukari does so and is also captured and jailed along with Ryu before they are crushed and stuck by a wall trap. Yakko, however, can track them down and rescues them. While trying to escape, they're confronted by Rudra, who uses his mystical power to attack them, but they still escape.

Prince Rudra, now in possession of the Sex Grail and forced to marry princess Surya, as they proceed with the wedding ceremony, however, they're interrupted by the attack of Captain Austin, an American soldier, and Jody's father, who came to avenge his daughter. He manages to escape by the Boat of Garuda along with Surya and the grail but is soon followed by Austin, Prof. Aikawa, Yakko, and Ryu. With help of the Sex Grail, Rudra opens a portal to enter them into the earthly paradise of Shambhala which is hidden inside the waterfall, he is soon followed by Ryu and Yakko with help of Captain Austin. As they entering to Shambhala, Ryu, and Yakko find a giant golden egg-shaped vessel, the Sacred Egg, floating like a sun, they continued to rescue Surya.

In the meantime, Prof. Aikawa goes to Khajuraho once again to find another way of entering Shambhala along with Shakti, Yukari, and Hige, by using the grail counterpart, the Cup of Death, and joining them in a foursome position which is similar to Khajuraho's erotic sculpture. As prince Rudra and princess Surya enter the Sacred Egg, Prof. Aikawa and his allies (who are shown naked in a foursome position) appear before him. Soon after, Ryu and Yakko also arrive and Ryu manages to catch Rudra just as he enters the egg with Surya, in which the grail falls outside the egg, just as the Sacred Egg elevates itself and flies towards space.

As Rudra and Ryu engage in the fight, they're interrupted by the group of celestial angels who reside in the egg, they give Ryu and Rudra a final task to perform in group sex based on the Kamasutra, as only one can be together with Surya. Ryu decides that he wants to do it with her, and so Rudra takes out from the egg by a Nāga-like creature, killing him. As angels disappear, leave only Surya and Ryu and they both have sex in eternal pleasure. Having fulfilled its purpose, the Sacred Egg is now split in two, one takes Ryu and the other Surya, and then falls to Earth.

By this time, Prof. Aikawa, Yakko, Shakti, Yukari, and Hige manage to get all of them back from Shambhala to Earth using the Boat of Garuda with the help of the Sex Grail. As they return, Prof. Aikawa's group saw the two Sacred Eggs, one falling into a river, and Ryu released while Surya was still inside the other, floating in the sky. Surya fulfilling his promise to him as the Sacred Egg gets smaller and attaches itself to the grail. Afterward, the next day, the Sex Grail and the Sacred Egg now is then returned to their original place, and sealed into the sculpture, while Ryu and his group leave India and returned to Japan safely.

Characters

[edit]
  • Ryu Aikawa (阿井川 竜, aikawa ryū, played by Yasunori Matsumoto): The hero of the story, a handsome but sexually inexperienced young man. During the course of the story he is taught in the Kamasutra so that he can conquer the final task. In the anime, he is the reincarnation of Gopal, a knight that protected princess Surya.
  • Princess Surya (スーリャ姫, sūrya hime, played by Sakiko Tamagawa): An immortal ancient Indian princess who holds the secret of eternal life. In the anime, she knows Ryu from his past life.
  • Prince of Naga (ナーガのプリンス, nāga no purinsu, played by Jurota Kusogi), also known as Rudra (ルドラ, rudora) or Rudrasin (ルドラシン, rudorashin): The main antagonist after the death of the Old Master, he seeks to make Surya his in order to achieve eternal life. He was a navy Lieutenant until he assumes the role of leader of the Naga Tribe. In the anime, it is implied that he is the reincarnation of Ryu's killer.
  • Shakti (シャクティ, shakutei, played by Naoko Matsui): Prof. Aikawa assistant and lover. She is the first to introduce Ryu into the art of the Kamasutra. Her real name known as Irene Adoldo
  • Prof. Takeshi Aikawa (阿井川猛博士, aikawa takeshi hakase, played by Kenichi Ogata): Ryu's grandfather and the archaeologist behind the discovery of princess Surya. In the manga he constantly engages in sexual acts with Shakti.
  • Yukari Tsuji (辻ユカリ, tsuji yukari, alternatively written 辻ゆかり in the OVA, played by Chieko Honda) a spoiled yet sassy girl who is Ryu's girlfriend.
  • Indy Yakko (インディやっこ, indei yakko, played by) Masami Kikuchi: An adventurer who is a parody of Indiana Jones and comic relief. He successfully helps Ryu during the course of the story. His real name known as Hiya Yakko.
  • Hige Godzilla (ヒゲゴジラ, higegojira, played by Naoki Tatsuta): The character from the Yadamon manga and Harenchi Gakuen. In this story, he is helping the Naga tribe and acts as the main henchman/servant of the prince.
  • Old Master (老師, rōshi, played by Ikuya Sawaki): An ill, disfigured old man with snake-like voice, and the former leader of the Naga Tribe who seeking the secret of the "Sex Grail" and ancient Princess Surya. He is the father of the prince and is called also Beshuma.

Media

[edit]

Manga

[edit]

The manga was published in four volumes by Tokuma Shoten.[1][2][3]

No. Release date ISBN
1 March 31, 1990 (1990-03-31)978-4-19-444201-3
2 June 30, 1990 (1990-06-30)978-4-19-444271-6
3 September 30, 1990 (1990-09-30)978-4-19-444351-5
4 November 30, 1990 (1990-11-30)978-4-19-444400-0

Anime

[edit]

The OVA adaptation, titled Kyukioku no Sex Adventure Kamasutra (究極のSEXアドベンチャー カーマスートラ, Kyūkyoku no Sekkusu Adobenchā Kāmasūtora, translated as Kamasutra: The Ultimate Sex Adventure), was released on April 24, 1992.

The anime was released in a subtitled version VHS in the United Kingdom in 1994, by Western Connection.[4]

In the United States, it was originally released by Kitty Media on May 5, 1998, in two versions, an edited "general release"[5][6] and an unedited version.[7][6][8] Kitty Media also released the OVA in DVD on January 28, 2003, this time including English dubbed audio.[7][9]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ カーマスートラ [Kamasutra] (in Japanese). Japan: The World of Go Nagai. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  2. ^ "Go Nagai works list 1981-1990". Nagai Go Special Corner (in Japanese). Japan: eBOOK Initiative Japan Co. Ltd. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  3. ^ 作品年譜 -1990- [Work chronology -1990-] (in Japanese). Japan: Go-mania. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  4. ^ Cowie, Geoff (November 1995). "Complete UK Anime Reviews 1992-1994 (UK-PAL video format)". Complete UK Anime Guide. United Kingdom: Shoujo & General Weblog. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  5. ^ "Kama Sutra General Release". USA: Kitty Media. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  6. ^ a b "MangaStuf May 1998" (TXT). USA: The Right Stuf International. May 1998. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  7. ^ a b "Kama Sutra (OVA)". USA: CrystalAcids.com. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  8. ^ "Kama Sutra". USA: Kitty Media. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  9. ^ "Kama Sutra". USA: Kitty Media. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Kamasutra_(manga)&oldid=1233413594"