Dororon Enma-kun (ドロロンえん魔くん), also known as Satanikus!, is a Japanese horror-comedy anime and manga series created by Go Nagai. It is one of Nagai's most famous works in Japan, although not very well known in the rest of the world. In 2006, it would get a sequel/remake in Demon Prince Enma, which drops the comedy and becomes a full-fledged suspense-horror series. After the OVA was released, another manga version was released called Satanikus Enma Kerberos by Eiji Toriyama. A remake entitled Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up aired in Japan in 2011.

Plot

Enma, Yukiko-Hime and Kapaeru are part of the Yokai-Patrol. They go after yokai that have escaped from Hell into the human world.

Characters

Media

Anime

The original anime was produced by Toei Animation and was originally broadcast on Fuji TV from October 4, 1973, to March 28, 1974. The opening theme was "Dororon Enma-kun" (ドロロンえん魔くん) and the ending theme was "Beware of Yokai" (妖怪にご用心), both performed by Chinatsu Nakayama. An original video animation of the sequel manga, Demon Prince Enma, was produced by Brain's Base and was released in four volumes released between August 25, 2006, and March 23, 2007. The OVA is licensed in North America by Bandai Entertainment. A remake of the original series, titled Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera (Dororonえん魔くん メ~ラめら), was produced by Brain's Base and aired on MBS between April 7, 2011, and June 24, 2011. The opening theme is "Soul Burning at 1,000,000,000°C!!" (魂メラめら一兆°C!) by Masaaki Endoh and the Moonriders, whilst the ending theme is "Everybody's Exhausted ZZZ" (みんなくたばるサァサァサァ) by The Moonriders feat. Yoko. NIS America licensed the series in North America under the title Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up and released the series on subtitled DVD and Blu-ray Disc on September 11, 2012.

Manga

The main version of the manga was originally serialized in Shogakukan's magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from September 30, 1973, to March 31, 1974. Besides Weekly Shōnen Sunday version, other serializations were published at the time in various Shogakukan's children magazines and in Tokuma Shoten's TV Land, drawn by Nagai and several of his assistants.

Volumes

The series published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday has been compiled in volumes several times. This version is also available in ebook format, published by ebookjapan.

Sequels

Short stories

Dororon Enbi-chan

Dororon Enbi-chan (どろろん艶靡ちゃん), published from December 2000 to June 2001 in the magazine Monthly YoungMan by Sanwa Publishing. This is an adult-restricted erotic comedy.

Volumes

Kikoushi Enma

Kikoushi Enma (鬼公子炎魔) is a sequel of the original manga by Go Nagai with a mature tone, where the characters are no longer children, published in Kodansha's Magazine Z from March 25, 2006 (cover date May 2006) to May 26, 2006 (cover date July 2006.)

Satanikus ENMA Kerberos

Satanikus ENMA Kerberos (Satanikus ENMA ケルベロス) is a sequel of Kikoushi Enma by Eiji Karasuyama, published in Kodansha's Magazine Z from June 26, 2007 (cover date August 2007) to January 26, 2009 (cover date March 2009.)

Shururun Yukiko Hime-chan: feat. Dororon Enma-kun

Shururun Yukikohime-chan feat. Dororon Enma-kun (シュルルン雪子姫ちゃん feat.ドロロンえん魔くん) is a seinen manga written and drawn by Sae Amatsu and released alongside Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera. It was serialized on Kadokawa Shoten's magazine Young Ace from October 4, 2010 (cover date November 2010) to March 4, 2011 (cover date April 2011).

Volumes