Dororon Enma-kun, also known as Satanikus!, is a Japanese horror-comedyanime and manga series created by Go Nagai. It's 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 dropsthe 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 Dororon Enma-kun MeeraMera aired in Japan in 2011.
Plot
Enma, Yukiko-Hime and Kapaeru are part of the Yokai-Patrol. They go after ghosts that have escaped from Hell into the human world.
The original anime was produced by Toei Animation and was originally broadcast on Fuji TV from to. The opening theme was "Dororon Enma-kun" and the ending theme was "Be Careful of Ghosts", 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, 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!!" by Masaaki Endoh and the Moonriders, whilst the ending theme is "Everybody's Exhausted ZZZ" 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 to. 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.
Enma Jigoku, a one-shot story, was published in the issue of Asahi Sonorama' Manga Shōnen. In this story, the characters are older. Since its publication, this manga has been compiled in all tankōbon as the last story with the title Enma Jigoku no Kan.
Doki Doki! Enma-kun, drawn by Koichi Hagane, a short manga published by Shogakukan on in Coro Coro Comic and on and in Bessatsu Coro Coro Comic Special.
Enma vs: Dororon Enma-kun Gaiden, a seinen manga by Masaki Segawa, is a 38-page one-shot story published on published in Shueisha's Business Jump.
''Dororon Enbi-chan''
Dororon Enbi-chan, published from to in the magazine Monthly YoungMan by Sanwa Publishing. This is an adult-restricted eroticcomedy.
Volumes
''Kikoushi Enma''
Kikoushi Enma 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 to
''Satanikus ENMA Kerberos''
Satanikus ENMA Kerberos is a sequel of Kikoushi Enma by Eiji Karasuyama, published in Kodansha's Magazine Z from to
Shururun Yukikohime-chan feat. Dororon Enma-kun 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 to .
