Kamasutra (manga)

Kamasutra

Cover of Kamasutra #1 (1990)
カーマスートラ
(Kāmasūtora)
Genre Adventure, erotica
Manga
Written by Go Nagai
Kunio Nagatani
Illustrated by Go Nagai
Published by Tokuma Shoten
Demographic Seinen
Original run March 31, 1990 – November 30, 1990
Volumes 4
Original video animation
Kyukioku no Sex Adventure Kamasutra
Directed by Masayuki Ozeki
Produced by Seiji Tani
Written by Seiji Matsuoka
Music by Ken Yajima
Studio ANIMATE Film
EG Film
Toho video
Licensed by United Kingdom Western Connection
United States Kitty Media
Released April 24, 1992
Runtime 43 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

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.

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 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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

Differences between the manga and anime

Characters

Production

Anime staff

Source(s)[1][2]

USA staff

Source(s)[3][4]

Media

Manga

The manga was published in four volumes by Tokuma Shoten.[5][6][7]

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

Anime

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 by Toho Video in VHS format, with standard number TA-4347 and JAN 4988104210319.

Releases outside Japan

The anime was released in a subtitled version VHS in the United Kingdom on April 11, 1994 by Western Connection, EAN 5021904001004.[8] 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"(catalog number KVVS-9818, UPC 631595981834)[9][10] and an unedited version (catalog version KVVS-9815, UPC 631595981537.[4][10][11] Kitty Media also released the OVA in DVD on January 28, 2003 (catalog number KVDVD-0228, UPC 631595022865), this time including English dubbed audio.[4][12]

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

References

  1. ↑ "究極のSEXアドベンチャーカーマスートラ" [Kamasutra: The Ultimate Sex Adventure] (in Japanese). Japan: Go-mania. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  2. ↑ オリジナルビデオ化作品リスト [Original Video works list] (in Japanese). Japan: The World of Go Nagai. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  3. ↑ Ozeki, Masayuki (director) (1992-04-24). Kama Sutra (DVD). USA: Kitty Media. Event occurs at 42:56 - 43:17. UPC 631595022865. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  4. 1 2 3 "Kama Sutra (OVA)". USA: CrystalAcids.com. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  5. ↑ カーマスートラ [Kamasutra] (in Japanese). Japan: The World of Go Nagai. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  6. ↑ "Go Nagai works list 1981-1990". Nagai Go Special Corner (in Japanese). Japan: eBOOK Initiative Japan Co. Ltd. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  7. ↑ 作品年譜 -1990- [Work chronology -1990-] (in Japanese). Japan: Go-mania. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Kama Sutra General Release". USA: Kitty Media. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  10. 1 2 "MangaStuf May 1998" (TXT). USA: The Right Stuf International. May 1998. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  11. ↑ "Kama Sutra". USA: Kitty Media. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  12. ↑ "Kama Sutra". USA: Kitty Media. Retrieved 2010-09-03.

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