Kamasutra (manga)

Kamasutra
Cover of Kamasutra #1 (1990)
カーマスートラ
(Kāmasūtora)
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
E&G Films
Toho video
Licensed by
Western Connection
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. Takeshi 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, Shakti, who introduces him to some of the techniques found in the ancient text called Kamasutra, consists of practical advice on sexual intercourse. While both fly towards Dr. Aikawa locations they are kidnapped by the Naga Tribe. Ryu is sexually drained and physically debilitated while in captivity, but his grandfather and adventurous Indy Yakko manage to save them. After that, Dr. Aikawa's group manages to find a golden cup-shaped artifact, the Sex Grail and with it they are able to locate and retrieve the frozen Indian princess named Surya, who was resting at the Himalayas, with using the grail to revive Surya from suspended animated state.

Meanwhile, having failed at obtaining the grail, the person behind the attacks, the old master, dies and the prince assumes the leadership of the tribe, killing the woman physician of the master in the process. He then personally kidnaps Surya with the intention of obtaining her love potion to be used with the grail. The prince then tries to obtain the 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 his henceman, Hige Godzilla to trick Yukari into abducting Surya for them. Yukari does so and is also captured and is jailed along with 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 all of this, they still escape.

The prince, now in possession of the Sex Grail to married Surya, but during a wedding ceremony, he's interrupted by the attack of Austin, an American soldier who avenge his daughter, Jody, who is murdered by the prince. The prince manages to escape by the Garuda-shaped boat with Surya and the grail, but is soon followed by Austin, Dr. Aikawa, Yakko and Ryu. The prince opens a portal inside the waterfall using the Sex Grail to enter them into the hidden paradise called Shambhala. He is soon followed by Ryu and Yakko, who find a giant egg-shaped vessel, the Sacred Egg, floating like a sun. During this time, Dr. Aikawa finds another way of entering Shambhala along with Shakti, Yukari and Hige, by using the grail counterpart, a death grail, and join them in a foursome sexual position like an erotic sculpture in a wall of Khajuraho Temple. As the prince enter the Sacred Egg with princess Surya and the grail, Dr. Aikawa and his allies (who appear naked in foursome position) 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 Surya, in which the grail falls outside the egg, just as the Sacred Egg elevates itself towards into the space.

The prince and Ryu engage in a battle, but they are interrupted by the group of celestial angels who protect the egg, they give Ryu and the prince a final test to performed 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 the prince takes out of the egg by a Nāga-shaped hydra, killing him. The angels disappear, leave Surya and Ryu alone and they both engage in sex position with lust and desire. Having fulfilled its purpose, the Sacred Egg divides in two. One takes Surya and the other Ryu. By this time, Dr. Aikawa's group manages to get all of them back to Earth using the Garuda boat with the help of the Sex Grail. As they return, the egg containing Ryu returns while the other floats in the sky. Surya lying herself to eternal sleep, which a Sacred Egg gets smaller and attaches itself into the grail. After that, the Sex Grail and the Sacred Egg now is then returned to its original place, with Surya (and Ryu's DNA) inside and sealed into the god-like sculpture, while Ryu and his group leave India in safely.

Characters

  • 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.
  • Princess Surya (スーリャ姫, sūrya hime, played by Sakiko Tamagawa): A mysterious ancient Indian princess who holds the secret of eternal life. In the anime, she knows Ryu from his previous life.
  • Shakti (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.
  • 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.
  • Dr. 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.
  • Old Master (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.
  • 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.
  • Indy Yakko (インディやっこ, indei yakko, played by) Masami Kikuchi: An adventurer who's parody of Indiana Jones and comic relief. He successfully helps Ryu during the course of the story.
  • Prince of Naga (ナーガのプリンス, nāga no purinsu), also known as Rudran (ルドラン, rudoran) or Rudracin (ルドラシン, rudorashin, played by Jurota Kusogi): 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.

Media

Manga

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

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.

The anime was released in a subtitled version VHS in the United Kingdom on April 11, 1994 by Western Connection.[4] 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"[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

  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. 1 2 "MangaStuf May 1998" (TXT). USA: The Right Stuf International. May 1998. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  7. 1 2 "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.
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