Teito Monogatari

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A historical novel series by Hiroshi Aramata, Teito Monogatari has inspired two live-action movies and an OAV. Its anime adaptation is known as Doomed Megalopolis in the US.

It gives a supernatural twist to the history of Edo, beginning with its founding in the tenth century. Upon his death, the samurai Taira no Masakado cursed the new city and its inhabitants. Over the course of the next thousand years, numerous generations of characters from the Tsuchimikado family come face to face with Yasunori Kato, an immortal villain out to harness Masakado's spirit to destroy the city.

Tropes used in Teito Monogatari include:

• Badass: Yasunori Kato
  • Badass Cape
• Big Bad: Yasunori Kato
• Comic Book Fantasy Casting: One perk of the books is that many japanese historical characters plays an important role in the story.
• Colony Drop: Kato tries to do this in the last episode of the OVA with the moon.
• Epic Movie: At the time, the first film was the most expensive Japanese film ever made, surpassing Ran.
• Fountain of Expies: Yasnuori Kato received many, up to and including M. Bison. A more blatant expy can be found in Raidou Kuzunoha.
• Historical Fiction: Imagines the history of Tokyo as influenced by the Supernatural. Also works in numerous historical persons into the plot.
• Humanoid Abomination: Yasunori Kato again!
• Psychic Powers: Yasunori Kato again!
  • Mind Over Matter: More seen in the second move Teito Taisen
  • Flight: Damn! He's a master of this!
  • Mind Control: Some were controlled by him
• Market-Based Title: While its OAV adaptation is known as Doomed Megalopolis in the US, its live-action adaptation is called Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis.
• Miko: Keiko Tatsumiya.
• No Export for You: Despite both the OAV and first movie getting US releases, the books have not.
• Onmyodo: The whole first portion of the novel is the battle between two rival factions of Onmyoji. Only the Tsuchimikado family, the faction that serves the Emperor of Japan, is considered to be the official Onmyoji. In fact, the novels' success is widely considered the beginning of a resurgence of popular interest in onmyoji in Japanese media.
• The Power of Love: How Keiko defeats Kato at the end of the OVA. Averted in the books and the first movie.
• Really 700 Years Old: Yasunori Kato
• Squick: The OVA is full of this: A big slug-like creature getting throwed up by the female lead, a nurse turning into a hideous bug monster and rape is used as a plot point.
• Troubled Production: Numerous accidents plagued the set of the first film.