is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by Nonki Miyasu. It was published in the

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''seinen'' magazine '' Weekly Young Jump'' with the chapters bound into four volumes between September 1995 and October 1997. It was adapted into two 1997 live-action films and an

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original video animation , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA s ...

(OVA). The OVA was released on

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by Media Blasters in the United States on December 19, 2000. The theme song of Demon Fighter Kocho's United States edition is "Theme From Demon Fighter Kocho" by the American new wave, synthpop band

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. The title was just changed from Devo's " Peek-a-Boo!" to "Demon Fighter Kocho".

Reception

Chris Beveridge of Mania.com gave the OVA episode a mixed review. He noted the one episode might have been better as a compilation of similarly length anime from Media Blasters, though the inclusion of the dubbing extras somewhat made up for that. For the show itself he noted it may appeal to those who don't want hentai, but do want a high level of fan service stating, "What does Kocho have going for it? ... There's plenty of fan service and nakedness throughout that will satisfy those who aren't brave enough to just buy hentai but just feel wrong looking at the

Rayearth is a Japanese manga series created by Clamp (manga artists), Clamp. Appearing as a serial in the List of manga magazines, manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from the November 1993 issue to the February 1995 issue, the chapters of ''Magic Knight Ra ...

girls in that way."

References

External links

* 1995 manga 1997 anime OVAs 1997 films Seinen manga Shueisha franchises Shueisha manga {{anime-OVA-stub