Mystery of the Necronomicon

Mystery of the Necronomicon
Cover from the first English DVD release of Mystery of the Necronomicon
黒の断章 (Kuro no Danshō)
Genre	Erotic horror, Occult detective
Original video animation
Directed by	Hideki Takayama Yoshitaka Makino
Written by	Ryo Saga
Music by	Hiroaki Sano Kazuhiko Izu
Studio	Discovery Scare Crow
Licensed by	NA: Critical Mass
Released	2001
Runtime	120 minutes
Episodes	4

Mystery of the Necronomicon (黒の断章, Kuro no Danshō) is a hentai anime created by Abogato Powers and released in 2001.

Plot

Private detective Satoshi Suzuhara and his adoptive daughter, Asuka Kashiwagi, are spending time at an isolated ski resort. But when a snowstorm cuts off all links to the outside, Satoshi becomes the main suspect in a string of gruesome murders being committed on the resort guests. It becomes a race against time as Satoshi must find out who is really behind the murders.

H. P. Lovecraft

The story is heavily inspired by the writings of noted horror author, H. P. Lovecraft, including references to not only the Necronomicon, a book of his creation, but to Miskatonic University, Abdul Alhazred, and other Lovecraft characters. The main villain is, in fact, Herbert West, the central character of Lovecraft's "Herbert West–Reanimator". The plot includes many Lovecraftian tropes, including mad scientists, ancient rituals, dream interpretation, and a private investigator protagonist. The grand finale takes place on Walpurgis Night, the night of sacrifice in Lovecraft's "The Dreams in the Witch House".

External links

• Mystery of the Necronomicon (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Review by subject matter expert Robert (Bobbie) Durie) (Debatable source)
• THEM Anime Review