Oprainfall writes: "Demon City Shinjuku may not be the first production that comes to mind when someone mentions the name of the director Yoshiaki Kawajiri. As a 1988 adaptation of a novel by Hideyuki Kikuchi, the author of the Vampire Hunter D series, the OVA is actually fairly tame in comparison to some of Kawajiri’s other works, particularly Ninja Scroll and Wicked City (another adaptation of a Kikuchi novel). The plot is also not a particularly complex or intelligent one, but even so, it has its appeal as an action movie."
