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Reviewer:
  Tom (Webmaster)

Based on:  Whole OVA

UK Distributor:  ILC Prime (DVD Only)

This Review is part of an Animetion UK experiment, wherein we will watch some older anime titles whilst completely blasted on a variety of alcoholic beverages.  The results may be understandably incoherent...

Current Alcohol Level:  9 Cans of Carlsberg (440ml) & 1 'Ronin' Cocktail (Saké, Vodka & Lemon Juice), Jack Daniels & ginger, Sex on the Beach Cocktail

What?  Glowing green?  I don't know....this bizarre heavily edited makes no sense!!  And enjoyable fun!!

Idol Of Darkness is rubbish but curiously rubbish.  The plot, from what can I ascertain, is this - jealous has-been actress wants revenge on new good actress and can only do this from summoning a sex beast from some random shrine!  However she knows nothing of this shrine at all but she seems to know all the rituals for some reason and then performs some ritual with her Jonathan Ross lookalike manager by shagging him and becomes a demon!  Ok, but if you thought that was odd then what about the main character's boyfriend who glows green at random intervals FOR NO REASON AT ALL????  It's never explained!!!!!

THE BBFC SEEMs to have edited all the explanation stuff but why?  The sex stuff is left in!  Oh well can't be helped so will have to make to with what we've got which is rubbish!!!  Viewing it drunk was bad enough but you should not view it sober if it was this bad drunk!!  Seeing an anime lookalike of Jonathan Ross in the buff is bad enough but the lack of any plot whatsoever is just shocking!  Also the song sounds like the Maison Ikkoku theme which is no bad thing but how did they get away with it???  Never mind.!!!  Maybe with the bad plot it should be 'IDLE of darkness??'  Excuse the pun but still! An anime this bad deserves one???!

I don't want 2 watch this again - it's bad!!!!

Best Bit:  Glowing GREEN!!!!!

Worst bit:  Jonathan Ross get excited............... :(
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