Adventure Kid

Adventure Kid
Cover of the first manga volume of Adventure Kid
アドベンチャーKID
(Adobenchā Kiddo)
GenreErotic, fantasy, horror
Manga
Written byToshio Maeda
Published byWanimagazine
English publisher
DemographicSeinen
Original run19881989
Volumes4
Original video animation
Directed byHideki Takayama
Written byAtsushi Yamatoya
Akio Satsugawa
Music byMasamichi Amano
StudioPhoenix Entertainment (as West Cape Corporation)
Licensed by
  • NA: Central Park Media
Released 1992 1994
Runtime40 min. each
Episodes3

Adventure Kid (Japanese: アドベンチャーKID, Hepburn: Adobenchā Kiddo) is an erotic manga series written and illustrated by Toshio Maeda. It was published by Wanimagazine into four volumes from 1988 to 1989 and it was adapted into an original video animation (OVA). Mixing horror, fantasy and comedy, it follows Norizaku and Midori as they find a demonic computer that sends them to Hell and destroy their world. They are transported to a World War II setting and they have to prevent their future to be ruined.

In the British release of the anime the alternate name Adventure Duo was used because it was believed parents might buy it for their children by mistake without realizing the explicit sexual content and scenes of tentacle rape. Both the manga and OVA series were licensed in North America by Central Park Media, through its Manga 18 and Anime 18 divisions. The manga was well received for its art style and plot, while the anime was mostly criticized for its poor animation quality.