Summary: Yakumo Fugii, an ordinary Japanese student, inherits the care of Pai, a young girl from Nepal, from his dying archaeologist father. But Pai is more than she innocently appears to be. She is the last of a vanished magical race known as the Sanjiyan Unkara, or Triclops, and is in a desperate hunt against the forces of darkness to find the Ningen no Zou (Statue of Humanity) to turn her human. Yakumo nearly dies in a fight against a demon and to save him, Pai turns him into a Wu, a zombie bound to her service who cannot die. Together they must find the statue before the forces of evil.
This anime is from the manga of the same name by Yuzo Takada and debuted in 1991. It covers approximately up to volume 5 of the manga. Sazan is the Japanese word for 3x3, as in multiplication tables. It is also the nearest possible transliteration in Japanese kana of the English word "southern", and Takada's favorite music group happens to be Southern All Stars.
This is a 4 episode OVA anime, so I just decided to watch it all.

The Four Episodes:
1: Basically, read the above summary to get the gist of the first part of this episode. . . Yep so Yakumo and Pai rush to Hong Kong but fail to arrive in time to save the statue from being stolen. So they chase after the thieves with new comrade Ling Ling. They track it down but the demons are there waiting for them. Pai saves them from the attack, but when she uses her magic she gets a serious alter ego.It seems as if the statue is in their grasp, but it is sent up to the sky by a demon where a large blue hand grasps it and disappears.
2: Yakumo and Pai decide to return to a normal life. We meet Yakumo's school friends. Pai's alter ego tells Yakumo he can no longer live a normal life anymore. A frog demon attacks and Yakumo's friends see him die and regenerate, causing them to fear and run from him. The demon later attacks again and Yakumo sacrifices himself for his friend, prompting Pai's alter ego to save him. Yakumo's friends accept him, and he leaves with Pai on a search for the statue (again).
3: Ling Ling has tracked down the statue, but a bomb goes off and she goes missing. While wait for Ling Ling, Pai and Yakumo are attacked by a girl whose brother went missing in the explosion. The trio, realizing they share a common interest, set out to save both missing persons. They are attacked by a demon and iot turns out that Yakumo must save everyone. A lot of stuff happens you should watch it, but he does. Everyone reunites. The main villain awakens.
4: Pai and Yakumo prepare to take on the villain, Kaiyanwang. At the end we're left on a cliffhanger, which makes me want to check out the sequel series.
Review:
This anime is pretty old school, which is a positive thing.
The dub isn't bad, although sometimes I think I can hear microphone noise. The actors are decent enough, and I didn't actively hate any of the characters. In fact, as far as Japanese everymans who stumble into a beautiful mysterious girl of certain magical powers, Yakumo is among the more likeable of the lot. Pai is a bit more generic, but her alter ego kicks ass (without a skantacular outfit and instant breast enhancement, which is a nice change of pace). However, talking about herself in third person all the time is kind of annoying and Yakumo never opens his eyes so I kept wanting to call him "Brock". Also if you took a shot every time Pai screamed "YAKUMOOO!", you'd be dead. Come to think of it, I heard "Yakumo" like 25 times each episode. Seriously, you won't forget this guy's name.
The art overall is pretty decent for a more retro anime, there's some nice shadows mixed with darker colors, it really gives a nice dark tone. All the angles look correct to me and the action is pretty smooth. I really like the demon designs, they are really interesting and creepy. Pai's bird demon friend thing is cool, he wasn't the cute little mascot I was expecting. All the demons take on an animal look, but they never look completely like the original animal. The magic effects were also done pretty well, there's a couple really nice telekinesis shots.
Although a little slow at times, the plot moves along at a nice pace. Really, there's not much a story like this with only 4 episodes to it can go wrong. There's also a nice balance of tone, so you're not overloaded with too much depressing creepiness all at once. If you're into adventures that involve the occult and fairly likeable protagonists, check it out. If gore isn't your thing you may not like this one, although it's far from being the worst on that point.
Rating: 5
But here, check it out fo yoself!

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