# Battle Royale High School (1987)

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**Original title**: *真魔神伝 バトルロイヤルハイスクール*
**Runtime**: 60 min
**Genres**: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror
**Directed by**: Ichiro Itano
**Written by**: Ichiro Itano
**Starring**: Kazuki Yao, Satoru Inagaki, Shin Aomori, Kazuhiko Inoue, Tomohiro Nishimura, Sakiko Tamagawa

> *And you Though Your High School was Tough?!?*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Rooftop dojo. Bell clang.
Empty black gi traded for a contract, a teen becomes king of monsters. His old school: a portal for samurai vs. space cops vs. actual devils.
Itano's OVA has great cuts, but some of the story beats feel very familiar now.

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