# Riki-Oh 2: Child of Destruction (1990)

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**Original title**: *RIKI-OH 力王2 「滅びの子」*
**Runtime**: 46 min
**Genres**: Action, Animation, Drama, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Satoshi Dezaki
**Written by**: Kazumi Koide
**Starring**: Bin Shimada, Ryuuzaburou Ootomo, Shuichi Ikeda, Tomomichi Nishimura, Hisako Kyoda, Kazue Ikura

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You arrive in Misaki, a town run by zealots and reactors. You're forced into brutal arena fights, and then you find your estranged brother. But he has powers now, and a new name: Savior. Dezaki’s live-action counterpart pushed the manga’s gore further, though this one is more sentimental.

**Mood tags**: body-horror, playful, unhinged

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