Hojo’s 1985 manga inspired four television anime series, one anime film, and several video and television specials including a 2015 original anime DVD.
The spinoff manga also inspired a live-action television series that premiered in 2015, and Crunchyroll streamed this series as it aired.
French actor, writer, and director Philippe Lacheau and lists Philippe Lacheau and Pierre Lacheau as scriptwriters.
Hojo launched the Angel Heart spinoff manga in 2001, and that series inspired a television anime in 2005.