“Go Nagai’s Kowai Zone 2: Senki” (永井豪のこわいゾ～ン2 戦鬼), Original Japanese Video Promotion Poster 1990, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) A190

This is an original Japanese B2 promotional poster issued in 1990 for Go Nagai’s Kowai Zone 2: Senki (永井豪のこわいゾ～ン2 戦鬼), a V-Cinema / direct-to-video horror release based on material associated with legendary manga creator Go Nagai, the creator of Devilman, Mazinger Z, and numerous influential works in Japanese fantasy and horror.

Unlike a standard theatrical poster, this piece was produced to promote a home video release, making it a particularly interesting and increasingly collectible artifact from the early Japanese V-Cinema era. Posters of this type were created for video shops and promotional display rather than conventional cinema exhibition, and they carry a distinct appeal for collectors of Japanese horror, cult video-era material, and Go Nagai-related ephemera.

About the release

Kowai Zone 2: Senki is presented as a two-part horror anthology, combining lurid live-action and illustrated imagery in a manner typical of late-1980s / early-1990s Japanese genre marketing. The release belongs to the booming V-Cinema market, a major part of Japanese home-entertainment culture at the time, when original horror, action, and exploitation titles were produced directly for rental and sell-through video distribution.

This format gives the poster additional historical interest: it represents not only a Go Nagai-related title, but also a surviving promotional object from a highly distinctive chapter in Japanese media history.

Poster design

The design is bold, chaotic, and immediately eye-catching, split into two major sections to advertise the anthology’s separate episodes.

The upper half promotes “Concrete Revenger” (コンクリート・リベンジャ), combining a live-action image of a male figure confronted by a grotesque concrete-like monster with a large painted fantasy-horror illustration of a towering blue demonic figure beside a nude female figure. The result is pure late-period Japanese ero-guro / horror-exploitation graphic language: sensational, strange, and unapologetically theatrical.

The lower half promotes “Vampire Hunter” (吸血鬼狩), using manga-style illustration: a brooding male figure in winter gear, a female companion in red, icy mountain scenery, and an enormous fanged creature looming above. This section contrasts sharply with the top half and reinforces the anthology format.

At centre, the main title 戦鬼 is rendered in jagged, blood-red calligraphy, while the right-hand vertical text prominently markets the release as:

「『デビルマン』の永井豪が贈る 恐くてHなホラービデオ最新作！」

This may be understood as:

“Presented by Devilman’s Go Nagai — the latest horror video that is both frightening and erotic!”

Across the bottom, the large turquoise release line announces:

“8.24 VIDEO ON SALE”

There is also a small inset advertisement at lower right promoting the previous volume in the series, adding further period authenticity and commercial context.

Overall, the poster is a superb example of 1990s Japanese horror-video design: loud, graphic, collaged, and unmistakably of its era.

Condition

Excellent condition. Please review the photos carefully, as they show the exact poster for sale.

The poster presents very strongly, with rich colour, sharp printing, and excellent overall display impact. It remains an especially attractive example of a scarce Japanese video-promotion poster from the early V-Cinema period.

It is an original 1990 Japanese promotional poster for the video release.
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.

Certificate of Authenticity included.