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The second sequel of the Urotsukidoji series is made of another four OVA parts. On the German DVD OVA 1+2 and OVA 3+4 are cut together and they're also selectable that way. Either of these two selectable parts begins with a summary of the previous events. For the US DVD on the other hand, all four OVAs were strung together to one movie. Nevertheless the final credits at the end of the episodes are still in it. At the beginning of OVA 3 and OVA 4, the scenes before the credits of the previous episode are being repeated. Since there are still the credits of the single OVAs in this cut together version it is not accurate to refer to it as movie-version. However, like with Urotsukidoji I and II a movie-version does exist, too. Like with part one, here various alterations have been made: Frame cuts, missing scenes of plot and it is heavily censored as well. Compared to the four single OVAs it lacks almost 90 minutes of footage. A large part of those 90 minutes are additional recaps and credits. That being subtracted, there's still a difference of approx. 60 minutes. As a result, many characterizations - escpecially of the rebels - aren't even close to be as detailed as they are in the single OVAs. The movie version can be found on the UK Special Edition VHS. However, other releases in different countries are possible as well (but, as mentioned, unlike with Urotsukidoji I and II, this real movie version of Urotsukidoji III is not included on the US Hell on Earth DVD Box this time).

In the UK, beside the movie version, the four single OVAs of part three have been released, too. This is the much more common release: In the first place, the four OVAs were released separately on VHS. After that, all four of them were included on the UK DVD from Revelation Films called Urotsukidoji III The Return of the Overfiend. A comparison between this UK DVD and the single VHS releases of OVA 1 to OVA 4 revealed that both releases contain the same cut version. Most of the removed footage are sex scenes. The cuts on the UK DVD add up to almost 26.5 minutes. However, the UK DVD also contains summaries of the previous events which aren't in the German Version. These summaries sum up to more than 18 minutes. Again one can find a detailed comparison between these versions here.