Devils Never Cry
The demon-hunter now stars in his own anime. This exciting new tale follows Dante between the two great hits; Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 4, as a pizza-munching, strawberry sundae-eating sword-for-hire willing to take almost any job to pay off is debts. You'll see a couple of familiar characters from the games as well as a few new ones. For those who've read the graphic novels, you'll be pleased to know that the anime has taken the literature into consideration as per "Tony Redgrave" carved into those power pistols, 'Ebony & Ivory', he's packing. If you're a fan of Devil May Cry then you definately don't want to miss this Dante with all the attitude that you know him for.
Four awesome episodes...
This volume contains the first four episodes of a twelve-part series of quasi-disconnected stories that basically depict Dante's daily life and standard devil-hunting jobs, two aspects that are not explored in the games. For this alone, fans of the game series and most particularly of Dante himself will want to check out at least the first volume, but the anime stands on its own fairly well. There is only one glaring flaw that brings it down--throughout all twelve episodes (ten individual stories and one two-part finale), the good guys are never properly challenged. That is the only aspect that can truly be called a disappointment, and because the series is not very unique or deep (of course it's not deep, it's barely half the size of a standard TV series's single season!), it's probably not for anyone who's not already a fan of the games.
That said, the animation is top notch and the English dub is definitely one of the better anime dubs I've come across, utilizing the...
O So Fresh
This is great.
Most anime get their own video game AFTER having a series.
Devil May Cry, however is another example of how good an anime series coming FROM a video game is.
Gungrave is the only other "game to anime" series I can think of.
And both Gungrave and DMC, both Capcom games, have been transformed into some of the best anime of all time. I really wish there were more games that took this route.
Do NOT think for a second that this game or anime are the typical "make an anime, shoot some crapware out" anime to video game regularity.
This is one for any anime fan and any devil may cry fan.
Great writing, top notch animation, and tons of fresh, fun, originality that makes this anime stand out among the crowd.
Five Stars.
Locked and Loaded.
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