Ranked #2673

Devilman Lady

This is my favourite anime of all time, and I will admit from the off, I am somewhat biased towards it. Nonetheless, I don't expect anyone reading this to go in to this anime expecting something that they themselves will give 10/10, but nonetheless, to check out this series because it is worthwhile.

A quick synopsis to begin: Jun Fudo is a fashion model, who is approached by a mysterious blonde stranger named Lan Asuka. Lan brings her to a warehouse and sets a wolf demon upon Jun, who transforms into a monster herself and fights back. Jun is a Devilman, an evolved human with great power, who has retained her human conscience.

The story's comic book scenario belies an intensly deep story. There are many questions asked in regard to the nature of the human condition, and Jun herself is portrayed not as a heroine as such, again, keeping it away from descending into a comic book feel, but rather as a tool, and a weapon being manipulated in some grand scheme involving the plight of the entire human race. There are romantic elements, the story is very much yuri based, with a lot of sexual ambiguity thrown in. But it never comes across as crude. The series builds to an epic finale which is reminiscent of it's origins: a Devilman story wouldn't be a Devilman story without a truly epic and memorable ending.

The series' one weakpoint is in it's animation quality. Whilst it deserves a solid score for it's design which is realistic and gritty, very true to it's setting and atmosphere, and also for having some genuinely morbid and unique mosnter designs, the smoothness of the animation is very inconsistent as is the detail. This is a low budget anime from the late 90s, and many of them suffered this. However that period is considered a golden period of anime because of how many of these shows were actually incredibly good, and Devilman Lady I think was the absolute best.

Finally, the music, along with the muted pacing and design is the final piece of the puzzle to add to why this anime is so good. It's story is rich, it's characters real, and finally, it's atmosphere is absolutely palpable. Personally I feel this is just about as flawless an anime as you'll find in all but visuals. But I care less about people agreeing with that than simply giving this show more attention, which it definitely deserves, and is one of the best adaptations of Go Nagai's mangas available. read more

Jun fudo lives every young woman dream.She's a beautiful and famous model who garner attention and envy from all around here.

Her life changes forever when she encounters a strange woman by the name of Asuka Lan who reveals a demonic form within Jun.Jun later learns about those who carry the devilbeast gene and is then recruited to fight rogue devilbeast by a government organization due to her unique ability to retain her human consciousness even when she transforms into a beast.

This is certainly an anime thats get better as it goes along.The series starts with a monster of the week look, with Jun taking on new assingments to destroy the latest beast that have been taking human lifes.What makes the encounters between Jun and the rogue devilbeast so emotional, is that even though she is assigned to destroy them, she can sympatise as they were once human and a reflection of Jun own struggle to come to grips with the demon that dwell within her.

The plot eventually developes into a web of betrayal,romance and conspiracy as the demons wage war against the humans for supremacy of the earth.

The animation is fairly good,not as fluid as other 90's title but with good detail and chatacter design.As usual with most Go Nagai work,there is strong sexual undertones to this show{woman+woman}.There wasn't a great deal of music in this show ,with the exception for the haunting theme that played to build suspence.I didnt think it was a weakness, as the silence went well with the dark nature of the anime.This is such an emotional anime and the characters are convincing in their roles and interact well with the plot and each other.It was especially entertaining to see Jun grow from fragile and self loathing to becoming far more self assured.

The show does have several flaws which include vagueness with regard to the mythical aspects of the ''child of god'' scenario that comes in the latter episodes and the fact that despite Jun fighting gigantic monster in the city, it took so long to garner any civilian attention{not even the best government agencies can hide godzilla fighting in the backyard}.

Overall a very emotional and entertaining show.
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