Devil May Cry

Devil May Cry is a very strange series. It does its thing nicely for a bit but then goes and ruins it with some silly nonsense. I have no idea why or how that happened. I mean, the games are pretty consistently decent—so why isn't this show the same?

Let's begin with this totally alien concept called the story. Of which you won't be getting any for about 9 episodes in a row (yes, out of 12 total). No joke—this is essentially a slice-of-life series about Dante showing off. And before you ask the obvious question—yes, it has less of a story than the action games ... the setting is taken from. Furthermore—just to tease you—at several points you get an impression that some general plot is about to emerge (it eventually does, but already after you have lost all hope for it), but the very next moment you have your expectations casually ruined once again. You could probably even watch episodes 2–9 in any order without disturbing the narrative. For that exact reason you shouldn't worry about spoilers when discussing this series, as it's virtually impossible to spoil anything of substance. Rating the story with 3 is me being generous here, owing it mostly to the universe created by the DMC game series.

Oh yeah, Dante. As I mentioned earlier, everything in this series is about showing Dante in the process of, uh... being cool? He tries so hard he transcends the meaning of the word "cool", being the living embodiment of coolness never seen since the cool came to cool town. He always has that swag going, and his sense of fashion oozes style—as imagined by a 14-year-old. Obviously, he only eats the most badass food in existence... you guessed it, as imagined by a 14-year-old: pizza, strawberry sundae, beer—none of your chump gourmet garbage. He has the craziest, totally overpowered weapons—because dramatic stakes are for pussies. Even his name has that aristocratic feel to it. Unsurprisingly, every time he's up for a job, he always does it single-handedly—be it a bike race, gambling, or butchering a several-stories-tall demon in mere seconds—always with that detached facial expression that serves to underline his towering superiority. Yet somehow he always fails to complete his primary objective because he's just too damn righteous or whatever. Ermagherd, what an impossibly cool dude! And even during all that action, he appears to be bored out of his mind, almost depressed by doing something so utterly mundane. One-Punch Man too popular for you? Take a look at this gem then: DMC did the "overpowered MC bored by flaccid antagonists" shtick some 8 years before everyone's favorite egghead came into being. Hellsing Ultimate has too much of that annoying character development? DMC should be right up your alley—it doesn't have any of that. Ladies and gentlemen, we have officially reached peak shallow. If you aren't sure what "peak shallow" looks like, imagine a zit on the ground; that should work.

On the topic of characters, the entire cast is mainly there to support Dante by... yes, being glorified foils, looking deliberately uncool in comparison. First, we have Morrison, who is old-fashioned, intelligent, and an exemplary gentleman, almost a polar opposite of Dante. Then there's Patty, the token loli moe-blob comic relief character whose presence is never justified despite screenwriter's best efforts (which fail spectacularly, of course). A notable character is the creatively-named Lady, who is also quite a cool, uh, lady—but... still not quite there, you know? This, however, doesn't prevent her from being far more capable at her job. But hey, if Dante doesn't bother doing the thing, it must not be very cool after all, right? There's also Trish, who is somewhere between Lady and Dante on the scale on coolness and never gets any screen time. The distribution of screen time in general seems to be decided by a coin toss, befitting the interchangeable, meandering nature of the support cast. (That said, I gotta give some credit to designs and the fact that they're occasionally entertaining (if only because they try so hard) and evoke memories of better-written characters from the action anime of the days past; really makes you wish they were put in capable hands.) Lastly, there is that typical cartoony small fry antagonist who, despite being an obnoxious eyesore, behaves like a plot-significant character and—in a great plot twist (gasp!)—actually ends up being one. At that point you'll just have to be a man and brace yourself for the trainwreck. Even if you're a woman, become a man and then brace yourself; there is no sweeter imagery than a man bracing himself for a trainwreck.

There isn't much to say about the show's sound and visuals. They're generally competently made and adequate for the subject matter, though some scenes could have definitely been animated better (as in *actually animated* rather than panned across the screen), and the music somewhat lacks variety—almost all of it is mere variations on the three dominant themes.

All in all, DMC is the kind of show you'd want for some simple braindead entertainment when you've run out of the more entertaining content to watch. Don't expect anything beyond that, as you'll be met with nothing but disappointment. Just get your beverage of choice, a pack of favorite snacks, press play, and tune out. Alternatively, go play the original games and forget the anime adaptation ever existed.

If you’ve never heard of Devil May Cry before and are looking for a good action anime, this is not it. If you’re a fan of the video games and want to see more stylish ass-kickery, prepare to be disappointed.

Story: Dante is running his business, performing mundane tasks for clients like demon-slaying, saving the world, the usual. Almost every episode starts and concludes one of Dante’s assigned cases, involving nasty monsters that inevitably end up dead. There is some cheap drama that focuses on a young girl whom Dante saved and a loser demon who wants to become a god, but you’re not seriously ... here for the plot are you?

Art: The art style is able to create a dark, gothic atmosphere where Dante spills plenty of demon blood. However, it is not enough to keep you tense at all since fight scenes are way too short. Battles involve more talking than fighting and tend to be settled with one stroke (by guess who). There is a significant lack of spectacularly choreographed fight sequences as seen in the games, which will no doubt be a major letdown. Animation quality is only mediocre for when there is actually action. If you're hoping Dante will pull devil trigger, unleash some insane combos, or wield his other devil arms, guess what? He won't!
Oh and yes, Trish and Lady are in this, but they’re drawn rather unattractively. No eye candy here.

Sound: Some heavy rock, some gothic choir tracks, all very forgettable. Seems even the lowliest of demons can speak Japanese. Voice acting and sound effects are acceptable, but nothing noteworthy.

Characters: Here it is, the reason you may be considering this anime: to see Dante kick plenty of ass. And here is also the show’s main failure: Dante is simply overpowered. Yes we know he’s super cool and skilled, but he faces absolutely no challenging adversaries at all. This entire anime is a series of totally one sided fights like I've never seen. Dante spends some time cracking jokes, his opponent says something stupid like “I stand a chance!”, and then Dante proceeds with delivering the pain. Except not in a spectacular, SSSmoking SSSick fashion. More like finishing it with one bullet from Ebony/Ivory or a couple swings of Rebellion. For fans of the games, this is a major kick to the balls and won’t leave you satisfied at all.
Oh, and apparently Dante loves eating strawberry sundaes on sunny afternoons, while getting bossed around by a precocious little girl. Who would've thought.

Enjoyment: I loved the video games for their dramatic fight sequences, challenging bosses, cheesy humor and impossible physics. What the anime tries to duplicate, it does so without success. Dante is not so much kicking ass in this show as he is absentmindedly swatting flies. Your time would be better spent trying/ replaying the DMC video games. Except DMC2, let’s just forget that ever existed.

5/10

This 12-episode anime was produced by Mad House, who had a hand in shows like Death Note, Hellsing, Chobits, etc.

So what went so @#%& WRONG?! Come on, people, you have 3 games, 2 books, and 2 manga volumes worth of background to draw on and you give us Dante playing... death poker?? Are you @#%& kidding me??

The series has one story per episode for the first 10 episodes, and only develops a coherent plot in 11 and 12. The stories are boring, the action is practically nonexistent, and Dante is more of a cameo than the main character.

Who the hell is the ... target audience here?? DMC demons do not haunt the world like ghosts and manipulate people from the sidelines. They drop down from portals and immediately get in your face with claws and lasers! But there's barely 10 seconds of action per episode, and crappy action at that.

Most of it involved Dante shooting something in the head. If anything interesting does happen, it happens offscreen and is never explained.
How do you get that from a gaming franchise built on outlandishly stylish fighting?? By the way, Dante hardly talks and has no attitude. Yeah, out of DMC1 and DMC3 they picked DMC2 zombie-Dante. And whose idea was it to make Dante babysit an annoying little girl?? Ugh...

Devil May Cry is something I desperately hoped would turn out great. Most things based off a video game- whether it be a movie, a book, or even an anime- are damned to fail. So for Devil May Cry, based on the video games of the same title, my hopes were that this work might succeed in its attempt to become a great anime. They might have been foolish, selfish wishes, but I wished that it at least would at least try.
Was this anime as good as it could have been? The general consensus is no, as it seems. Why? To illustrate how an anime ... becomes boring, a list, featuring Devil May Cry:

1. Dante doesn’t have flaws.
If he does, they barely exist. He’s a freaking blank slate. He always defeats every demon in his way, EVERY TIME. Conflict? What conflict. If there isn’t anyone he can’t kill, then why even bother watching. Even Dante is aware of his extreme powers, and is constantly bored by his opponents. If he’s bored, we’re bored. You won’t be at the edge of your seat, because you know he can defeat whoever comes his way. It’s healthy to have the character lose once in a while, because it keeps the audience on edge. It’s permissible to never have the characters lose, but at least let them break a sweat. If Dante ever breaks a sweat, which he won’t, it’ll be the cool kind, like a strawberry sundae oozing down his face or a pizza slice breaking out of his pores and sliding with a greasy trail down to his- scratch that, that’s disturbing. I actually wanted Dante to lose or die in the end, because it would be a major twist from the usual formula of ‘I can’t defeat this guy… just kidding’ that Dante relies on all too often. It’s a level of boring that can only be matched by watching plastic grass grow.

2. Being something all the time = boring.
Dante should not be cool 24/7. It gets boring and grating to watch. He’s cool when he sleeps. He’s cool when he eats his cool food. He’s cool when he walks all alone in the dark, in his cool outfit with his cool sword and cool shiny guns strapped to him and his cool poker face. He walks out of a fight without even a single speck of soil landing on his clothes and his hair immaculate. The coolness is great at first, but after the same thing all the goddamn time, you might even find yourself switching to “Mars of Destruction” instead of this crap. At least you can laugh at MoD.

3. The plot comes at the last minute.
Look at the picture for Devil May Cry. Go ahead, look at it. The white haired guy in front, as you probably know, is Dante. The other two guys are central to the plot, but show up at the next to last episode. That means the rest of the time was spent on NOTHING. The rest of the time is spent on Patty, who is basically Ciel’s fiancé Elizabeth from Kuroshitsuji mixed with Renge from Ouran High School Host Club. If you don’t know who those people are, the mishmash would be a grotesque mass of blonde hair, clingy personality, no point, and a really annoying tendency to appear at the worst times. That’s Patty for you, a girl who should’ve left after the first episode, but stuck around just to add another element of suck to the DMC headquarters.

Now that we’ve got that out of the way, more about the plot. The plot is so rushed into the ending that they shouldn’t have even bothered. Most of the anime is just one episode dramas which have zero conflict because as I said before, Dante doesn’t lose. Ever. Devil May Cry is about Dante and friends having wonderful romps through their zany adventures of killing bloodthirsty demons. And Patty’s there too, I guess. It wasn’t very good, it’s very obvious it was based off a video game. There’s really no explanation of anything- I would have loved to hear the limitations of the demons, the limitations of Dante, or how Devil May Cry got started. Nobody gets that much of a backstory, no rules of the universe are explained, and no real emotional ties between characters are developed. It’s cripplingly average. The majority of the anime is Dante strutting around eating his strawberry sundaes and pizza and beer while shooting demons. It’s not very fun once you get passed the first episode.
On the technical side, it’s obvious that they did do a bit of demonology research, evidenced by names such as Baal, Modeus, and Dante. That, however, is to be expected and it‘s not very impressive.

Moving right along to the art, there are a few things that need to be said about the dreaded art. It’s blasphemous to see an otherwise gorgeous characters massacred by unsavory art. Dante’s really hot, but you wouldn’t be able to tell because the damn animation could turn caviar into feces with a garnish of roadkill. Trish the sexbomb was reduced to Trish the kill-it-with-fire bomb. Lady went from looking like Meagan Fox to looking like something a fox just killed. The animation’s boxy and has a freaking ugly style. However, it gets a four because it’s not bad enough to deter you from watching the series. Most of the other things might.

Right about here’s where characters are discussed, and it’s a real shame that they’re basically cardboard cut outs with traits slapped on to them. In fact, each character can be described in one sentence without fear of missing a personality aspect. They are all so flat that pieces of soggy paper say to their children, “Honey, some day you’ll be like Dante.”
Dante isn’t the only character at fault here. Lady is a chick who basically fills the screen when the animators take a break from Dante’s face, Patty is a chick who is there for comic relief, but it’s more like comic agony, and Trish is the girl who’s supposed to be really hot, but as I said before, the fault lies in the sub par animation. It’s notable that Patty is one of the few original (to this anime) characters here. The actual demons are transparent and you can see their explanations for their actions coming from a mile away (I wanted to battle the infamous Dante, I need to prove myself to master, I knew your father, etc).

The sound of the whole thing was okay. It was just alright. The choices were very obvious, like “DANT’S BAD@ZZ SO OBVSLY HE LURVES ROCKNROLL OMG LOL!!!1” It’s sickeningly mediocre rock, by the way. Nothing particularly hardcore.

As for the enjoyment, if you watch DMC, watch it for the ride. If you get tired of the same cool shtick over and over then watch a few episodes and don’t finish it, the ending does not carry a great payoff. Otherwise, I recommend this anime to those who are intrigued by badassery and badassery alone.

This anime was recommended to me by a friend who absolutely adores it! I realized when I was finished watching it, she meant the video game and not this. Oh well...too late.

Story:

No plot. Seriously. There is no plot in this anime. Now I don't know what the video game is like so I won't dwell into it, but I was very disappointed in the fact this this anime, as good as it looks, lacked a simple plot. It was only 'filler' and 'subplot' episodes until at least the last two episodes. I just wished it came close to what my friend told me about ... instead of this bull.

Art:

Saved by the art. It's wasn't bad really. The style was especially interesting, and there wasn't bright colours to make my head spin. Overall, the anime and art style was relatively calm.

Sound:

Same as the art. Wasn't too, too bad.

Character:

Now I know something is missing. I did look up the DMC wiki after I watched and realized they were missing a huge chunk of characters. Too bad since I was so interested in meeting Dante's brother and learning more about his past. But aside from a lazy, demon demon slayer, and a little girl who can't keep her mouth shut, they both seem like the typical demon and human tag team you would see in any other anime. In short, it's nothing new.

Enjoyment/Overall:

It was fine. I enjoyed the random parts and I am a fan of white haired anime guys, but it was too short for my tasting. I just wished they animated more.

I give this anime 55% on the giant sword scale.

A lot of gamers are, at least, familiar with Capcom's Devil May Cry. The franchise is pretty beloved, except for that reboot one where Dante had dark hair and was, objectively, a piece of shit. In 2007, after the third instalment but before the fourth, our old friends at Madhouse started releasing an anime based off of the games. That's right, the studio that brought us such adaptations as X-men, Metropolis, and FF Legend of the Crystals was behind this. Well, maybe this one isn't a pile of garbage like those were. Well, except Metropolis. It was just sub-par.

Story:

We open with Morrison bringing Dante ... a job. Now, you might find yourself asking “who the hell is Morrison?” He's an original character who basically exists to bring Dante work and, occasionally, drive him around. The job is simple, Dante just has to safely escort a young orphan girl to the estate of the deceased father she never met to claim her inheritance. Naturally, she's being hunted by demons.

This is one of those anime where the underlying plot is pretty light and most episodes are just doing their own thing. Dante gets a job that somehow involves demons and then he goes out to slay them. In fact, the weakest part of the series is the big underlying plot. You get little snippets of it in quite a few episodes, but it ultimately involves a lot of contrivance and it's just not very good in general. Even the ongoing stuff that's meant to draw your attention to the fact that something is afoot is largely just dull and really obvious. To the point where it's just “this again” after a few times. The episodes also have a general problem of trying way too hard to give happy endings. To the point where they can just go completely off the rails and not make much sense. There are quite a few episodes that set things up for sad or, at the very least, bitter-sweet endings and then pull happy ones out of their anuses. I guess I missed the memo about DMC being for small children who can't process tragedy on account of the PEGI 16 ratings.

With that being said, a lot of the episodic scenarios are pretty interesting. Varied too. Yeah, you know that Dante is going to fight some demon, but there's a lot of variation in what kinds of demons he'll fight and how they'll approach. Some of them use stealthy approaches or try to use guile, others prefer the direct approach. Some are after him specifically, others just happen to stumble upon him while going about their terrible business. And some of the scenarios are really intricate. The death poker game being a prime example.

Characters:

The characters from the games, Dante, Trish & Lady are all portrayed pretty true to character. Which is more than a certain reboot managed. In terms of original characters, some of the ones Dante encounters on his missions are kind of interesting. Others are pretty mediocre. Then we have our reoccurring Ocs, Morrison & Patty. Morrison is a boring character. We don't know why he's bringing Dante jobs, how they met or anything beyond “he brings Dante jobs.” He's pretty much on par with the plot coupon guy from your average PreCure series. And those can get by with it because they are actually for children. Then we have Patty. Have you ever wondered what Devil May Cry would be like if Dante had a slightly annoying child sidekick? No? Well, it's not the best decision that Madhouse could have made. She spends a lot of time pestering Dante, having to be rescued and contributing virtually nothing.

Art:

The artwork is pretty decent. The characters look like themselves and Madhouse clearly made an effort to make the aesthetic look like DMC. The demon designs are generally pretty good as well. The trouble is that the action sequences themselves aren't all that good. In a series that relies heavily on action sequences. A lot of the “big” Dante fights end very quickly without having much content. And a lot of the sequences focus heavily on scenes of Dante attacking while not showing, or barely showing, his opponent. It would've benefited from showing them striking at one another in the same frames a bit more, is what I'm saying. Oh, and expect a lot of deaths to go the blood fountain route. I guess demon blood streams are highly pressurised.

Sound:

The series did get some good voice actors. We've got Morikawa Toshiyuki as Dante. Yes, Dante and Sephiroth are the same guy. We all suspected it given the resemblance. We've got Orikasa Fumiko and Tanaka Atsuko, both of whom are damn good actresses, as Lady and Trish respectively. Even the less interesting characters got some decent voices. The musical score by Hama Takeshi & Tsutsumi Hiroaki is pretty close to fantastic.

Ho-yay:

There isn't any, really. The closest you're going to get is Lady and Trish forming a friendship.

Final Thoughts:

Devil May Cry is an anime that had some potential. After all, there's a lot to work with from the games. Unfortunately, it's held back by a dull underlying plot, trying too hard to provide happy endings, the slightly annoying child sidekick and mundane action sequences. Ultimately, I'd still say it's all right but it certainly could have been better. My final rating is a 6/10. Next week we'll continue video game month with a look at Street Fighter Alpha.

This is a bit of an odd show for me to talk about. On the one hand, looking at it critically is pretty difficult. It's based on a game series that I really like, and they really do the games justice, and trying to look at it critically makes me feel like I'm nitpicking issues that didn't really impact my enjoyment at the end of it all. However, I do want to be somewhat fair with it, so I'll give them two ratings: one as a fan of the games, and one just looking at it as is.

As a fan of the games, the show ... does just about everything that I could've hoped for. If all you're looking for is a show that represents what the games are all about while also getting a new story, this does the job pretty well. I am honestly surprised that this show isn't brought up more when it comes to good video game adaptations, at least when talking about representing the source material in a good way. There's a few things that I feel like they could've improved on when making the show, like sometimes I feel like Dante's a bit too much of an asshole at times, but they're pretty nit-picky, and it's not really a distracting issue, just something I feel like fans would pick up on. I really can't say much more about it from the perspective of a fan, so I suppose it's time to talk about specific things about the show.

Before I get to the thing that some people might have an issue with, I actually want to praise a couple of things before I get to that. First: the animation. It's pretty damn good looking, which is pretty common for shows made by Studio Madhouse. The show was made just around the time when digital animation started to look really good in TV shows, and it looks really good, especially for the time. It's all mainly hand drawn, but mixes some CGI in there, but only for very specific moments when you'd probably not even notice the CGI. It also just looks good stylistically. The day time/bright scenes look decent, albeit kinda standard, but the show looks especially good in the night/dark. I could go into way more detail, but there's a lot of layers to making stuff look good in different lightings, so... I dunno, watch a YouTube video explaining it.

The other thing I want to talk about is the music. The music in this show is pretty damn awesome. Some of the tracks feel like your typical anime tracks, nothing good, nothing bad, but the tracks they play in fight scenes are pretty friggin' rad, especially near the end. The track "Evil Spirit" in particular really sticks out as a really good track. The opening theme and ending are pretty damn good too. I don't really have much else to say about the music, it's just really good, and I wish it was available regularly.

Now, for the one issue I feel like a lot of people might have. If you aren't a fan of the games, then I can't really see this doing that much for you. I mean, on its own, it's decent, but nothing too special. The characters feel like standard anime characters, the story is pretty standard, it would most likely just feel standard if you aren't really familiar with the source material. It's fine, but having knowledge of the games makes it way more enjoyable.

So, as a fan of the games, it's like an 8/10. Very much a must watch if you like the Devil May Cry series. Looking at it without knowing the games, it's like a 5 or 6/10.

I have a lot of mixed feelings about this one. I'm a pretty big fan of the games, 3 being one of my all time favorite games. So there is a lot of fun to be had as a fan seeing Dante going through these villain of the week stories. They do a good job subtly fleshing out his character, and there are some really cool concepts in play here. But the execution is just really flat. The animation is very bogstandard and rigid, which is a shame being in the hands madhouse. The main cast is as fun as ever but a lot of ... the side characters are really one note and even annoying. There are a few too many episodes that are boring. I can't help but feel disappointed, as I really enjoy this universe, but they do little to spice it up. I'd say if you wanna get into the series and experience a good story, just play Devil May Cry 3. Fans might get a kick out of some of the episodes but otherwise, it's pretty flat.

Devil May Cry... I wouldn't say it was a huge disappointment, since I really expected very little of a storyline - which on par with my expectations, turned out to be none at all. Having watched only 8 of the 12 episodes I only percieve there to be some kind of good dramatic twist toward the end with some kind of storyline relevance that isn't all about Dante weilding his sword & guns like a "badass" as shown in all previous games & so on; sadly I came to notice a lot of the fight scenes were rather tedious or cut short & a few ... of the episodes seemed pointless.

The art has shown for the majority to be good (some was rather horrible). I found the female characterization to be rather poor, an example being Lady - she was a lot more cocky & less modest in the anime in comparison to the 3rd game where she appeared most (perhaps being in Dante's company for too long turned her into his female equivalent?). That being said I was never really fond of the females in the games either, Lady was probably the better though (until DMC4).

Moving on.

I did however, enjoy the every-so-often cursing which would seem to fit with Dante's personality very well. The sound & soundtrack never really caught my ear, & I have a real ear for music. The only music I honestly enjoyed was the Opening Theme.

Despite my better judgement, I still give this anime it's props.
I had no high expectations so I wasn't exactly disappointed in the least. It's alright to watch Dante jump around acting like the cool guy - afterall, he is known for it. All in all I'm enjoying it, for the most part.

The first thing I asked myself after watching Devil May Cry was: "How hard is it to make a DMC anime?", I mean, the story of the games isn't really that complicated, it's basically about a badass Demon Hunter who enjoys eating pizza and some evil demons who wanna fuck around with him, and you don't even need to scratch your head too much to realize how you can adapt the gameplay into the animation, it's a hack 'n slash game for christ's sake, just make him fight some demons and be cool, maybe put some really crazy weapons into the mix, and some pumping ... awesome rock tracks, and you might just have a great action anime, but that's not the case with Devil May Cry, it can't even get the hack 'n slash part right.

About the plot, it is set between the events of DMC1 and DMC4, but it's not like that really matters. Most of the episodes (8 of them actually) are structured in an episodic format, basically showing Dante doing some type of contract for a costumer, be it a desperate wife or the brother of a biker that died during a race, which generally involve him killing some random demon that murdered someone important to this person. The episodes that are not individual stories focus around this weird demon guy named Sid and his plan to receive the powers of the demon lord Abigail, while also giving away some other details about the demon world and Sparda.

I didn't really mind that the episodes were mostly separate stories, but most of them are really boring and uninteresting, and I think the main reason for this is that the anime doesn't really have that much fighting in it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that an anime can only be good if there's lots of fights in it, but, dude, this is DMC, if you're not going to put lots of fights and demon slashing in it (and why the hell wouldn't you?), than at least make the side characters and stories interesting.

Don't get me wrong, Dante is still as funny and badass as he used to be, the same goes for Trish and Lady, who also make an appearance in this show, I even like the new characters they introduced. Sure, Patty can be annoying sometimes, but it's aways great so see her bitching at Dante telling him to get his lazy ass off the chair and do some work, and Morrisson is just cool in general, I think it's because of the mustache. The problem with these characters is that, while they're pretty cool and likable when they're alone or interacting with each other, the same doesn't go for when they're interacting with the side characters or the enemies. None of these characters could make me feel interested in the story or what was going on, with a few exceptions here and there, and these were mainly because the plot lines were sort of interesting, and there is no tension to be had if the enemies you fight feel like soldiers from a Dynasty Warriors game.

Almost every single fight in this anime is resolved within 2-3 minutes or less, it depends if Dante decides to use his pistols or if Trish and Lady are there to help him. It just makes enemies look like they're no big deal, even when they're 4 times Dante's size.

It's just makes me feel so disappointed everytime the anime decides to show some fighting, because they're actually pretty cool. The animation is fluid and it looks great, and besides one or two fights that just involve Dante shooting demons 'till they explode, the choreography of the fights is really good, It's just a shame that there is so little of them in the anime.

The sound department is also good. The opening does a pretty good job of setting the mood for the rest of the episode, and the fact that it is also used in almost every fight in this anime is not a bad thing. Besides the opening the rest of the songs are ok, with the exception of "Future in my Hands", the main theme for the sixth episode, "Rock Queen", that really stands out from the rest of the tracks, possibly being the best song present in this anime's soundtrack.

Overall, I don't consider DMC to be a bad anime, it's just sort of misguided. They could have done so much more with what they had here and instead they lamed it out. There are some few moments of pure enjoyment here and there, but most of the time you'll only be mildly interested in what's going on in the screen at best.

OVERALL RECOMMENDATION: If you're a fan of the games, then give this a try, it's still fun to see Dante kicking some ass, but if you're not, well, you might wanna watch something else.

• Anime Title – Devil May Cry | Alternative Title – DmC | Source – Game | Epi – 12 Episodes
• Type – Anime Television Series | Genre (s) – Action, Comedy, Demons, Fantasy| Language – Japanese / English | Runtime – 24 minutes (approx) per episode | Premiered in Summer 2007

• Synopsis –
Devil May Cry follows the story of the demon hunter known as Dante. As a half demon – half human, he uses his trusty sword – Rebellion – and his two guns – Ebony and Ivory – to take on missions. Dante owns and runs an odd job called “Devil May Cry”, a business that ... specialises in hunting and killing demon-related or supernatural problems. The series is based on the game series which goes by the identical name.

Plot Rating – 5.0/10.0

• Art and Animation –
The art style and animation in DmC is good, compared to any other animation or artwork seen in any anime aired during the 2006-07s. Since it is based on a gaming series originally, the artists and the animators have kept this in mind to give the characters a bit different appearance from the normal or traditional anime style. The artwork resembles that seen in the anime movies – Bayonetta: Bloody Fate and to an extent Dante’s Inferno: An Animated Epic and the animation is praiseworthy. However, the series advocates much of gory content, which makes it unsuitable for watchers of every age.

Rating for Art and Animation –6.0/10.0

• Dialogues and Voice Casting –
The dialogues are pretty well-framed, so as to give the characters their personalities, which are individually reflected in the most efficient manner, judging by the manner of presentation of thoughts, which the characters adopt throughout the series while carrying out conversations among themselves. However, in a few instances, it is seen that the usage of explicit language has been supported throughout the episode, which makes it unsuitable for kids to be viewed, again.

Script – 5.0/10.0

• Overall Review –
The TV series of DmC is based on the originally released gaming series by Capcom, which goes by the same name. However, 12 episodes, each highlighting a separate mission is supposedly not enough for the entire story line of the actual series to get covered up. In my opinion, a second season at the least was expected, since the season 01 has failed to portray a few other important characters such as Nero and Virgil. Moreover, Dante’s relations / history with his father Lady, Sparda and Trish weren’t highlighted much in the series except for a bit of references given in a few particular episodes. These drawbacks have brought about a bit of disappointment, although the series as a whole makes a fair watch, undoubtedly.

For the aforementioned drawbacks, my personal rating out of 10.0 – 5.0/10.0
Average Rating – 6.0/10.0

Warning this review may contain spoilers.

First impressions, so devil may cry a anime adaptation of a video game about this guy who fights demons sounds cool enough.

Story, 5/10

So the story of devil may cry is about dante who is a demon hunter and is also a demon-human hybrid.

So if your a devil may cry fan you have probably wanted to know the question of what does dante do when he isn't saving the world or fucking some random chicks in a dumpster somewhere.

Well if your asked yourself this question then you will me happy to know that this anime gives you idea. He fights ... Random demons he then eats pizza and sundaes and we are reminded that he is drowning in debt and doing all these things while being a badass.

So from what you have just read so far you can pretty much guess that there really isn't really a plot to this and for the most part you would be right.
Devil may cry story is for the most part very episodic it mostly includes stand alone missions.
that dante dose for a living and some of what dante dose when he doesn't have work going on. Which is mostly him fucking around while eating high amounts of sundaes and pizzas.
Which I am not an expert of demon or half demon biology but surely eating all that pizza and sundaes would probably slightly bad for him .
unless in this world just demons really love pizza and sundaes.

But other than that there really isn't much I can comment on
this show doesn't really use all the ingredients that it could used and even if this show for all intents and purposes is a kick ass rule of cool show about some badass dude fighting demons. It doesn't use or play on many of the elements it's brings up.

Like one example there was an episode where we find a demon falling in love with this human women and though this episode we find out that not all demons are evil monsters that destroy and kill everything in there path and demons themselves have the ability to grow not just in power and also there personality and beliefs.
And what really bothers me is that they gloss over this idea in one episode,
Which leaves me with few questions like why is this demon so different from the rest of his kind or what lead him to becoming like this.
They never explain or expand on that idea and concept.
Which I think is a wasted opportunity.

Now I will mention that this show tried to have an overarching plot with the loli side kick that Dante has with him.
That dose lead to this plot In the end but it really doesn't matter in the long run of things. What happens is that the this demon that's trying to become some sort of super demon and needs the loli side kicks blood or something she has to complete it.

But it was boring and predictable and I don't care about in the lest.

Like here is how they could have made this show ten times more interesting and not feel like a soulless video game ad in anime form.

Still keep the episodic missions expect the episode count is 24 episodes and during these episodes we lean more about the lore and world of devil may cry.
Because the demon and super natural elements are quite interesting and it would cool to explore Dante childhood as being a half demon/orphan or talk about what other super natural shit that going down that doesn't involve demons.
It would be pretty cool to see Dante fight angels or some organization trying to capture or kill him because of his demonic nature.

Surely that would be batter Than what we actually got and if it had those what ifs the story and anime could stand up on its own and not just be a video game adaptation.


Character,6/10

The main character is pretty badass. I mean if you look up badass in the dictionary you would probably find this dude picture on it.
He is pretty cocky and very relaxed , says bad ass lines and dose the most badass things you can think of.

The side characters were also pretty cool as well.
Except one character because for some reason this show has a loli side kick for dante
Who pissed me off some times.

The bad guys who are demons of the week.
Are pretty much your throw away characters that I don't give a fuck about.

Art, 6/10

The animation is pretty decent, it's very polished and shiny it is something you should watch in he if you can.

It also has this kind of dim color scheme that goes well with the kind setting that this show has.

It also has some pretty good fight animation as well.

The demon designs were pretty cool as well.
Dante also looks pretty cool as well.

Sound, 5/10

Not a big fan of the opening or ending song.
Because it just a background noise music which doesn't sound good to me.
The ost is pretty decent and it fits the tone of the show pretty well.
And I couldn't find out who did the ost.
But ost is ok.

The sub and dub is alight.

Plus Dante English voice actor sounds like he does in the games.

Enjoyment,6/10

I liked the fight scenes.
I also like the characters as well.
I also like some of the designs for the demons they were pretty cool.


Overall,6/10

So if you are Looking for a decent rule of cool show then you will probably like this anime but it seems like to be that you would have to be fan of devil may cry in order to like it more.
If you not a fan of the game you will mostly right this off as another sub par video game adaption.

Devil May Cry
This is my first review and I needed to write one after I've enjoyed the games about DMC,but find my self in front of this anime. The Opening is maybe the only thing I would save about it,but then the episode starts.

Almost every episode is self-contained,the plot is trivial and all the characters who aren't in the main cast,last just an episode. The only piece of story is about a character who is not in the game series,not that i remember,and the animation sometimes is poor. Save your time,play the games,because when I started an episode,I could easily tell where that episode ... was going and I literally lost interest after 5 minutes.

Dante,Lady and Trish live up the expectations,but maybe the most annoying thing about this anime is the amount of times when it seems that there is finally a bit of action , but in the next scene is already all over and Dante has saved the day. Dante still loves pizza and gambling,but you can't make a 12 episode series without some plot,but you do preferring to put those aspects that make it a lot better in the game.

Story 2/10: The anime has no plot whatsoever, it's only Dante being cool and killing a different demon each episode till he gets to a "final boss" in the last 2 episodes, and we don't even get to see his DT in a pure form without being that brief shadow. Pretty cliche.

Art 8/10:The art and animation are clean and all those details are pretty to look at, specially at the opening.

Sound 8/10:If the game sequel of DMC had an opening, I think the one in the anime would fit. Aside from the Heavy Metal style we hear every game, this opening portrays very well the ... atmosphere of the anime.

Character 3/10:The only characters who were actually interesting were Dante and prob the girl. Dante was the only reason I kept watching this honestly.

Enjoyment 5.5/10:This anime was a gauge of how cool Dante could get if he was in an anime without being in the video game. Some episodes were boring, others weren't so much. If you're a fan of the DMC games, I wouldn't really recommend watching this, but if you still want to watch it go for it.

So if you're here after having played the DMC series games (DMC 3 and 4) and are expecting to see more of the continuity of the story, like Dante's past or how do he take care of his arsenals, let me tell you this: there's nothing like that in this anime. It's episodic, meaning that it's stories about clients coming Dante's demon hunting shop and in each episode, the CLIENTS are the focus. Not Dante or his partners. Picture Cowboy Bebop (Except Cowboy Bebop does it better in my opinion).

Story:
I think this show is made in order to promote the video games but the problem ... is, i think the writers are afraid to take risks to tamper with the already existing characters such as Dante and Trish because they don't want to upset the fans by make these characters go through troubles, conflicts and emotional breakdowns (because that'll make them appear weak). Therefore they write the characters as emotionless gun-wielding bounty hunter who breezes through every demons in every episodes with barely no effort.
And also, they had made a loli to live with Dante to nag about his lifestyle every episode. This came out of nowhere and looks out of place.

Art:
It's pretty great in quality (as it's the same studio that made Death Note). The only gripe i have is that Dante's face is always covered by his hair most of the show.

Sound:
The dubbing is pretty decent but more importantly if you have been a fan of the game, they had Rueben Langdon, the man who voices Dante in both DMC games to voice Dante in this show, which is really great. You can clearly recognizes Dante's speech mannerisms and tone from the game, which for gives a slight feeling of nostalgia.
Extra: The demon's voices in the dubbing are really loud and rather incoherent.

Overall:
It's not like i'm saying that i hate show adaptations of video games in general. I'm willing to love adaptations with open arms. It's just that for them to be enjoyable, we need to make shows that expand the characters' backgrounds and make these characters go through conflicts in order to make character development.

What to say about Devil May Cry... Well, to start off, it's based on the Capcom action games, which are pretty outstanding and frequently get thrown into "Top 10 Games of the Year" lists. Insert groan here: you can already tell someone tried too hard to get this converted into an anime. And it shows.

Devil May Cry (the anime) has no solid plot until the bitter end. The episodes all feel like either one-shots that were never meant to take off, or filler that was never meant to stand out. Either way, there is no "story" to speak of. It's all about Dante being this ... ridiculously cool, gun-wielding, sword-swinging badass, and if I wanted that, I would just pick up the game and play it.

But that's sort of what sets Devil May Cry to the side. The artwork and sound are both excellently executed, and the voice acting is superb. I think Capcom knew from the beginning that this was a bad idea, so they threw as much into the project as they could to prevent it from absolutely shattering when it dropped. And this is where this anime shines. If you're a fan of the video games, you'll absolutely love the style and flair of this series. Despite the lack of continuity, you never feel empty about any particular episode. It never leaves you feeling unsatisfied. But that's sort of a problem, too: Devil May Cry is best taken in small doses. I can absolutely fall in love with one of the episodes, and just call it a day right then and there, but if you start to watch them back to back, it starts feeling forced and drawn out, dare I say filler arc-ish. In order to really set this one apart from the rest, I think they should have either based it on the plot of one of the games (which could have made for a ridiculously good anime), or made a new plot with a continuity and a backbone to hold it all together. Style, flair, and even Dante himself, can't save this anime from its unfortunate shortcomings, and you'll notice them as time goes on.

It really pains me to rate this so low. It had so much potential, and they blew it. But I honestly can't recommend it. Few anime series do justice to the games, and this is one of the ones that finds itself treading the same waters as a live-action movie of a video game: once you take out the element of the human player, you start losing your love for the character, to the point that the flair starts getting show-offish and almost annoying. A bit of substance might have remedied this problem, but as it stands, Devil May Cry doesn't hold its own when compared to Hellsing, Trinity Blood, or any of the other really good demon/vampire hunter-style anime out there.

Hm...the time has come to review another anime.This time I'll be generous and I'll try to be nice.

Story 3/10
Is there a story?I'm asking cause I didn't watch it after episode 4,made me drop it.But even if there is one I doubt it'll satisfy me since I've played the game first.

Art 7/10
It was...good.Only that,nothing more.I didn't get the feeling that it was anything need to be noticed.Didn't impress me.Actually at first I didn't like it,but then got used to it.

Sound 8/10
Pretty pleased,nothing wrong to point out but could have used something more similar to that of the game.Although I can see that they tried but weren't ... so successful at accomplising it to get a 10.

Character 1/10
Hated them,all of them.Including Dante who is one of my favorite ones.I didn't feel he was the same,the portrayal lacked the uniqueness of Dante.He was just sitting there,sometimes walking,sometimes killing monsters,silent,no comments coming from him and no show off moves.I'm starting to doubt whether that's Dante and not Vergil?O.o
Disappointed.

Enjoyment 6/10
Didn't get a lot,but I certainly enjoyed the killings though the battles need improvement.That's not how Dante fights at all.We've seen battles like those thousands of times,and mostly in fillers.

Overall 6/10
Like I said I'll be generous,because I love the game and they share the same title.I'll just ignore this and expect something better next time if they decide to adapt DMC into something else(like a 2nd anime season,which I highly doubt,or a movie if they already haven't)

Hope my review was enjoyable,let me know what you think about it.

Started this anime cause i thought it would be cool to see Dante(main character)in action..guess i was wrong.To put it simply,this anime is just ugly,one of the worst i've ever seen,you can tell just by one look that's all for commercial purposes.There's no story,characters have no personality,the action sucks and it's damn boring from the beggining to the end,i would save just two or three moment os the all 12 episodes,anyways,don't lose your time with this and get some serious anime on watch.

This will be the first review I have written. I felt the need to comment on this show, because my feelings towards it are quite strange, it's not good, but weirdly I enjoyed it.
Story
This was completely all over the place, it tells more like a slice of life show, about demon-hunter Dante, than an actual plot. It has a kind of 'monster of the week' format for the most part, and this can make the episodes seem really rushed.
Art
I have no complaint with the art, it all looks pretty decent and the character designs were good, the only jarring thing is that some of the ... 3d animation doesn't quite fit in with the rest of it.
Sound
This is one of the weakest aspects of the series, as it sounds like it was recorded in a bathroom, sometimes you have no idea what the characters are saying (this is based on the English dub), the same music is used repeatedly, and some parts seem to lack sound effects.
Character
There is basically no character development, and many of the characters are very similar to each other.
Enjoyment
I actually did enjoy this show! It was silly, a lot of it was stupid, but it is a self aware show, which makes it not as painful. Don't take it too seriously, allow yourself to laugh at Dante's corny lines and some of the anime physics, and it is actually quite fun to watch.

Rapid :fire: Review
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Title: Devil May Cry: The Animated Series

A/M: Anime

Synopsis: Half demon, half human hunter, Dante owns a business that takes care of all your pesky demon problems. Spanning across 12 missions, Dante helps humans who are plagued with demonic murders find peace...for a fee.

Pros:
-Episode 5 breaks from the mold in an interesting and comical way
... -Each episode being essentially self-contained as it’s a different job for Dante each time is an obvious and unoriginal choice but serves the DMC universe well given Dante’s profession

Cons:
-Chooses to borrow from successful anime that came before it rather than try to carve a style all its own
-While the source material is poking fun at itself, the animated series takes itself much more seriously than the games ever intended and thus the anime ends up full simply following suit to every other mature action show
-An excess of reoccurring characters that don’t push or further the story or the characters in any way

Rating: 5/10

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