Devil May Cry

Devil May Cry was one of the best anime i've seen in a long time.We all know Dante the main character of the series/games Devil May Cry.
What i like about this anime is that the producers kept the caracter's personality the way he was in the manga or the game, and the animation as well one of the points i like about this anime.
In conclusion Devil May Cry the anime is an very good to great rate anime, i'l give it an 8 out of 10

• 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

I am a fan of the game series except dmc 2 of course
I can't understand how capcom didn't sue madhouse due to the poor execution
and how could a studio such madhouse play cheap when it gets to something as the great devil may cry series, they should be ashamed
oh my let's start with the opening, if madhouse took divine hate or taste your blood and made amv quality job I would be happy, but no they settled not only on still images but they added the most annoying guitar I heard in my life
Moving on to the battles, how hard is it to animate most ... of the battles, seriously 60% of the time they shoot the sky or other characters and play stabbing noses or don't even bother animating the whole battle
if somehow they do that they keep dragging it with dialogue like in trish vs lady.

Dante is still cynical which is good and I don't bother if he gives cliche lines from time to time but where did his insults to enemies go.
I mean the animation in the beggining of episode 3 is self explanatory of how cheap and low the production was

Dante go brrrr, gun go boom, sword go swoosh, motorcycle go vrrooom. All jokes aside, great for mindless action without a coherent story with pretty decent animation. The sound track is also pretty sick. The art style is actually good, Dante looks like how I expected him to look in anime form and the other characters have okay character design too. This anime mostly consists of Dante(the main character) just flexing on everyone and being as flashy as possible, which was pretty fun.If you are looking for a story with deep characters and a meaningful plot, this is not for you but if you wanna ... turn off your brain for a couple hours, then I recommend this.

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.

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.

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.

I've been on a bit of a Devil May Cry bender lately, what with DMC5 having been announced and recently gameplay being shown and it looking freaking amazing. But yeah this bender eventually led me back to the Devil May Cry anime, yes like most popular Japanese games DMC got an anime but how does it fair, is it one of those rare good adaptations of a video game or does it fall flat on its face.

Story: 6/10. For those unfamiliar, Devil May Cry follows the adventures of Dante, a half human half demon devil hunter who runs the titular Devil May Cry store, in ... which he receives his demon hunting jobs. However unlike most anime based of a game which attempt to adapt one of the games of the series, DMC actually follows an original story (well sort of). The show follows an episodic format in which Dante takes up odd jobs that usually lead to him slaying one or multiple demons who are wreaking a small amount of havoc on his employers. These episodic stories range from being kind of crap, for example an episode based around a guy who is stalking Dante cause a girl he likes has a crush on Dante, to actually being quite good, like an episode in which Dante has to deal with two demonic brothers who have some connection to him. There is an overarching story which is set up in the first episode that involves a little girl character Paddy as well as a demon named Sid (more on them later). This slowly progressed in the background in some episodes and eventually paid off in the last two episodes. This storyline is... alright i guess, it has its moments but ultimately it just isn't focused on enough for you to care very much about it by the end. So overall the episodic stories have some highs and lows and the overarching story has moments but i fell is ultimately quite weak.

Art: 8/10. The art in this series is actually quite good. Madhouse worked on this show and while not one of their strongest works i wouldn't exactly call it weak either. The characters all look good, especially Dante who is rocking his DMC1 attire (my personal favourite attire), the show also has some really good demon designs with some looking quite badass and some looking quite horrific (in a good way). The animation is also quite good generally looking quite clean and making the action scenes look damn awesome. The environments are fine if a little uninspired, just your average city scapes and forests etc, especially since the DMC games (the first two in particular) have a very Gothic inspired look to them so i found that kind of disappointing but at least the environments look good.

Sound: 8/10. The sound in this show is probably its strongest point, with a badass rock soundtrack which fits quite well with the DMC vibes, the sound effects themselves are good, Dantes guns sound great, cars explosions etc all sound great, and the voice acting is all good as well (I've watched in both English and Japanese and both are equally as good as one another).

Characters: 6/10. For this i'm gonna cover characters from the games and original characters separately. Dante himself is relatively close to how he is in the games, a smart mouthed badass who likes to joke around with his enemies and loves Pizza, however sometimes i feel Dante comes of as a bit of a cynic which was something that was never present in the games and i feel it doesn't fit well with his character. other returning characters from the games include Lady and Trish. They are both pretty much exactly how they are in the games which is great, Lady is a much more serious character who tries to get Dante to take his work more seriously (mainly because he owes her a lot of money, which is actually one of my favourite running gags in the show) and Trish is a badass demon femme fattale although she doesn't appear much in the series so she doesn't get much time to shine. The original characters range from being alright to being really bad. Morrison, Dantes agent of sorts is easily the best of them acting as a great straight-man to Dantes more laid back nature. There is also Paddy, a little girl who Dante has to protect in the first episode and then begins to hang around the Devil May Cry. She... isn't very good, She begins to develop an almost Father-Daughter relationship with Dante which is kinda nice but i just find her kinda annoying. The main villain Sid is actually alright, he's a weaker demon so he sort of plays around with Dante in the background as opposed to facing him straight on which i actually like a lot. The characters who appear in the episodic stories range from alright to awful and none are really memorable, save for the two demon brothers in episode 10 who actually have a good storyline.

Enjoyment: 7/10. The show has a lot of problems but i can't deny that watching some kick ass demon killing action for 12 episodes didn't entertain the hell out of me.

Overall: 7/10. i love the Devil May Cry series and while the anime isn't one of the strongest parts of the series it is still a relatively fun show. If your a DMC fan or just want to watch a badass dude kill demons for 12 episodes and not have to worry about story then you just hit the JACKPOT. If neither of those apply to you, then i'd give this one a skip.

Don't know whats up with all the hate for this show. People say its not like the games and that there's no story and all it is, is just Dante fighting demons with cheesy punchlines...

Well sorry to break it to you but that's exactly what all the games are too. I personally enjoyed this anime quite a bit. It was cool seeing Dante just perform his job instead of saving the world from Vergil or something. Seeing Lady and Trish was cool as well, and how could you NOT like that poker episode?

I went into DMC with the expectation that the show will be just as good as the games. Boy oh boy was I in for a doozy! It was exactly like the time I watched fate zero where in the end I curse the studio not for making a literal shit-show of a show but making it look promising to lure you in and scalp you like an Italian con artist. So let's get on it shall we before the hoards of fate zero fanatics lynch me for my comment

Essentially DMC has a lot in common with hellsing ultimate in terms of visuals. But ... that is all there is to it. In fact the only good thing one can say about the show Is that its got great visuals. Detailed characterization
, profound character development, superb far reaching storyline, riveting action scenes and intense music that hits you right to the core, all the things that made Hellsing Ultimate so much more than a run of the mill action show? If you hate those than this is the show for you

First off its got exactly zero plot.The first 9 episodes have almost no connection with each other and only pretends to be furthering the plot. The characters are a huge disappointment. Dante is cool just because he's Dante and that's really all there is to him. He's stupidity overpowered, so much so that you'd think an asteroid could hit the earth and it wouldn't even ruffle his ultra stylish attire. He's got more superpowers than Superman including but not limited to coming back from the dead, crossing through separate worlds without help, being the coolest guy to ever inhabit the earth and of course being so above anyone and everyone that you question the fact why Dante isn't president prime minster admiral general Dante of earth. You have lady who's a badass though not on Dantes level Couse well because he's Dante. Trish who doesn't get any screentime, patty the quintisential loli and Morrison a gruff agent who's character is better developed that Dantes to be frank.
So here's the catch. DMC takes a plethora of great characters and totally wastes them.

But that only the tip of the iceberg I'm afraid Couse you're probably saying what do we need character development for in an action anime!!, Some good fight scenes and popcorn is what I'm looking for not the bloody "Paradise lost " you pseudo intellectual ass. But therein my friends lays the greatest disappointment. There's absolutely no bloody action. In fact Dante is so stupidly overpowered that even the climactic season finale battle has only about a minute's worth of fighting most of which is surprise surprise Dante being cool. There is no fight scene that requires Dante swing his sword more that thrice.It makes you think it'll get good right after this and before you know it you've wasted 6 hours of your life. An alternative title to the show could be "cool dude is so cool nothing and no one else matters.

I've played all the games, except for the reboot, and i was rather disappointed. The story of the anime didn't really have much ties with the games, but that's actually favorable so that the average anime viewer can understand what's going on.

So, the story: Dante, a badass demon that slays demons, tries to kill a guy that is trying to destroy the world. The story is rather weak, but isn't boring, but it is mostly fillers.

The fight scenes were really disappointing, because Dante mostly beats all the enemies in one hit without using his devil trigger.

Dante ,like always ,is awesome and always ... has the best cheesy but witty one-liners.

By now, you'll probably be thinking to yourself why you wasted so much time reading this poorly-written review. You will by now have also guessed that i am not a professional critic. To that I reply you are right. Anyway this anime was pleasant, but definitely not a masterpiece, so watch it if you can, or get DMC1 or 3 (the games) and play them, because they are masterpieces.

Okay, lets get something out there, this show only has one thing going for it, Dante. I say this because there is litterally no story until the last few episodes, the other characters are a whiny little girl and some pissed off old guy, oh and some demon chick who obviously wants the D but she doesnt come around enough to really matter.
Back to Dante. Dante is the biggest badass ever! Dante is more badass than chuck norris, stallone, and jet li all together! I mean really he is so badass, his lifestyle especially; eating pizza, sleeping, eating some more pizza, ... strawberry shakin it up every now and again! Dante dresses like an uber-badass, red cloak, huge frickin sword, holy shit thats so badass!!
Dante can do anything be it a bike race, high stakes poker game, fighting off an entire legion of demons, hell he lives through being nailed to a cross, that right there makes him a bigger badass than Jesus-cuz he died, but guess what, Dante didnt!!
Dante is like the honey badger, he just doesnt give a fuck, he could go out and save the world...fuck that, he'd rather eat a strawberry sundae!
The fights are all short as fuck but thats probably because Dantes such a badass that all he has to do is show up and look at the monster and BOOM they're dead as shit!
Honestly the only reason anyone watches, and can enjoy this show is because Dante's character is such a badass, and we just want to bask in his glory for as long as we can.

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.

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.

It's a great anime! While playing through the Devil May Cry games I always wanted to see what Dante's daily life was when the world isn't in danger.

This anime's plot is basically Dante getting a job and doing it. Nothing is dragged on and everything fits smoothly.

There isn't much character development, but that's alright if you've played the video games.

*SPOILER*
Dante never loses a fight; however, they do show him struggling from time to time. It's great that they made him 'weak' in the anime and he was just lazy. He is CLEARLY stronger than all of his opponents, but Dante never ends it immediately (he ... easily could).

Its very frustrating reading the other reviews for DMC:Anime on this website. Nearly everyone is giving it low scores because it isn't naruto or chobbits. If you go into this anime expecting some generic mainstream crap than of course you won't enjoy it. DMC is in a genre nearly of its own.

This isn't a anime you watch for a "deep romantic storyline". This is an anime you watch if you want to see a badass kick alot of ass; than get his ass kicked - and yet come back alive for round three.

I'd compare this anime's storyline to Cowboy Bebop. Its similar, in that ... its not a deep flowing storyline but instead of set of small but awesome adventures occurring within the same set of characters.

DMC has great animation, awesome fight scenes, badass enemies and allies. Its a hack & slash gory horror thriller. If you love crazy over the top action, you will love DMC. If you would rather be watching twilight or listening to bieber, please step away as this is not for you.

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.

I have to admit, before I watched this Anime, I thought it’ll be another of those lame half-assed attempts at milking an established franchise. True, this Anime doesn’t live up to the name of the game but don’t let that deter you from watching it! Especially if you are sick and tired of Anime clichés. The reason I like this Anime is because it doesn’t not fall into the trap of Anime clichés. (Well, it does manage to dodge them really well.)
As an action Anime, this Anime fails horribly in its action. It’s action is mediocre, often ending as quickly as it began. Dante doesn’t ... spend too much time on killing a single demon in the game but that doesn’t mean the producers can skimp on the fighting >

Thsi review is coming from someone who is a big fan of the Devil May Cry games (and the whole franchise in general), so I'm biased.
I know a lot of people didn't like this series, but I personally loved it!
If you're looking for an anime full of the games lore, you will be disappointed. If you loved the characters from the games and just wanted to see them more, you're in the right place!
Some people complain about this series being too "slice-of-life", while I don't agree, I also don't mind slice-of-life at all, so it might bother people who hate the genre more.

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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