Devilman: Yochou Sirene-hen (Devilman: The Demon Bird)

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Japanese: デビルマン妖鳥シレーヌ編

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Type: OVA

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Feb 25, 1990

Producers: Bandai Visual, Triangle Staff, Kodansha, Dynamic Planning

Licensors: Discotek Media, Manga Entertainment

Studios: Oh! Production

Source: Manga

Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi, Supernatural

Themes: Gore, Mythology

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 57 min.

Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

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Ranked: #3997²

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Popularity: #4465

Members: 22,732

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Ranked #3997Popularity #4465Members 22,732

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Demons exist and their power is beyond what humans can fathom. In fact they are so strong that humans do not stand a chance against them in a fight.

The only thing strong enough to defeat a demon is another demon and it is trough this logic that Ryo Asuka hatches the plan to have his good-hearted friend Akira Fudo possessed by a demon. If a person is of pure of heart then he might be able to control the demon that posses him and thereby acquire power equal to a demon. After raising some hell in a club the plan works and Akira is possessed by the powerful demon known as Amon.

Now Akira is humanities sole champion of justice against the hidden demon menace that has plagued humanity since the dawn of time.

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Adaptation:	Devilman
Prequel:	Devilman: Tanjou-hen
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Asuka, Ryou

Main

Mizushima, Yuu
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Fudou, Akira

Main

Hayami, Show
Japanese

Devilman

Main

Hayami, Show
Japanese

Makimura, Miki

Supporting

Kouyamaki, Jun
Japanese

Silene

Supporting

Sakakibara, Yoshiko
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Makimura, Tare

Supporting

Ichiryuusai, Teiyuu
Japanese

Jinmen

Supporting

Aono, Takeshi
Japanese

Kaim

Supporting

Ishizuka, Unshou
Japanese

Makimura, Noel

Supporting

Makimura, Akiko

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Iida, Umanosuke

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Nagai, Go

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Wolskel, John

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Sakamoto, Eizou

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Nov 29, 2023

MxS7HGS

Recommended

The focus of the first OVA movie was to establish Akira's character and his relationships with the supporting cast, so this sequel has more room to explore and present a series of intense action sequences. The central themes of Devilman are horror and the spectacle of watching the protagonist battle demons, both of which are executed perfectly in this second OVA.

Initially, we encounter Jinmen - an unsightly demon turtle that feeds on its victims while displaying their faces on its shell as if they were trophies. The prey, including Akira's mother, suffer and plead for assistance without realizing their inevitable fate. Next, a demon invasion ...

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May 7, 2022

Kamezuki

Mixed Feelings

“Devilman: Yochou Sirene-hen” looks and sounds good, and is an entertaining watch, although it’s lacking in terms of plot and setup.

The biggest issue with this OVA is that it’s not a direct continuation of its prequel. Characters are introduced that the main character seems to know, but the audience doesn’t, as they weren’t in the first OVA. Also, the timeline isn’t clear: the events here definitely happen after those in “Devilman: Tanjou-hen,” but it’s vague as to how much time has passed since then. And the characters look different here, particularly Akira, even though the designer is the same.

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Feb 3, 2019

WhiteWolfKiba

Not Recommended

Part 2 of the 80's/90's OVA Devilman trilogy is Devilman: The Demon Bird. As the title implies, this anime is largely just about the fight between Devilman and the "harpie lady" known as Sirene. It's funny because this fight doesn't even happen until like halfway through the hour long OVA, with the first half consisting of Akira battling 2 other demons. That's it. There's really no story or character development to speak of here. The art/animation is once again very detailed, far surpassing the Netflix Devilman Crybaby in that department. I'll also praise the sound design here, since the "buzzsaw sound effect" when Sirene shot ... her homing missile arm was very effective. I do think it's beyond dumb that she can detach her arm and use it as a projectile when she's purely organic--and it always comes back to her somehow---and I need to stop thinking so much about this anime!!

Akira and Ryou have lost all sympathetic traits from part 1 and are now just hungry for battle alpha males. I will say that Miki's personality is better here than in her Crybaby version, where she was just the perfect "good girl." This Miki doesn't take shit from ANYONE, and is even willing to punch Akira in the nose if she thinks he deserves it! She's got spunk and that goes a long way with me (I just hope she has a better fate in store for her than her ending in Crybaby). Sirene herself has a cool, sexy design, I admit, but she's just a monster of the week, nothing more. I really don't remember much about her personality. We don't know why she hates Akira so much, or how she even tracked him down in the first place for that matter. When her friend the rhino guy sacrifices himself so they can combine, we don't really know why. They had an off-screen romance I guess? Instead of killing himself so an already-dying Sirene could use his body, why couldn't rhino guy just finish off Akira himself? Also who was this Xenon guy teleporting monsters in to help Sirene at the end? Couldn't he just fight Akira himself (and probably win)? Will Xenon be showing up in part 3? I feel like the show will forget about him, even though he seemed important. So yeah I had a lot of issues with the Sirene fight, mainly that went on WAY TOO DAMN LONG! Literally the last half hour of this OVA is the 2 of them fighting back and forth changing location like 10 times, no joke.

Out of the two earlier fight scenes (this anime is just a collection of fights btw, no exposition this time) we have one against Jinmen and one against a pervy water demon. The water demon fight was OK but clearly just an excuse to see Miki naked in the bath. I liked the part where a possessed Miki attacked Akira, but he back-handed her and knocked her out almost immediately. So anti-climactic! Why couldn't they drag out THAT fight!? And the Jinmen fight was just terrible. They make the same mistake as the Crybaby version, where Jinmen just shows up out of nowhere and has absorbed Akira's mom somehow and we're supposed to give a shit even though we've literally never had a scene of Akira with his parents until now. Wait, didn't Akira's mom die in the Arctic? What was Jinmen doing there?! How did he travel from the Arctic to Japan and track down Akira so quick!? Also there's a super cringe moment where Akira starts crying after killing Jinmen and his tears drip down through a hole in the floor and JUST SO HAPPEN to land right on his mom's face on Jinmen's shell on the lower level. Oh my God WHAT A COINCIDENCE! Ughh.

Devilman: The Demon Bird is a poor anime, 3/10. Oh boy, I just CAN'T WAIT to see how they wrap up this mess with part 3...

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