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| that ending tho... oh my god. ryo why did u just finally realize a done fucked up? it pains me that he was finally able to feel emotions UNTIL he started an apocalypse. okay :/ anywayss, definitely one of my fav anime now. i would consider re-watching this uhh like.... 10 times... 9.69/10 no wait 10/10 does anyone think there will be another spin-off or anything of the sort? i need. |
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| Binged this Yesterday. Better then the original manga, IMO. |
| Although the art style is not top notch for me, it ended as a pretty solid show for me, great ending, now that I read that the manga has a sequel I'm looking forward to see if they also adapt it. Overall 8 or 8. something/10 |
Yisus666 said: Although the art style is not top notch for me, it ended as a pretty solid show for me, great ending, now that I read that the manga has a sequel I'm looking forward to see if they also adapt it. Overall 8 or 8. something/10 It's not that likely that the sequel (Devilman Lady) will be adapted again, it was adapted already back in 1998 - https://myanimelist.net/anime/1629/Devilman_Lady?q=devil%20 Though the adaptation was pretty much an alternate take on the story and is not in canon with anything else. It is great on it's own though and I feel better than the manga. |
hybridial said: Yisus666 said: Although the art style is not top notch for me, it ended as a pretty solid show for me, great ending, now that I read that the manga has a sequel I'm looking forward to see if they also adapt it. Overall 8 or 8. something/10 It's not that likely that the sequel (Devilman Lady) will be adapted again, it was adapted already back in 1998 - https://myanimelist.net/anime/1629/Devilman_Lady?q=devil%20 Though the adaptation was pretty much an alternate take on the story and is not in canon with anything else. It is great on it's own though and I feel better than the manga. Thanks for the info, I'll give it a try ;) |
hybridial said: Yisus666 said: Although the art style is not top notch for me, it ended as a pretty solid show for me, great ending, now that I read that the manga has a sequel I'm looking forward to see if they also adapt it. Overall 8 or 8. something/10 It's not that likely that the sequel (Devilman Lady) will be adapted again, it was adapted already back in 1998 - https://myanimelist.net/anime/1629/Devilman_Lady?q=devil%20 Though the adaptation was pretty much an alternate take on the story and is not in canon with anything else. It is great on it's own though and I feel better than the manga. I wouldn’t say it’s better but certainly different. I kinda like the manga for its completely bonkers plot so there’s that. |
Oniifam_ said: I hate how people look at a vague and incoherent plot and say its the "deepest thing they ever watched" This would probably be the main reason one would give this show more than 8/10. It's not that vague and it's not particularly incoherent. Paced a little hapdash maybe, even I recognise the manga sort of changes in plot about midway through, and this was because from what Go Nagai said, many of his ideas for the second half came to him midway through publishing, but with chapters already released he couldn't really go and retcon them. He did make additions to later editions of the manga that help this a bit. If Crybaby's guilty of anything, it's in not really fixing this when it had a chance to. And it's not deep. It's quite sad, but as I keep saying, it's a very simple plot. It's the plot equivalent to a bludgeoning with a hammer. What I like, is the honesty of it, the fact it really doesn't try to dress it up but instead just focus on intensity. But I fell in love with Devilman originally without the full plot, but because the OVAs which were stupendously animated and fucking cool. You might see where the appeal of the concept comes a bit more if you watched them. |
MrHawky said: deku2 said: So I never read Devilman and went in watching this anime completely blind... It ripped my heart in half and tore it into pieces lmao that was absolute mindfuckery, in the best way possible. I wasn't expecting Ryo to be Satan and that end /end/ with Akira torn in half... I have to admit it did felt bit rushed (both 9 and 10, a lot happened in just two episodes) but it all came together nicely in the end 10/10 to be honest The only thing that I didn't completely understand, did the world like "reset" at the final scene? Because that was the feeling I got. Not sure, but I think the moons are the previous earths, because in the first info dump where we see the demon earth there was no moon present (I seem to remember it that way), so after the earth faced destruction the first time it became a moon and a new one took its place. That's what happened here, pretty sure. Dude. NO! They split the moon in 2 halfs during the battle so you get two smaller ones. It's jsut emphasizes that the world just keeps going on even if the previous one ended...this kinda stuff.... |
| I gotta say, the ending took me by surprise, it felt kinda rushed too; but overall this anime was fucking great. I would give the Soundtrack a steaming 15/10 if i could though. |
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| Yep, I'm just never gonna like these types of endings. Makes everything seem pointless, it was a really fun show but Miki's death ruined it for me. |
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| I missed this kind of anime, reminds me of those OVA from late 80s early 90s that I used to watch as a brat with uncensored gore, sex, horror and despair, ala genocyber; midori; jack; etc. I'm dreaming this trend achieves momentum so that uzumaki get an adaptation. |
| i liked the last episode but i was pretty upset because of you know what.. |
| Watched all 10 episodes between last night and today. Predictable ending imo, and the amount of fuckery in that war was certainly something. This series was certainly...something. With everyone dead it seems like one of those anime where sex and violence is what shaped the world as well as destroyed it; even for the demons. 2/10 for effort. |
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| Yuasa will be on reddit for real??? |
| This was a great ride so I'm giving it a 8/10 for enjoyment, but could have definitely done better in the plot,pacing, and character development. The animation was unique so I won't really fault all the bleh faces since it still worked with the action. A trippy predictable jumble of action, gore, and sex. Recommend you watch this with other people for full enjoyment because that's what I did and had a good laugh. Music was 10/10 (I didn't read more than 2 volumes of the original manga nor seen the Anime so I can't judge on faithfulness.) |
VyudaliJan 16, 2018 5:06 PM
| Very fast pacing in the end, but holy shit I loved it. 9/10 for me. |
| What an incredible ride. I'm not familiar with Nagai's manga so that probably makes it easier for me to have enjoyed this on its own terms. Love Yuasa's art and animation styles and i thought the fast pace and soundtrack really gave this a kinetic energy that is quite lacking in anime in 2018. Will recommend and watch again. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| Fuck, things just kept getting more and more extreme. Serious end of eva and berserk vibes, I'm not too sure I liked the pacing of this show. Somewhere between episode 7 and episode 8 things starting going way too fast and we lost some crucial explanations. I love this show so much though, the music was amazing, the characters felt real and the episodes had a lot of weight to them. I really wish things had slowed down a bit to fit in an extra two episodes. I've got to give it 9/10, it could have been a 10 and it was so close but I didn't feel like things were just right. So close though. |
| I've been here way too long... |
TheConquerer said: That's how I feel too. It was so close to a 10/10 but the last few episodes just weren't good enough for me. It could have been so much better if Satan explained everything before the climax rather than during it. Fuck, things just kept getting more and more extreme. Serious end of eva and berserk vibes, I'm not too sure I liked the pacing of this show. Somewhere between episode 7 and episode 8 things starting going way too fast and we lost some crucial explanations. I love this show so much though, the music was amazing, the characters felt real and the episodes had a lot of weight to them. I really wish things had slowed down a bit to fit in an extra two episodes. I've got to give it 9/10, it could have been a 10 and it was so close but I didn't feel like things were just right. So close though. |
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| Damn, he didn't defeat Ryo in the end. |
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ReaperEXE said: So, that after credits scene... It would appear that Satan and his demons lost to God an his Angels. Am I to assume that the charred planet is what remains of the 'old' Earth that was the battlefield, and there is a brand new Earth? It's probably not even a significant point, but I am a bit curious as to others thoughts. Having not read or previously had any exposure to the source material, the constant build of despair hit me hard. Just when I thought it would culminate with Miki's death, time goes on as humans are eradicated while Akira and Satan fight their war. I'm not really sure how I feel about the depiction of Akira's death. The way it was presented to the audience was powerful, but his death made me feel like everything was meaningless - which may have been the intent given the recurring theme of despair. What I did not like about this show is that often the plot seemed disjointed in that i may have missed key points, but that was just the way the information was presented. Overall, this was a great anime. A solid 8/10. I'm in the same boat and am very glad I got to watch such a classic that I had no clue about that as I understand, was adapted for our modern era. While having some likeable characters die and having some left standing may make people feel that individual death more impactfull,there's still that feeling of hope that some very valuable lessons were learned at a great cost, but things can still work out. That happens in a lot of stories we're fond of, where the main character(s) loose some of their friends,family,mentors,etc in order to learn a valuable,even if tragic, lesson. But here, it doesn't matter if Ryo/Satan learned a valuable lesson at the end, because it was simply too late given all the damage he's caused. Yea, all the hysteria is overblown but it nevertheless manages to drive it's point across. While the anime still baits us with that hope for a while with the kids & people hugging Akira & someone like Miki influencing people for the better in a crisis, it just wasn't enough. It's also interesting,sad but also somewhat hopeful just considering that if more people like her,Akira,Miki no2 & the rappers were around, things would've been completely different in the end. |
| 7/10. Beginning was cool and better than I had expected. (Pic in the database looked like it would be a "superhero" stuff with boring plot. And the manga was old. I guess the old adaption was worse because it was different from the manga.) (8/10 sometimes.) 2nd half it was even better ... nice atmosphere. 9/10 sometimes. But it felt like it was cut a bit (or the source plot was badly written) - especially with the "connections" between the episodes. Maybe a few episodes more would have been better. (-1 score) Then the end: Didn't like the last 1-2 episodes. A bit more normal with the humans surviving would have been better. That plot twist with Satan was just boring. (-1 or -2 ... final score 7/10) |
| I don't get it. Even then, I have too many questions on my mind. For example: 1. What was Akira doing in that island. 2. How are Devilmen even made? I mean the cat just... became one? I don't know 3. What was that second moon (?) at the end? Those are the things I can kind of understand but have some doubts about. There are also many factors that don't make any sense whatever way I put them. Is this the ending of the manga though? Because this may be one of the first "bizarre" endings in manga. That's quite nice Anyway besides the confusing (at least for me) plot, the music was top notch. The animation is nice (it's Yuasa, buuut it feels a little downgraded from his usual style, so to say). The characters are pretty great, heck, whenever I read the manga, if Akira is like this, he's going to my favorite character list without a doubt, the concept behind him is pretty neat and I like his overall execution as well, Yuasa did a good job with him. As an adaptation... I haven't read the manga, but I like the anime's modern aestethic and I believe that there aren't many factors that make me say that it "felt forced" or "felt like it didn't fit", I think this was one of the best decisions made here, I wouldn't have like the anime as much with an older 70esque aesthetic. Oh did I mention how edgy this show is? Really nice, many would probably think it felt like it was written by a witty teenager, but I adore it since it stays mature while the show tells us its aesop (so to say :p). Anyways, pretty neat, but not a masterpiece by any means. It may be a fantastic adaptation (not really sure because, again, I haven't read the original manga) but the source may have some problems that were adapted as well. 7/10 |
| Around the gif~ "It's a big mistake to think you're the only one who can turn into a car" - Shiori Takatsuki |
| Not too sure how I should feel about this ending tbh.Didn't really live up to the build up for me,it was quite sad nonetheless. All in all this show was pretty great,visuals and sound were stunning, characer were fleshed out,liked the humans and demons theme. A few more episodes may have been better,but whatever. Solid 8/10 |
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| The final episode delivered with its fight between Akira and Ryo, even though it all just abruptly stopped with Akira dying and the world being destroyed by God after Satan finally understood that having a friend die kinda sucks. (production hiccups: They kept placing Miki's earring at her right side, when it should have been her left. After Akira takes off the earring and the next scene shows her face in the grave, you can still see her with the earring.) For the series itself, the visuals worked well within this series. I felt like it was a bit of a balance between Yuasa's original designs and the more conventional look you'd normally expect. The soundtrack did a great job at hyping scenes up with strong electronic beats and drops during fights and enhancing emotional moments with a more orchestral approach. It even had some rapping going on at times! For some constructive criticism, it did felt like this series could have been improved quite some with just 3 to 5 extra episodes to give more depth to characters and a few events. Silene was a pretty major 'boss fight' from what I understand, but she came and went within a single episode, much like Akira's parents did. Ryo started off interesting, but after episode 6 his attitude really changed dramatically. I wish there would have been a bit more subtlety in that switch. Akira also seemed like a completely oblivious guy that just ate up anything that Ryo told him and only during the track event when shit started to go down he began to doubt his motives, and by then it was already too late. I wish Akira was portrayed as a little bit more independent and frankly, more intelligent. He often just let his emotions get the better of him near the end instead of thinking things though. He has a few of those moments throughout the series. A good example of this was the part where he leaves Miki's house after he's been uncovered, only to try interfere a random torture scene of humans (as if those weren't going on everywhere!) and just stands there for a good portion of the episode to talk about how sad it is, crying and then eventually hugging the converted people. Quickly afterwards, he gets attacked by demon minions, defeats Xenon and then... 'oh, Miki is in trouble! I'm on my way back!' Now, wasn't that kind of useless? I know the director wanted to drive home how Akira works as a demon with a human heart and has empathy for others and such, but in a situation where things aren't looking good for you, your friends and Ryo just fucked you over, you'd think he would know his priorities. He did say he'd out to meet Ryo, but got distracted after that apparently. But besides that, some unfortunate lack of character development here and there, and a slightly rushed story at times, I still believe that the director did a fine job with the 10 episodes he had to work with. Even though the contrast between the two halves of the series were pretty strong, it was certainly interesting to watch a normal world suddenly get turned into such an apocalyptic mess out of fear, and how it kind of blurred the lines between humans and demons as a result. Alas, at the end everyone dies and the world ends with no winners, which honestly was quite a bleak ending. 8/10 md2222 said: Was kind of irritated at times because some scenes were too dark, not dark in the sense of violence and all, but it was so freaking dark that I had a hard time seeing what was on the screen and had to strain my eyes and focus. This too. |
Nuky93Jan 20, 2018 6:49 PM
| man... i really didnt want to see akira dead. that half body scene broke my heart :c and that ghetto group of boiz (rip also), lol i liked their rap songs. it was good series, overall 8/10 from me. |
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| 8/10 I HATED the ending it was bullshit and stupid but as someone who never read the manga it's probably the same? Anyhow the show was still great |
| This would've been a masterpiece for me if hadn't had a problem with the the devilmans durability 9/10 |
| damn no one won at the end there everyone lost |
| Satan has boobs? What? |
~my listLimabean01 said: 1. What was the significance of the baton scene, where it was miko>Miki>Akira trying to pass it to Ryo? It was repeated many times but I have no idea what it meant. 2. After Akira was killed, I gathered that was that heaven/hell at the table. But why did everyone first laugh and be happy, then they turned black and their heads rolled off?? It was a really cool scene in terms of animation but I again Fail to recognise what it means. 1. Miko loves Miki who loves Akira who loves Ryo (Not necessarily romantic). Love aside, it was also about passing their feelings (empathy etc) to one another. Ryo doesn't pick up the baton at first because he doesn't understand human love and empathy. He only finally gets it when Akira dies and the whole world goes to shit. 2. Akira just lost everyone who was dear to him. |
Damaera said: I'm kind of confused about a few things: 1. How did the little kid and Akira's dad end up becoming demons? I thought people were only able to become demons in the Sabbath parties or if Ryo turned them into a demon. 2. What was up with the betrayal in that friend group? Why did they end up turning against the other two when they were seemingly "okay" with everything? 3. I didn't really understand the whole return to the Sabbath part, was it really covered up by the demons (Jenny?)? If it wasn't a cover up, how did Akira become Amon? 4. Were there any surviving humans, assuming they all didn't die in the war? It sounded like the blasts on Earth were to only work on demons, not the humans. 1. There are two instances for Taro that probably led him to becoming one. The first one is when he was looking at porn on the computer, second is when he thought drugs are cool. I think those uncontrollable urges are what led to a demon possessing him. Furthermore, I'm not actually sure he even became a demon, given he was crying when his dad found him eating his mom, so I think he actually became a devilman and retained his consciousness but couldn't really control his powers to the fullest like Akira. As for Akira's dad, from what I know of the manga, anyone can become a demon if a demon tries to possess. A strong mind will help you fight against the possession. Ryo just ordered Amon to possess Akira but for the rest, he just attracted them with blood. 2. Hie noticed that Miko carried Kukun's glasses in her bag, so he thought he killed her which was indeed possible (or Kukun died during the frenzy at the party they were in). Babo just got caught in the mob mentality. If you can't fight them, join them. You can easily see that he wasn't in the right of state of mind in his eyes when he stabbed Gabi in the chest. 3. It was a indeed a setup. In the manga, Ryo is the one who gets the whole party going in his basement so it's not far-fetched to think that it could be Jenny as you said. 4. It's not said in the anime, but in the manga, 20 years have passed since and humanity is completely gone at that point. Only Devilmen and Satan's forces remained. |
m-i-c-h-a-e-l said: Satan has boobs? What? Satan is a hermaphrodite. the anime left out that information and didn't include it during the reveal of Satan, for some reason. |
| This completely surpassed my expectations. 9/10 |
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