How is it? It's ok. Don't get me wrong, you DON'T want this to be your introduction into the Devilman universe, it's far too vague, confusing for that. You've got plenty of alternative adaptations to choose from if what you seek is well handled story telling of the source materials and what not.
"Wait so hold on you say it's ok yet you gave it a rating of 8??? Whaaa" Yup.
I got everything I could have hoped for. The disgust from other viewers and their grotesque descriptions lived up and perhaps exceeded my expectations. This is a bleak, apocalyptic feeling, bloody(buckets of gore) slaughterfest!
Hell... I think this might be ONE of the most metal animes I have seen period. Not only is it gory and ultra violent but you got a heavy metal/hard rock score to accompany the ludicrous action scenes. Also, ...stakes... woooow, stakes in my animu? Noice. *pop*
People die, you know the drill...
And I can totally understand why this wasn't going to win any anime of the year awards. At least if we're fixated on the story portion of this piece of glorious media.... It's piss poor. Character development, depth and the handling of topics, null. Appalling.
Thank flying spaghetti monster I was never invested in the story of this property to begin with. Really dodged a bullet there huh.
8 out of 10 everything else. (Btw, I am totally not bias because this didn't have obnoxious perversion every 5 minutes unlike *cough* crybaby *cough*)
Story and characters: 0 out of 10
