Beginning with the art, it looks old and I don't mean that in a positive way. It looks a lot older than an anime from 2000 should look, I honestly had to double-check the release date. It’s not done in a ‘retro’ style either, the overall design just looks outdated. Well, it is true that the other two Devilman OVA’s are quite old, so what about the action scenes? Those were great in the first two entries after all. Compared with those, the animation in this one is lacking to say the least. I had to wonder if there were some budgetary problems in the production of this OVA because the action scenes either fade to black early or are cut unusually short. Many close ups and such are clearly a loop repeated over several times or just a static shot. There's a scene near the end where Devilman is punching Amon (the main villain) over and over and to make it look like Devilman is causing more damage they just repeat the same 3 shots over and over while gradually speeding the footage up. It looked ridiculous, so ridiculous to the point that I almost started laughing.
How about the plot? Not much to talk about because there’s barely one here. The basic premise is that people think demons are taking over society and are whipped into a frenzy once Ryou shows footage of Akira transforming into Devilman and killing some demons. How he manages to get footage that has 50 different camera angles and looks like it was shot by John Woo is beyond me. Anyway, as a result Devilman’s love interest gets killed and a new group of demons including the big bad ‘Amon’ appear. Amon takes over Devilman’s body as he’s essentially his evil alter-ego. None of these new characters are introduced to us properly, and I didn’t care about any of them. I mean, how could I? I’m not told anything about where they came from and the reason for them being there in the first place (e.g. their relationship to Devilman) is barely explained.
The music and sound effects are fine I guess and gore fans might enjoy this as there’s PLENTY of that. Everyone else, including Devilman fans, can skip this one without any worries. It’s not worth your time. A disappointing end to a series that started with a lot of promise.
