Devil May Cry

Patty Lowell—the lost heir of a prestigious family—is found at an orphanage, and J.D. Morrison brings her to his acquaintance Dante, the owner of a business called "Devil May Cry." Dante takes on so-called "odd jobs," and at Morrison's request, he agrees to become a bodyguard for Patty. Begrudgingly, he sets out to deliver Patty to her family, though he is a bit annoyed with a job that essentially amounts to babysitting.

While Dante seems like a lazy good-for-nothing, he is actually a prolific demon hunter, which comes in handy when demons begin pursuing Patty. Soon enough, Dante realizes that there is more to this case than meets the eye, and he makes use of his particular skill set in order to keep Patty safe.

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Dante Main

Morikawa, Toshiyuki Japanese

Lowell, Patty Main

Fukuen, Misato Japanese

Lady Supporting

Orikasa, Fumiko Japanese

Trish Supporting

Tanaka, Atsuko Japanese

Sparda Supporting

Moduce Supporting

Miki, Shinichiro Japanese

Morrison, J.D. Supporting

Ootsuka, Akio Japanese

Brad Supporting

Nojima, Hirofumi Japanese

Barl Supporting

Nakata, Jouji Japanese

Marcus, Lynn Supporting

Yuzuki, Ryouka Japanese

Satomi, Tetsurou Producer

Katagiri, Daisuke Producer

Ibira, Takaya Producer

Itagaki, Shin Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation

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Oct 5, 2024

GameSmashDash

Recommended

Personal bias aside; it's a show that's not really going anywhere for a few episodes. The show is nowhere close to the games. If you can look past those two things, you'll enjoy this as it's own thing.

The show's themes mostly tackle humanity and what makes someone human. Don't worry there is plenty of actions and fighting. An annoying young girl that sounds like Amy Rose kind of kills it. However the other characters are decent and with how they play off of each other.

It's dark and a bit edgy and the art style fits the tone along with the story. Minor world building elements ... but not much else in that regard.

The drama is okay with how people react to Dante, not much explored with the other characters and doesn't really do much in that regard.

The side characters feel somewhat fleshed out with their own lives going on and don't bog down the story. The goals and motivations of the side characters and or antagonist of the story tie perfectly within the story.

The story is... well it's there; not really focused on nor explored, more effort is put into the side quest if anything than the main overarching plot. The over arching villain is underwhelming to say the very least, the villain does tie into the themes but even then it's, "eh".

It's more recommended for those who don't care for the main story and more focused on the side events of the story and characters.

If you're wanting to watch something with strong writing and a strong focus on the plot then um... stay away from this.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Apr 23, 2023

obiwancc

Mixed Feelings

This is a bit of an odd show for me to talk about. On the one hand, looking at it critically is pretty difficult. It's based on a game series that I really like, and they really do the games justice, and trying to look at it critically makes me feel like I'm nitpicking issues that didn't really impact my enjoyment at the end of it all. However, I do want to be somewhat fair with it, so I'll give them two ratings: one as a fan of the games, and one just looking at it as is.

As a fan of the games, the show ... does just about everything that I could've hoped for. If all you're looking for is a show that represents what the games are all about while also getting a new story, this does the job pretty well. I am honestly surprised that this show isn't brought up more when it comes to good video game adaptations, at least when talking about representing the source material in a good way. There's a few things that I feel like they could've improved on when making the show, like sometimes I feel like Dante's a bit too much of an asshole at times, but they're pretty nit-picky, and it's not really a distracting issue, just something I feel like fans would pick up on. I really can't say much more about it from the perspective of a fan, so I suppose it's time to talk about specific things about the show.

Before I get to the thing that some people might have an issue with, I actually want to praise a couple of things before I get to that. First: the animation. It's pretty damn good looking, which is pretty common for shows made by Studio Madhouse. The show was made just around the time when digital animation started to look really good in TV shows, and it looks really good, especially for the time. It's all mainly hand drawn, but mixes some CGI in there, but only for very specific moments when you'd probably not even notice the CGI. It also just looks good stylistically. The day time/bright scenes look decent, albeit kinda standard, but the show looks especially good in the night/dark. I could go into way more detail, but there's a lot of layers to making stuff look good in different lightings, so... I dunno, watch a YouTube video explaining it.

The other thing I want to talk about is the music. The music in this show is pretty damn awesome. Some of the tracks feel like your typical anime tracks, nothing good, nothing bad, but the tracks they play in fight scenes are pretty friggin' rad, especially near the end. The track "Evil Spirit" in particular really sticks out as a really good track. The opening theme and ending are pretty damn good too. I don't really have much else to say about the music, it's just really good, and I wish it was available regularly.

Now, for the one issue I feel like a lot of people might have. If you aren't a fan of the games, then I can't really see this doing that much for you. I mean, on its own, it's decent, but nothing too special. The characters feel like standard anime characters, the story is pretty standard, it would most likely just feel standard if you aren't really familiar with the source material. It's fine, but having knowledge of the games makes it way more enjoyable.

So, as a fan of the games, it's like an 8/10. Very much a must watch if you like the Devil May Cry series. Looking at it without knowing the games, it's like a 5 or 6/10.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Aug 7, 2021

nameless_bastard

Not Recommended

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

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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