Audience reviews
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TinyTony404
The Devil May Cry anime does a great job representing what makes DMC special. Dante, Lady and Trish all feel like accurate versions of their game counterparts, and it’s great seeing their personalities come through outside of just the action.
One thing I really liked is that the anime shows what Dante does during his day-to-day life. The games usually focus on the big missions and fights, but this gives you a better look at what his normal life is like when he isn't fighting demons.
The new characters introduced in the anime are also surprisingly good. They don't feel forced into the story and actually fit naturally into the world of Devil May Cry. It's also cool that some of these characters were brought back in Devil May Cry 5.
Overall, the 2007 Devil May Cry anime is a great addition…
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This just feels cheaply made, every combat scenario is cut around as much as possible, which is super disappointing because I loved the action in the games.
Almost every episode is self contained, and this causes problems with rushed pacing as well as each episode not really mattering in the overall DMC lore. There are some good ideas, but I think it was lacking in execution every step of the way.
The only part of the show I really liked was Reuben Langdon as Dante in the English dub, he killed it like he always does and signle handedly elevates this show in my opinion.
I would recommend avoiding this, even if you are a fan of the games like me.
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The eps are basically 12 different stories in which the only connection between them is Patty's plot. There are stories that you expect something more intense but that's all she really offers and there are very good stories like 3, 5, 6 for me is the best ep and 4 is a criticism if you pay attention, I would have liked to have seen a little more of the development of Lady and Trish, the animation is satisfactory with a mistake here and there but it doesn't get in the way and in fact they go unnoticed to those who are not used to seeing it, recommended for those who enjoy savagery and gore.
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I've been meaning to watch this anime for a couple of decades almost at this point and the Netflix animated series inspired me to finally get around to watching it. I was not disappointed. I think most of the anime held up well over the years. I also liked the nostalgia for a 00's Madhouse production. That said, while I appreciated the focus on the characters and the episodic nature of the first about three quarters of the series, I do kind of wish they'd gotten to explore what happened in the final quarter of the story I wanted to see more of it and explore the emotions invested in it. That's kind of a weakness of a lot of anime from that time period though. It's why I knew things would take off once I got to episode 9.
If you like Madhouse anime and anime from the mid 2000's then you'l…
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Devil May Cry or will I cry?
Jokes aside, this version of Devil May Cry is somewhat monotonous. For me, who knows little about the story of the Devil May Cry game (I only played Devil May Cry 5 for Playstation 2), it is somewhat boring to watch this anime. The demons and their battles against Dante are "fun" to watch, but that's it. There is no scene that is memorable enough to stay in someone's head for a long time. The only part that is actually interesting is the character designs, especially Dante's. The visuals themselves are wonderful, faithful to the game and well detailed. About the story...well, that's it, there's nothing that gives any signs of continuity, you could watch a separate episode and it wouldn't be out of the story at all because the story of this version has a beginn…
Read at the sourceMyNameIsMike
I’ve recently gotten into the Devil May Cry games so I wanted to check out this anime since it adds more to the lore and is canonical. While I think it has some merit, I was left somewhat disappointed.
On paper, I really do love the concept of this series. An episodic series of missions Dante goes on hunting demons and exploring Dante’s story between DMC 1 and DMC 2 as well as adding more lore to the series. I was kinda hoping it’d be like a Clone Wars for DMC. This series generally scratches the surface of it but doesn’t consistently make the most of the concept. The series doesn’t really mention the events of the previous games and how they’re weighing on him. As a fan, I can fill in the gaps no problem but I find it hard for a casual fan or a newcomer to understand Dante’s character an…
Read at the sourceEmberDash
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 fleshe…
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I always heard this was bad and I even tapped out ages ago after a couple episodes calling it "boring".
But now I appreciate it. A tight 12 episodes, mostly episodic but with an overarcing plot that manages to tie in with the one-offs nicely.
The animation is your typical mid-2000s Madhouse production - good - and I even spotted a little studio called ORANGE in the credits for CGI assistance - a few clunky moments of odd/bad blending or obvious repeated models aside, that is.
The writing staff, headed by veteran tokusatsu screenwriter Toshiki Inoue, has a couple other veterans of stuff like Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex, but also Bingo Morihashi who wrote DMC 3-5, Bayonetta 2, Dragon's Dogma, and portions of the first Blazblue game. There's some fun one-offs li…
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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 ga…
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Thsi review is coming from someone who is a big fan of the Devil May Cry games (and the whole franchise in general), so I'm biased.
I know a lot of people didn't like this series, but I personally loved it!
If you're looking for an anime full of the games lore, you will be disappointed. If you loved the characters from the games and just wanted to see them more, you're in the right place!
Some people complain about this series being too "slice-of-life", while I don't agree, I also don't mind slice-of-life at all, so it might bother people who hate the genre more.
Read at the sourceDisapeared_Ghost
This is the anime adaptation of the video game series Devil May Cry.
It takes place between the events of the first game and the fourth game and it is part of the original series of the game and not part of the reboot DMC timeline as well.
The voice actor for the original video games and not the reboot Reuben Langdon returns to play as Dante once again and he does an excellent job voicing him. And the voice acting for the other characters like Trish and Lady do sound a lot like the original voice actors in the video games. The voice acting for demons as well sounds threatening and scary.
I’ll start off with the story. It uses an overarching story that forms up to one big event in the later episodes of the series. Much of the earlier episodes of show it takes place in a self-contained…
Read at the sourceLargefriesX
Dante go brrrr, gun go boom, sword go swoosh, motorcycle go vrrooom. All jokes aside, great for mindless action without a coherent story with pretty decent animation. The sound track is also pretty sick. The art style is actually good, Dante looks like how I expected him to look in anime form and the other characters have okay character design too. This anime mostly consists of Dante(the main character) just flexing on everyone and being as flashy as possible, which was pretty fun.If you are looking for a story with deep characters and a meaningful plot, this is not for you but if you wanna turn off your brain for a couple hours, then I recommend this.
Read at the sourceDarkshark7000
Yeah so pretty much how I feel about this show is that it's overall pretty badly made or just doesn't go into enough for me to really call this good, however, I do love me some devil may cry and whenever I see funny Dante on screen I go "Ahh its Dante from a video game I like". So that makes me like this show more than it probably deserves.
For the story, I feel it's just alright. Like I wouldn't say the story is necessarily good which tbh disappoints me but I guess what else can you expect from a video game anime, but yeah the story is just kinda meh not bad necessarily but not really good either.
The art is fine, but it really could be better. I do feel like the games have a really cool look to them and I wish the anime had that look as well, but the art is just kinda meh.
The sound i…
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this review is very spoiler friendly. This anime is base on a game series by the name devil may cry.It's even canon to the games and it's after dmc 1 and before dmc 2 and do i recommed this anime?? well yes and no you don't need to play the games to play the games but to fully understand it yes you need to play it to understand why some characters act like the way they are.Devil may cry is story telling action mystery anime and the main characters are dante who's the main foces on this anime.Other secondly MCs are lady and trish while they aren't the main forces of the story they do have their own eps which is ep 4 and moments of the story.It forces on the life and on these 3 characters and what they have to do for demon hunting and moneu .One of the most importants about the anime is that…
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Okay I will start simply
So if you are here for only the story you could watchlast 3 episodes 3 episodes that are characters introduction for those last 3 episodes but you could watch only last 3 episodes but in my opinion first episode is to must watch.
Everyone is hating because there was 0 story in other 9 episodes beside last 3.
But I enjoyed watching it so if you have time you could watch this anime its not so good even from madhouse studio but it still was worth it.
This anime wasn't nor bad nor good it was mediocre I liked it because I had fun watching it but they could have made the story more linear than random.
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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 stil…
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Devil May Cry
I have no knowledge of the game series or any other diverse information regarding the DMC franchise. Accordingly, I can only rate this anime without any insider knowledge.
This title starts out pretty incoherently. The protagonist named Dante accepts an assignment and has to fight his way through demons for several episodes. And then he takes the next one and so on. On the way to the goal, there are more and more demons, there is shooting, there is blood, and then comes the finale and ... big demons and even more blood and action.
Maybe there is some comedy in the middle and one or the other noteworthy conversation. For the most part, however, this remains very sluggish and meaningless work. As a game, this would certainly be more than enough, provided the gameplay is…
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English Version:
A Different Perspective On Dante.
The Anime of Devil May Cry gains value by showing a different point of view of the life of our favorite demon hunter, since the first game we have in view a completely badass character, who does not care about much besides a good fight and make jokes of his opponents. Of course, in specific parts of his journey we have exciting and even sad moments, such as when he thinks he let Trish die, as if he had failed his mother again, moments where he talks to his brother or his childhood, leading the character even to cry (hence the name of the franchise is obvious), but overall what we have is a buck , stylish and a joke.
Already here we have a tired Dante, sad with his life, the anime in chronological terms takes place right after "Devil May…
Read at the sourceKhaRekkless
Don't expect an anime with strong story or really cool fights. Although I'm writing this late, I watched back in 2010 for the same reason 95% did, to watch Dante being cool. That's what you get, Dante being cool in different scenarios with the story having a tinie tiny slice of meaning from 9-12. Certainly something that you can enjoy if you are here after playing the games.
You are getting a not by the game experience of a loved game character in his iconic Devil May Cry office/ house. He kills demons as you'd expect and he ends up saving the day like the cool guy he is.
TLDR: Story meh
Fights guess alright
Characters Cool
Art YESSIR
Sound Very good
Enjoyment a lot if you don't get your hopes really high
Overall a top of the barrel 7/10
Read at the sourceNeo426
From what others have said about this anime, I can see where they're coming from but as a fan who invested in this series for a while at this time, I would beg to differ. The story takes place between the first and second tittle of the series which may explain Dante's somber attitude and personality but retains his wacky and carefree characteristics he's known for to a degree. Games with gameplay focus and lack luster plot and characters tend to do poor integrating into other forms of media such as anime and film but Devil May Cry did depict Dante well in a way at least.
The art is a mixed bag for me since it was made by studio Madhouse and they made famous animes like One punch man and Highschool of the dead but they do leave it cliffhanging and to be fair, this was made in the 2000's s…
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