Audience reviews
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Plk_Lesiak
"The first clue I've had that something was wrong was when I found our dog decapitated".
This OVA, in dub version, might be genuinely the most unhinged thing I've seen, despite my pretty wide experience with weird & trashy Japanese media. Tonally it's such an inconceivable mess that it's hard to believe it was done by human beings. The opening sequence of grotesque demon massacre set to gentle ambient music already sets the tone, and everything that happens afterwards just adds to the lunacy. The bad dub makes it the inherent insanity of the story even funnier,, making it a sublime unintentional comedy.
For an 80s OVA, it's also pretty good-looking and consistently animated. Also a huge positive is that it adapts the creatively grotesque designs of the demons from the original manga ver…
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🔻مراجعة اوفا ديفل مان الأولى 🔻
(devilman : the birth)
ديفل مان واحد من الأعمال اليابانية العريقة و المؤثرة على الصناعة لمؤلفه غو ناغاي مؤلف جريندايزر و مازينجر و عدة أعمال أخرى ، و تتحدث هذه الأوفا عن الصراع بين البشر و الشياطين و كيف ان الطريقة الوحيدة لمواجهة الشياطين هي أن تصبح شيطان لأن البشر مهما بلغ تطور اسلحتهم لن تصبح نداً للشياطين كما وضح ريو لأكيرا في حوار دار بينهما . شخصياً هذا اول عمل متعلق بالديفل مان لكن لدي بعض المعلومات عن السلسلة و تم حرق بعض الأشياء عليّ
🔴 التقديم
تبدأ الأوفا بمشهد يعرض قتال بين الشياطين و يبدو أنه في زمن قديم ، و هذا القتال يريك منذ البداية كمية وحشية الشياطين حتى بين بعضها البعض . اما الشخصيات فرأينا مشهد يظهر فيه البطل اكيرا فودو و هو يجد ارانبه التي يعتني بها قد قتلت الا واحد كان في حالة رعب و طريقة ضمه الى صدره و امساكه بالأرنب تعكس شخصيته الل…
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If you are interested in watching Devilman this is the best route if you don't like reading. I say this because this is easiest the best Go Nagai adaptation without deviating or doing seemingly weird changes which Devilman anime suffered the most from. It changes some things to be more 80's and it pretty much works. The only thing common in Devilman adaptation is that the soundtrack kicks ASS! The OST featured in this anime is very great and fits the Devilman story well. The shot composition and animations are on point, giving you the best Devilman experience other then the legendary manga.
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This is the volume of Devilman that sparked an on-going obsession with the franchise! This brutal, beautiful, and utterly phantasmal addition to the continuity is a wild ride from start to finish! It's a great way to introduce Go Nagai's most famous narrative, and to this day, Umanosuke Iida outshines many modern, sakuga directors with his wash of color and experimentation! If you have the stomach for violence and gore, "The Birth" is a must-see for any anime fan!
⚠️ This review of Devilman: Tanjō Hen will contain spoilers ⚠️
—Story/Characters
This anime starts off in the realm of the ethereal, showing groves of gossamer fairies in the wake of the prehistoric era! And then that plot device, gets shown later, when the blithely naïve Akira Fudō gets chided into putting on an ancient relic…
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Honesty this movie(dub that is) is ironically one of the funniest things ive seen. Just the line delivery is so over the top that it carries the movie. The pacing is actually pretty decent tho but that probably due to short running time. A lot of things bugged me tho like how the music never fit any of the scenes. I had a hard time telling if a scene was supposed to be scary, badass, funny, or sad because all the music cant empahaise anything and when it can the voice acting ruined it. The characters were kinda forgettable and the story was really basic. There wasent a lot here but damn this movie is entertaining for all the wrong reasons.
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Devilman: The Birth is the first of 3 80's/90's OVA's that adapt roughly the same material as Netflix's terrible Devilman Crybaby. This OVA is somehow both worse and better than Crybaby at the same time, and I'll explain how. First of all the artwork/animation is actually quite good. Despite being made in the late 80's the anime still looks good today because the character designs are very detailed, unlike the 2018 Crybaby. Unfortunately, BECAUSE the art is more detailed, when something very violent/gory happens it makes you sick to your stomach, more so than Crybaby made you feel with its lack of detail in the art. I also need to mention how much animal violence is in this anime: several cute bunnies are mutilated by school bullies and Ryo's poor dog is brutally beheaded by his mad father…
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So, you've probably seen Crybaby if you found out about this. The big question is "How's the OVA's?" The answer? "Eh?"
This OVA takes basically the first part of the manga where our wimpy hero becomes the hero that Japan deserves, Devilman, and drags it out ad nauseum. Crybaby had the right idea condensing the part this OVA adapts to a single 20 minute episode, because its littered with boring exposition and flashbacks that you are likely to skip. Despite the lengthy runtime, we don't get a whole lot of development from our main characters, much less side characters like Miki, who were absolutely spoiled in the Crybaby adaptation
However, the presentation is actually pretty good. Action scenes are smooth and have surprisingly good impact and it still looks really good despite being from…
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For any fan of the recent Anime Devilman Crybaby and wondered if you should give this OVA a try, this review is for you. At this point, you’ve probably seen a couple “Devilman dub is gold” or “Devilman dub is a treasure.” The sheer quirkiness of some of the dialogue has made these videos become incredibly popular. After it being brought to your attention, you might wonder is Devilman: Tanjou-hen worth watching?
Story (5/10)
The story of Devilman: Tanjou-hen (also known as Devilman: The Birth) is much the same of the devilman you already know. Akira, young weak boy meets up with his good friend Ryo. Ryo tells him about the existence of devils, turns him into devilman. We all know this basic plot, it’s the premise of Devilman Crybaby, but it’s the summary of Devilman: Tanjou-hen. In Crybab…
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If you are a tad bit cracked in the head and you are a fervent Go Nagai fan like me, this film may be the most faithful interpretation of his work that you will ever see. While the film adds and subtracts
a tad bit of scenes, it is as if many of the panels and dialogue from the first volume of Devilman are literally animated onto the screen. The animation is a little wonky at times but is overall, very good for 1987. And true to Go "My Father Died" Nagai's work the film is sort of awkward and the dialogue is down right bizarre at times. However, it still manages to create that depraved, trippy, unnatural atmosphere that colorizes Nagai's horror manga.
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In my opinion the anime was magnificent. (9/10)
Story:
Without spoiling i can tell you that the plot is very interesting.Its plot is something similar to Berserk's eclipse but in a good way for the main characters. Undoubtedly if you don't like the gore genre its not for you.
There is a bit of romance which continues in the other ovas.
Art/Sound:
It was published more than 30 years ago so the art/sound isn't that good but for its time it was normal.
While watching it you will feel like you are in the 80-s or you are watching Michael Jackson's music video.
Character
There is big character development in this ova and continuous in the other 2 ovas.
Enjoyment:
If you are fan of manly animes that's probably for you.
Furthermore if you are having a bad day it will surely make it better.
Overa…
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Back when the original TV series was airing, there wasn't any real adaptation of Devilman. Sure the original TV series existed, but it went on a different path than the manga. However in 1987, we finally saw an OVA that promised us to follow more closely to the manga.
Was it any good? Well, it depends on how you watch it. If you watch it with knowing what Devilman is about, then you have an interesting and entertaining adaptation. But if you watch it as an introduction to Devilman, it might just be an introduction and nothing that special.
Unlike Fist of the North Star the movie and Macross: Do you remember Love which not only introduces itself but also retold the story, Devilman directly following what was shown in the first chapters with no real finally. Then again, those two where m…
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First it takes place in the modern world, then it takes you to the forest. Ryo brings news the demons are awakening. Fudou Akira is your terrified guy. Ryo is obsessed with something grand. He takes Akira to the forest. The timing of the demons were terrific though. It's a well-balanced mix of horror and demons. Underpopular, but not worth much.
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I noticed there are a lot of Devilman reviews that don't get a passing grade. So I'm going to attempt to be the one that break past the marks.
Devilman is similar to other anime. There is one driving plot and characters have common traits, but Devilman has a special predicament that makes it irresistible. It has the scary demon theme, the insertion and deletion of fear, the cold hard sweat of anticipation and excitement. There are demons planning to take over the world. One man's normal life is shattered and there is no return. After pushed by his friend, he has to accept the job as Devilman. It is a dangerous ritual right at the demons' lair. He who fights the demons for eternity, slipped into darkness, protecting the world from destruction, this is Devilman. You'll find it very enjoyabl…
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well....i´ll guess it was COMPLETLY my mistake that i took this anime quite ´lightly´ back in 1999,as a 13 year old to find this kind of anime in a bargain bin on vhs and at first it din´t look that scared, till i watched it afterwards, in those days it was like `anime´s forbidden fruit´ to younger kids .
The ´anime master of horror´ Go Nagai ( with respect ofc)
seemed already made a t.v series of devilman in the 1970´s and a movie called Devilman v.s Mazinger Z wich both i never saw aired and over the decades made short horrorstorie´s or ova´s like Violence Jack that was some sort of culthits among older animefans like this one . The story itself to me was quite interesting ( although the 1st 5 min or so with the demonic slaughter intro made me a bit wondering), it was´nt too complex luck…
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STORY:
Pretty good origin of the character. Though it can seem a little long-winded and you can't help but feel that there should be a little more of Devilman himself in it.
ART:
Gory as hell...if you like that sort of thing. I personally do, but it may not be to everybody's taste.
SOUND: What you'd really expect for it's time. You'll either love or hate Devilman's voice.
CHARACTER:
Some depth there. Main character's human form and his love interest pretty typical for the genre in it's time.
ENJOYMENT:
Loved it. Love the backstory. The concept. The Protaganist. Everything. Started to get a little impatient from waiting to see the 'hero' in action though.....but when I did I enjoyed it.....though I will admit the action didn't last as long as I would've wanted it to.....considering…
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I'v heard a lot about the devilman title over the years,some good ,some bad needless to say after this ova ill be watching a lot more of it in the future.
Akira is your typical high school teen,one day after recieving a beating from thugs he gets an unexpected visit from his old friend Ryo who seems visibly on edge and insist that akira comes with him . Ryu tell akira about how his father commited suicide when he was driven to madness due to a strange demonic artifact and his research into the demonic realm.
Akira then learns about the demons past and how they intend to take over the world once again and that the only way to fight a demon is with a merger of human and demon in order to acquire the demons powers.Ryo tells akira that for a demon to posses a human without the human being ta…
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This is one of the first animes i ever saw and considering it’s themes it’s clear to me now that when I began my anime journey this anime in particular probably had a profound effect on my young mind for both good and bad reasons.
Storyline
Akira Fudou is your typical kind hearted high school student. He looks after cute little bunny rabbits while at school and has a nice girl friend (not dating) that he lives with since his parents are away on an excavation in the South Pole.
One day while walking home from school Ryo, an old friend from Akira’s childhood turns up out of the blue and demands that Akira follow him as he has something very important to discuss with him.
After Akira agrees to hear him out Ryo starts to explain the horrifying details of what had recently become of his fat…
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Its a very dark and weird anime. This is the first one of the movies. Its where you see how he becomes devilman. Its not really that good of an anime but its ok to watch if your a little bored. You should have watched this one before seeing the next two movies because you see how hw gets to know his girlfriend. Defintely see this one if you want to see the sequels which have some good action scenes and a ok story;)
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