Introduction
Millennium Research Institute, a counseling office where bizarre requests come in. The head of the research institute, Ichirou Umoregi, also known as "Akuma-kun," a genius boy who only appears once in 10,000 years. However, he doesn't know his real family. So Akuma-kun, along with his partner Mephisto III, pursue the mystery of his origin while challenging mysterious cases in this mysterious detective buddy story.
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Audience reviews
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anotherburnedfox
Entré a esta obra sabiendo que es una precuela, y aunque no conocía prácticamente nada de la franquicia original, se puede seguir perfectamente. La serie se centra en un dúo de personajes muy al estilo Sherlock Holmes, que se dedican a resolver misterios de índole paranormal, enfrentando demonios y fenómenos sobrenaturales. Su narrativa es semi episódica, con pequeños avances en la continuidad que conectan los distintos casos.
En el lado positivo, la serie tiene un estilo visual particular, que me recordó ligeramente a algunos personajes de Shigeru Mizuki. Los escenarios crudos y la forma en que se representan los demonios aportan personalidad y hacen que, al menos visualmente, destaque de otros animes de misterio sobrenatural moderno. La mezcla de horror ligero y aventuras sobrenaturales…
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Hmm, I think it was decent. I think it was a nice decent filler show that you watch between bigger shows. Or just a little bite sized nibble to wean you back into anime if you’ve been gone for a while. I enjoyed it, but I couldn’t help but feel as though I’d enjoy it more if I watched the 1990s version before it. You don’t HAVE to watch its predecessor, but the original had 42 episodes whereas this series only has 12. I can’t help but feel as though there’s a lot of useful backstory, specifically with the previous Akuma-kun. Imagine watching Boruto without watching Naruto, you know? Sure, they can include vague and cryptic allusions to the past, but you’d have to see and feel, you’d have to BE there, in order to get why certain things are so important and meaningful.
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Welcome To Demon Hunting, Akuma-kun.
Akuma-kun 2023 is a middle-shelf Netflix anime. Not excellent but not a stinker. In fact, it's pretty good. I’ve never watched the 1989 anime but this sequel does an excellent job of introducing new viewers to the world and story without it feeling alienating.
In a world where demons lurk and make contracts with humans, it's up to the new Akuma-kun, a title handed down by those chosen by the Flute of Salomon to fight against demonic forces with the help of his trusty demon companion Mephisto III… which is easier said than done when Mephisto III is a weaker, half-breed demon and Ichirou, the new Akuma-kun, is an emotionally stunted genius whose cold and calculated attitude and approach to people, demons and the cases brought before him rub people the w…
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Akuma-Kun (2023) is one of the four new projects announced in 2021 to celebrate Shigeru Mizuki’s 100th birthday. To the uninitiated, Mizuki is an incredibly influential figure in Japanese pop culture. Being a Youkai researcher, his interests in the world of folktales and how they affect the society they encompass influence the works he writes. His most popular work is Gegege no Kitarou, which made a huge step into the western anime community back in 2018 with its most recent adaptation simulcasting on Crunchyroll. However, 34 years after its initial adaptation and 60 years since the publication of its first manga, Akuma-Kun takes an all-new step into the modern era of anime, airing a new adaptation on Netflix finally allowing this series to be accessible to the western community.
The sto…
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On the positive side of things, this is one of those sequels viewers don't need to see the prequel material to get. On the not-so-positive side, the show may leave viewers actually wanting to check out the prequel material, which may not be something viewers may have access to. Akuma-kun is certainly a long waited delight for those who are into the older series, perhaps even more eclectic styles of Anime/Manga, albeit this isn't a reboot let alone an older Anime finally getting a dub.
Of course, Akuma-kun is difficult to explain, beyond the fact it is of the supernatural mystery genre which can in itself be super-niche. And on top of the supernatural horror elements, which are mild compared to some of the others going for the psychological pull rather than the gore out, although the show…
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