Emotion-wise you're in for something like the first half of the first season of AoT (up through the Battle of Trost) but more grand in scale and unhinged in its delivery.
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Devilman Crybaby |OT| Netflix finally stopped playing Mind Games and Ping Pong with anime fans
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Emotion-wise you're in for something like the first half of the first season of AoT (up through the Battle of Trost) but more grand in scale and unhinged in its delivery.
Finished the last few episodes earlier. Ended up being a really good series. But damn, some shit went down in those final eps.
Devilman Crybaby on the whole is a far superior product to Attack on Titan.
Man, that ending was...
Was a wild ride, none the less.
How close is this to the ending of the original Devilman series?
Pretty fucked up. I got End of Evangelion vibes from it. I suppose it was beautiful, in a gut wrenching "Lets burn it all down" kinda way, if you adore depressing anime.
Was a wild ride, none the less.
How close is this to the ending of the original Devilman series?
The 70s manga, very close. The 70s anime is pretty different.
Through episode 7.
Fuck Ryo. Seriously, fuck him. Though sometimes it's hard to tell if he's straight up evil or incredibly misguided. Or something. It's really obvious dude is not a normal human. His room number(?) is even 666.
Anyway, I wasn't expecting the show to go this big with the demon stuff. I thought it would be like other shows where humanity is still in the dark, but this went global, and it looks like the world is ending.
Anyway, I wasn't expecting the show to go this big with the demon stuff. I thought it would be like other shows where humanity is still in the dark, but this went global, and it looks like the world is ending.
The liquor of choice for when you're getting depressed by your anime, Devilman is getting its own scotch.
http://comicbook.com/anime/2018/01/13/devilman-anime-brand-scotch-liquor-anniversary/
http://comicbook.com/anime/2018/01/13/devilman-anime-brand-scotch-liquor-anniversary/
I feel like Casshern Sins liquor would be more appropriate.The liquor of choice for when you're getting depressed by your anime, Devilman is getting its own scotch.
http://comicbook.com/anime/2018/01/13/devilman-anime-brand-scotch-liquor-anniversary/
Nice. I'm gonna watch a few episodes after work, thanks y'all.
I still don't understand the deal with Akira's parents. Why did they leave Akira, what was there profession and what caused the
father to turn into a demon?
They were doctors who traveled the world helping people, so the father probably got possessed while abroad.
I do agree in principle as you do, that creators should of course have the freedom to pursue their own spins. But at the same time, I really do like the "general aesthetic" of this reboot and how modernized it is and the main character designs. That said if someone were to take that aesthetic and ratchet up the detail and alter it a bit I'd also be very happy with that. Anyway, I just hope someone continues making anime of the franchise using Crybaby as a guide or standard when it comes to the level of quality from now on (tall order I know, but hopefully it will be thought out like that).
Ryo is one of the most evil characters you'll find, and certainly the most evil of 2018 so far (not that that's a hard thing). And yeah, things escalated from like 2 to 10 in such a short order, it's one of the critiques of the show with how its pacing can be so fast that it feels like you're missing out on events that should transpire in between. But also it seems like this adaptation did leave out a few things
In the manga it seems there was greater emphasis on the human-created Anti-Demon Corps the "Demon Busters" which factored into the plot a lot more. Here they are pretty much absent and you only see anti-demon efforts from what we are to assume are just regular military police forces and/or civilian mobs.
It's been over a week since I watched it and it's still stuck. Episodes 8-10 just have such impacts that you'll be left with that imagery for a while.
Episode 8
Man, that was depressing with the girl's family. Damn.
So I guess those times when Ryo seemed decent were because he lost his memories or something? Dude is just straight evil right now. Is he actually Lucifer/Satan?
So I guess those times when Ryo seemed decent were because he lost his memories or something? Dude is just straight evil right now. Is he actually Lucifer/Satan?
For a show called Crybaby -- which features quite a bit, but not an obnoxious amount, of characters tearing up -- it's a world apart from Attack on Titan, which frequently features characters SHOUTING THEIR INTENTIONS AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS!!!
Probably because Uchiyama can actually act, unlike that Kaji hack.
Episode 9
Well shit. This show has definitely made me a crybaby. Fuck. Think this is the most any anime has made me cry. I mean goddamn, they're just offing characters left and right. I really didn't expect this. :(
If you're soul isn't forged in the fires of the Berserk Eclipse you're gonna have a bad time.
Ryo is pretty much the character that inspired Griffith, though I'll admit to thinking Griffith is a nicer person than Ryo.
That Berserk eclipse was def among the most insane things I've ever seen/read.
And wow, that's pretty cool. I can def see the inspiration now that you mention it.
The only thing I know about Devilman is that it's an older franchise and big enough to crossover (Cyborg 009 vs Devilman).
Anyway, just watched episode 1 from the ERA hype and I don't know what this is but I like it!
Anyway, just watched episode 1 from the ERA hype and I don't know what this is but I like it!
Yeah you don't realize how much was inspired by Devilman till you watch Devilman Crybaby. There's stuff lifted by Berserk, Tokyo Ghoul, Parasyte, Bio Booster Armor Guyver and probably a ton more.
Just finished the second episode, amazing just amazing.
I have a question, a simple yes or no will suffice.
I have a question, a simple yes or no will suffice.
do they explain how Akira''s best friend knew Akira had Amon inside him? It seems to me his friend knew all along and took Akira to the party to awake Amon.
I watched the original show ages ago as well as the amazing 90's OVA but don't remember the details.
I watched the original show ages ago as well as the amazing 90's OVA but don't remember the details.
I'm not sure if those crossover's are because the franchise was "big" as much as it was because of Go Nagai.
In Cyborg 009's case, according to Wiki,:
The other crossover, Mazinger Z vs. Devilman (from back in the 70's) was also just because they were both Go Nagai creations.
It's hard to really quantify just how "big" the franchise was as far as popular culture, though obviously made a huge impact in Japan for certain.
Evangelion lifted a lot of notes from it too. Shinji is a crybaby. You've got angels in place of demons, you start off with the baddie of the week formula, but in the last third, the pacing just accelerates into an existential crisis. Then there's the snake eating itself moment of Crybaby paying homage to Evangelion by borrowing a lot of its ending moment visuals from End of Evangelion.
In a lot of ways, Devilman Cry feels like the primogenitor series for the psychological horror bass drop (i.e. take a shonen show, then halfway through, twist it and reveal the insane truth of the construct).
Just finished the last episode, what a ride.
A question, though:
I could use something dumb and easy to watch right about now :(
A question, though:
Are the post-credits shots supposed to mean something? Maybe how the earth became habitable again after god blew the whole thing up and decided to try again?
I could use something dumb and easy to watch right about now :(
The whole franchise has a 'cycles' thing going on. The two moons at the end are there as a sign that the cycle will start anew, and that Satan will probably fuck up again and kill everyone, only to find out he loves Akira at the end and suffer eternally.
Well, just finished the last episode. I do not like the ending. Give me an End of Eva-style alternate!
Fantastic series, though. I'm left wanting more, but I'm not sure that will happen.
Fantastic series, though. I'm left wanting more, but I'm not sure that will happen.
Everyone should watch Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou:
It's free on Crunchyroll, you can burn through it in two hours, and it reminds me of "Be Kind Rewind" for its good-vibes underdog narrative.
That's fucked up but at this point, I shouldn't be surprised.
Found the wiki; this whole Devilman business sure is a rabbit hole, huh. For such an influential series it's weird how the first I've heard of it was this Netflix series.
Everyone should watch Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou:
It's free on Crunchyroll, you can burn through it in two hours, and it reminds me of "Be Kind Rewind" for its good-vibes underdog narrative.
I'll check it out, thank you :)
Tonkatsu DJ was a show that could have been greater with more investment from the musical side. It was still one of my top shows of the year, but for a show about an up and coming DJ they had a few songs they kept reusing the whole show.
I mean technically there were
two people still alive at the end of End of Evangelion. You can't say the same thing with Devilman Crybaby.
Watch Non Non Biyori or Yuru Camp which started this season. You will be healed.
Know the feeling. I had to watch Redline to help get my mind off it. Worked pretty well actually.
Great things can come from standing on the shoulders of giants, even if Nagai's work surely wasn't always made of gold.