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Most people will probably know Devil May Cry (DMC) as the videogame series that started its life on the PS2, which follows the story of Dante as he goes around kicking demon-butt. Now in his own anime, we continue to follow Dante during his time as an odd-jobs demon hunter, but can the anime live up to the games it is based on? Set somewhere between DMC1 and 4, we see
Dante making a living by going through various missions involving demonic
activity, in order to pay his debts to others, such as Lady (DMC3) who is also
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For the most part, the anime is made up of small stories, with each episode looking at a new job. In a way this seems to aid the show, as it is able to keep giving us something new to follow each episode, from demon-summoning bells, to a demon that grants any wish, as long as it kills someone. Dante aside, the only real link between all the episodes is Patty, a young girl that Dante was hired to protect at the start of the series. An |
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Orphan child who seems to grow attached to
Dante, though she ends up spending more time cleaning up around Dante's office.
Despite its age rating, the anime is rather tame. There is the occasional use
of language, and you usually see a fair amount of blood, but so much of the
shows action seems to take place off screen. Whenever you catch Dante fighting
a demon, you usually only see the demon getting filled full of holes, or Dante
himself stood mid-pose after using his sword, all usually accompanied by a good
spurt of blood. |
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It’s a shame that it didn’t make
full use of the series action, which is one of the things that it is
most well known for, which makes for something of a disappointment
when you never truly see Dante fight. The only real bit of action
you seem to get in the show is during episode 4, when Trish and Lady
first meet. |
Dante's, sounded off, like they
hadn’t been recorded properly, as you could often hear the voice
echoing as he would speak, not as if to say he was in a spacious
room, but more like the voice artists may have been too close to the
mic. Along with the standard clean opening and closing, disc 1 contains an interview with Toshiyuki Morikawa, the Japanese voice artist for Dante, as he talks about playing the role of Dante and his role in the series. Each disc is also full of videos
for Devil May Cry 4 (DMC4). As the anime was initially
announced around the same time as the 4th game, there are
a handful of teaser trailers for both this and the game. There are
also numerous trailers for DMC4 along with a number of cut scenes
taken directly out of the game itself. Which is unsurprising, as
the anime seems to close off hinting that it ends shortly before the
start of DMC4. Feature:
Extras:
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