Your best friend drags you to a demon rave. You leave possessed. Awkward.
Akira is just another normal kid in modern-day Tokyo, until an old friend of his, Ryo, shows up and turns his world upside down. Akira learns that there is an upcoming war of demons on humanity and he has just been enlisted for a major tour of duty. But the only way to fight a demon is with their power, so Akira and Ryo risk a dangerous ceremony in an attempt to create humanity's only hope: the powerful Devilman.
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn demon transformations that still haunt dreams
Score
Synth-metal soundtrack that absolutely refuses to chill
Direction
Iida's kinetic framing makes 51 minutes feel like a fever
Director
Umanosuke Iida
Show Hayami
Akira Fudou (voice)
Yu Mizushima
Ryo (voice)
Mikio Terashima
Professor Asuka (voice)
Masako Ikeda
Sumiko Fudou (voice)
Tessyo Genda
Thug (voice)
Sukekiyo Kameyama
Thug (voice)
Naoya Uchida
Thug (voice)
Mahito Tsujimura
Additional Voices
Sakiko Tamagawa
Additional Voices
Teiyu Ichiryusai
Tare Makimura (voice)
Minami Takayama
Additional Voices
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Go Nagai created Devilman in 1972 to spite critics who called his work too cute; this OVA preserves his nihilistic vision.
The demon designs influenced Berserk's Eclipse and Evangelion's Angels—this is granddaddy trauma anime.
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