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Amon: The Darkside of The Devilman | |
Japanese cover of Amon: The Darkside of The Devilman Volume 1 | |
AMONデビルマン黙示録 (AMON debiruman mokushiroku) | |
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Genre | Action, horror |
Manga | |
Written by | Go Nagai |
Illustrated by | Yu Kinutani |
Published by | Kodansha |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Monthly Magazine Z |
Original run | August 1999 – April 2004 |
Volumes | 6 |
Original video animation | |
Amon: The Apocalypse of Devilman | |
Directed by | Kenichi Takeshita Toyoo Ashida (general supervision) |
Written by | Ritsuko Hayasaka |
Music by | Mangahead Takeshi Kobayashi |
Studio | Studio Live |
Released | May 24, 2000 |
Runtime | 45 minutes |
Manga | |
Devilman Mokushiroku: Strange days | |
Written by | Go Nagai |
Illustrated by | Yu Kinutani |
Published by | Kodansha |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Magazine Z |
Published | 2005 |
Volumes | 1 |
Amon: The Darkside of the Devilman (AMON デビルマン黙示録, AMON Debiruman Mokushiroku, sometimes translated as Amon: The Apocalypse of the Devilman) is an action/horror manga illustrated by Yu Kinutani, based on the Devilman manga originally created by manga author and artist Go Nagai. The first volume (tankōbon) was published on January 21, 2000, and the final volume was released on April 24, 2004.
What are the best anime series that WON'T be getting an English dub? I usually hold off until after the show is airing because it might get picked up as a dub (like Kill la Kill and more recently Akame ga Kill), but shows like the Monogatari series and Oregairu have made me realize I'm missing out on a treasure trove of shows that'll never get. Devilman is an anime based on the manga Devilman by Go Nagai. Aired from 1972 to 1973 on Tokyo's NET (now TV Asahi ) and affiliated stations across Japan, it premiered shortly after the manga's beginning and was produced roughly at the same time, but its story deviated completely from the start and only portrayed Devilman in a very vague light.
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Plot[edit]
Fear runs rampant throughout Tokyo with the revelation that demons in fact exist amongst us. Paranoia and the darker side of humanity boils onto the streets as people turn on one another, suspecting that anyone could in fact be a demon hiding in human clothing. Amidst the growing tensions, tragedy strikes Akira causing his mind to snap. Retreating into his subconscious, this allows his devilish alter-ego Amon to break free from Akira's cage of flesh and wreak havoc on both human and demons alike.
Amon: The Darkside of The Devilman is an alternate setting to the last chapters of the original Devilman manga. Where in the original, Devilman faces Satan after seeing his slain friend Miki Makimura's severed head, Amon sees Akira lose control of himself, and due to his sadness and depression from not being able to protect Miki, allows Amon to gain control of Akira and his powers again.
In Volume 2, we start to see the origins of both Amon, and Sirène, and see more of Earth under the demons' rule.
Characters[edit]
- Amon: Known as the Lord of War, is one of the most powerful demons known. Lover to the demon, Sirene. Originally 'trapped' within Akira Fudo, when Amon attempted to possess Akira, but due to Akira's pure heart, Amon loses control and remains sealed within Akira, giving Akira complete control over Amon's powers. He appears in the anime as a red humanoid demon with black fur and chiropteran wings on his head and back (possibly to symbolize the rivalry between Amon and Satan). He is killed by Akira in one on one combat after being savagely beaten by a flurry of punches.
- Akira Fudo: The main protagonist of Devilman. He maintains the same role as he did in the original Devilman, but his appearance is more intimidating than in the original. After witnessing the brutal murder of Miki, Akira snaps and allows Amon to take control of him. Akira later defeats Amon in combat and rejects Satan instead of fighting him.
- Sirène: Amon's lover and the main protagonist of the Cretacious era ark.
- Ryo Asuka (Satan): Leader of all demons. Wields incredible psychic power, among other abilities. Satan is in love with Akira Fudo (based on the friendship gained as Ryo Asuka, Satan's human form). He appears as a twelve winged seraph. The story ends with the two meeting face to face and, instead of fighting, Akira walks past him while Ryo looks back at him sadly.
Media[edit]
Manga[edit]
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The manga was originally published in the Kodansha's Magazine Z, from August 1999 issue to April 2004 issue.[1]
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | ||
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1 | January 21, 2000 | ISBN4-06-349008-4 | ||
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2 | December 22, 2000 | ISBN4-06-349040-8 | ||
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3 | September 21, 2001 | ISBN4-06-349066-1 | ||
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4 | August 23, 2002 | ISBN4-06-349104-8 | ||
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5 | July 23, 2003 | ISBN4-06-349136-6 | ||
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6 | April 23, 2004 | ISBN4-06-349169-2 | ||
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Devilman Mokushiroku: Strange days[edit]
A sequel, titled Devilman Mokushiroku: Strange days (デビルマン黙示録 STRANGE DAYS)), was also published in the same magazine in 2005.
No. | Release date | ISBN |
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1 | July 22, 2005 | ISBN4-06-349214-1 |
OVA adaptation[edit]
On May 24, 2000, a loose adaptation of the first volume of Amon: The Darkside of the Devilman was released. Being based on volume 1 of the manga (no other volumes were released at the time), it is much shorter than the manga, and branches off in an entirely different direction shortly after Amon gains control of Akira Fudo at the end of volume 1.
In the OVA, fear runs rampant throughout Tokyo as paranoia grips the population who believe that demons exist among them. Akira is seen coming to the aid of Miko and Yumi, two female members of his team of demon hunters. Later, at Miki's home, her brother Tare watches a video of Akira transforming into Devilman. Before he can tell Miki, a group of vigilante demon hunters corner and kill him. When Miki comes down the stairs, she is attacked and decapitated. Ryo Asuka goes on TV and stirs unrest and violence by warning people to be vigilant against demons. Later Akira sees the group of vigilantes with Miki's head. He loses control and transforms into Devilman and kills them all in a sea of blood. Devilman is told his Army is combating a squadron of demons led by Selos. When Akira arrives Selos gives Akira the option to join his army or die. Akira responds by destroying the building. Amon emerges from the ruins, having been liberated from Akira's body and Selos' demons attack him, but Amon is far too powerful for them. Amon finds the young Yumi under the rubble and bites her in half, ending her short life. He then confronts Selos. They engage in a citywide titanic battle but Amon is far too strong and kills Selos. Amon then finds and attacks Satan who tells him that Akira still exists. Amon confronts Akira in a wasteland. Akira transforms into Devilman and they fight, but Amon is far stronger and savagely beats Devilman. Semi-conscious, Devilman's mind drifts back to his life as Akira and time with Miki which gives him the strength to retaliate and destroy Amon. The OVA ends with Akira and Ryo Asuka (who is Satan in his human form) facing each other as if to fight (as they did in the original Devilman manga), but Akira slowly walks past him.
Staff of Amon: Apocalypse of Devilman (2000)[edit]
- Creature Design: Yasushi Nirasawa
- Theme Song Performance: Mangahead
- Voice Cast: Shinji Takeda (Akira Fudo/Devilman), Atsuko Enomoto (Miki Makimura), Tomokazu Seki (Ryo Asuka/Satan), Akio Ōtsuka (Amon), Kazuki Yao (Saylos), Rie Tanaka (Miko)
References[edit]
- ^'fjの教祖様の既読・漫画・衣谷 遊' (in Japanese). Japan. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
External links[edit]
- Amon the dark side of the Devilman at PaTaTo's Manga DB (in Italian)
- Devilman Mokushiroku Strange Days at PaTaTo's Manga DB (in Italian)
- Amon: The Apocalypse of Devilman (OVA) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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Devilman is an anime based on the manga Devilman by Go Nagai. Aired from 1972 to 1973 on Tokyo's NET (now TV Asahi) and affiliated stations across Japan, it premiered shortly after the manga's beginning and was produced roughly at the same time, but its story deviated completely from the start and only portrayed Devilman in a very vague light. Masaki Tsuji, a well-known screenwriter and novelist and a fan of Nagai's work, worked with him to adapt the storyline for television. The series was fairly popular in its day (its highest-rated episode rated 15.5%) but was soon overshadowed by the anime version of Nagai's Mazinger Z, which premiered late the same year on rival channel Fuji Television.
A scientist and his son are killed while mountain climbing in the Himalayas. Their deaths presage the awakening of the Demon Tribe, a race of beings of darkness who were frozen in ice a long time ago and who now plan to start a demonic invasion of the human world. However, unbeknownst to them, one of their own kind has betrayed them. After taking the boy's body as a disguise and moving with a human family, the demon falls in love with the family's young daughter, Miki Makimura, and turns back to his mission to cause death and destruction on Earth. Now turned into the heroic demon Devilman, he will protect her from many demons sent to destroy them.
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Perhaps due to a combination of its themes and its age, the Devilman TV series is not as well known outside Japan as later iterations of the franchise, as its only TV broadcast in the West was in Italy (where it achieved great popularity) during the 1980s. It is now available in the United States in a subtitled-only release from Discotek Media.
Surprisingly, there is another Devilman manga penned by Mitsuru Hiruta using the anime as the basis of the story, but with slight differences (Akira being Spared By Adaptation for example), and generally Bloodier and Gorier despite its Lighter and Softer premise.
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Examples of:
- Adaptational Attractiveness: Devilman's character design underwent deep changes in order to make him look more like a conventional tokusatsu hero and less of a monster. Aside from the new red and green color scheme, he was given human legs with shoe-shaped feet and no tail instead of his clawed, satyr-like hairy legs; his wings were turned into plane fins; he lost his serrated teeth for a more humanlike face; and he wore black trunks instead of going around naked.
- Adaptational Badass:
- As Satan doesn't exist in this version, Zennon is the leader of the Demon Tribe.
- Devilman himself has many powers in this version over his manga self, his giant transformation standing out.
- Adaptational Modesty: Sirene is given a dress whereas she is completely nude in the manga.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: In the manga, Devilman is a Blood Knight that doesn't care about collateral damage, and he often causes city-wide destruction that kills hundreds of people. Here, not only cares about Miki and her family's well-being, but other people who are often cauht in the crossfire on his war against demons.
- Adaptational Villainy: The lead, as according to Nagai this series is a full Evil vs. Evil instead of the Grey and Grey Morality it was in the manga.
- Adapted Out: Many characters, but more notably Ryo Asuka/Satan himself.
- Alas, Poor Villain: Devilman gives a small eulogy to Ebain after she gets strangled to death by disembodied hands.
- Alternative Foreign Theme Song: The Italian dub (1983) has a different theme song from the original, which was used for both opening and closing.
- Always Save the Girl: In contrast with the original manga where Miki dies and Devilman Akira loses faith in humanity to fight only for his Devilmen army, the series has Akira solely focused in protecting Miki and not much else; needless to say she survives.
- Arc Villain: The series has several arc villains over the course of the series: Zannin, Himura, Muxan, and Marshall Lacock.
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: Instead of just horrendous demons clashing against Devilman in dark scenarios as seen in the manga, the series often had giant monsters randomly attacking a nearby building. For this reason, Akira was given extra powers for this adaptation: not only could he transform into Devilman but he could also transform into a Giant Devilman to fend off these monsters.
- Bad Boss: While it's easy to tell Zennon is one, his dragon Xannon actually shows said trope's better. If you fail him, he will murder you without batting an eye.
- Bittersweet Ending: The final episode ends not only with Miki still alive, but with a (somewhat) tender moment between her and Akira, in which Miki tells him she still likes him even though she saw him transform, and Akira tells her he loves her. However, as the ending theme song plays, the narrator informs us in no uncertain terms that Akira's trials are not over and he has many more demons left to fight, leaving the future uncertain.
- Bloodier and Gorier: While the manga has large amounts of blood, violence, and body count, the anime, despite being more of a kids' show, still has a pretty high body count and gruesome deaths.
- Bowdlerise: Despite its violent nature and body count, the series is less violent than in the manga.
- Brick Joke: After Lala misinterprets Akira saying, thinking death will cure her idiocy, she literally tries to kill herself or trying to get killed. After she dies, she tells Devilman in spirit that her idiocy has been cured and he solemnly says 'Is that so?'
- Brought to You by the Letter 'S': Akira wears a t-shirt with an A insignia.
- By the Power of Grayskull!: 'DEEEVVVVVVVVVIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLL!!!'
- Composite Character: Although Zennon retains his true form from the manga, his shadowed form makes him look like the eponymous Mao Dante.
- Canon Foreigner. Iwao Himura, Lala and many other demons.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Miki is turned Up to Eleven. The series introduces a romantic rival for Miki in the form of Lala, the Silver Demon.
- Darker and Edgier:
- While the show is Lighter and Softer than the manga in most other respects, TV Devilman's origin story is surprisingly darker than in the manga. In the manga Akira merges with a demon, gaining its powers and the ability to transform at will. In the anime, a demon kills Akira and enters his body, essentially stealing his identity. For the rest of the show, Akira is just a disguise that a demon wears. Not even Miki knows the secret until the final episode (and even then, she doesn't quite understand, thinking the demon God changed Akira into Devilman).
- The episode in which Akira goes to Tibet where they witness a funeral where dead bodies are fed to vultures. The Demon Bera restores the dead man's body and begins to slaughter everyone in the village. Not even children, save Tare, are safe from death.
- Death Seeker: Played for Laughs with Lala, who takes Akira's advice way too literally, thinking death can cure her idiocy, and tries to get all suicidal.
- Desperately Craves Affection: In one of the funniest scenes of the series, as Miki is riding to school on the back of Akira's motorcycle and saying 'Good morning' to everyone she sees, Lala tries to get Akira's attention by running alongside of them and saying 'Good morning' repeatedly. Akira responds by speeding up to get away from her.
- Disproportionate Retribution: Episode three, when Akira gives a group of classmates a severe beating with his belt for allegedly giving Miki 'strange looks.'
- Dramatic Irony: In the manga, Ryo has Akira possess Amon to obtain his powers to destroy all the demons and to protect humans. He ends up betraying humanity after Miki's parents were murdered by Demon Hunters, as well as Miki and his friends dying from a lynch mob. In this series, Devilman kills Akira to possess his body on Zenon's orders to destroy humanity so demons can rule Earth. He ends up betraying the demons after having fallen for Miki and decided to protect humanity.
- Dumb Blonde: Lala is the biggest idiot in the universe that both the good and bad guys comment on it.
- Evil Counterpart: Devilman's own is the Demon God, who performs 'miracles'. Said miracles involving summoning sharks, dinosaurs, and other disasters. His attacks are identical to Devilman, but replace 'Devil' with 'God'.
- Fanservice: While it's considerably toned down to only show human female characters in underwear (including Miki herself), one female demon does show a nipple, but considering the context (Devilman whipping her on how to cure Miki), it falls into Fan Disservice territory.
- Fighting Your Friend: Devilman is forced to kill his friend Dagon who is forced to fight him despite seeing that Humans Are Special.
- Ghibli Hills: The late Kazuo Komatsubara was the character designer for this series as well as the OVA adaptation 15 years later. He'd later work on Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind in the same capacity.
- Humans Are Special: How Devilman views humanity after meeting Miki.
- Japanese Delinquents: Akira's attitude veers into this territory ever since Devilman killed the original Akira. Miki then has to step in and give him an Armor-Piercing Slap before he goes too far.
- Lighter and Softer: The series in comparison with the manga. Lots of changes to the story were made, the violence and nudity were considerably toned down, lots of comic relief was included, and most of the characters who died at the end of the manga are still alive in the last episode, which also has a Bitter Sweet Ending instead of the tragic conclusion of the manga - Akira and Miki are safe, as are most of the other main characters, but Zennon is still very much alive and has plenty of demons left at his disposal.
- Love Redeems: Part of the reasons every demon wants Devilman dead. Since he fell in love with Miki, the demons, especially Zenon, consider him a traitor.
- Malaproper: Lala.Lala:[to Aurora] You think I'll trust you just because you're my friend? You're just looking for an opening so you can attack me! I know that! I may be a windhead, but I know that much! ... No, not wind. Breeze? No, not that. Air? What sort of brain am I? What was it again? Hey Aurora, tell me... [gets blasted by Aurora]
- Ms. Fanservice: Lala. Occasionally Miki too, although in both cases they're never seen in anything less than undergarments or swimsuits.
- Monster of the Week: Each episode has Zennon summon his minions who boasts their skills to defeat Devilman, only to die by his hand.
- Named by the Adaptation: Inverted. In the manga, Akira's fused demon has the name of Amon, but in the anime, he's simply Devilman
- Off-Model: The animation in the Kazuo Komatsubara- and Shingo Araki-overseen episodes is fairly good for its day, but several of the other animation directors were Off Model to various degrees, perhaps none worse than Masamune Ochiai.
- Precocious Crush: Tare-chan, in episode 18, develops a crush on a bewitchingly beautiful teenage girl named Mayako. Miki is horrified when Tare declares that Mayako is 'his girl' and that 'age doesn't matter when it comes to love.' Mayako is really the demon Megu, and after Devilman kills her, Tare is very depressed that 'Mayako' has disappeared and he'll never see her again.
- Slap-Slap-Kiss:
- At least in this series, Miki Makimura may be the original Tsundere. In the first episode alone, she slaps Akira across the face twice for getting out of line, and later begs his forgiveness and hugs him joyfully after he forgives her.
- Miki's best friend, Chiyako, shows signs of this as well toward her crush, Todaiji.
- Spared By Adaptation: Miki.
- The Cameo: 1972 Devilman made a cameo appearance on TV that same year in an episode of Mahou Tsukai Chappy, a magical-girl anime also produced by Toei. Akira and Miki, or people strongly resembling them, have also made cameos in other Go Nagai anime such as Cutie Honey.
- An episode of Devilman also features a girl strongly resembling Sayaka from Mazinger Z.
- Too Dumb to Live: Lala. So much so that she giggles and acts cutesy even while her demon BFF, Aurora, is talking about how dumb she is right in front of her.Aurora: But Lala was also unnaturally stupid for a demon.
- Too Good for This Sinful Earth: Lala's final moments is when she also realizes Humans Are Special, and that she was able to learn love. She sadly dies in the late part of the series.
- Vocal Evolution: In the TV series pilot, Miki is voiced by Rihoko Yoshida, one of the most in-demand voice actresses of the '70s and '80s. The series ultimately gave the role to Sumie Sakai, who is primarily known for her live-action work but also has a handful of voice roles to her credit of which Miki is undoubtedly the most prominent.