Product Details

• Actors: Drew Coombs, Sarah Lafleur, David Keeley, Tony Daniels, Howard Jerome
• Directors: Hideki Kamiya
• Producers: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Shinji Mikami
• Format: AC-3, Animated, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Section 23
• DVD Release Date: February 5, 2008
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0010DM482
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,198 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Devil May Cry: The Animated Series, Vol. 1" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Devil May Cry is one of the biggest bat game franchises of all time with millions of devoted fans. Now the Devil May Cry anime takes fans deeper into the story of the half-demon Dante and his fight against evil. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ANIMATION Rating: NR Age: 702727171925 UPC: 702727171925 Manufacturer No: DDMC/001

Customer Reviews

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Four awesome episodes..., March 3, 2008

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Solaris Paradox (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Devil May Cry: The Animated Series, Vol. 1 (DVD)

This volume contains the first four episodes of a twelve-part series of quasi-disconnected stories that basically depict Dante's daily life and standard devil-hunting jobs, two aspects that are not explored in the games. For this alone, fans of the game series and most particularly of Dante himself will want to check out at least the first volume, but the anime stands on its own fairly well. There is only one glaring flaw that brings it down--throughout all twelve episodes (ten individual stories and one two-part finale), the good guys are never properly challenged. That is the only aspect that can truly be called a disappointment, and because the series is not very unique or deep (of course it's not deep, it's barely half the size of a standard TV series's single season!), it's probably not for anyone who's not already a fan of the games.

That said, the animation is top notch and the English dub is definitely one of the better anime dubs I've come across, utilizing the full talents of the videogames' current voice actors to full effect. Dante is particularly good, perfectly portrayed. The four episodes on this disc are all good ones, in my humble opinion, so the volume is definitely worth the buy if you didn't already get it in the Devil May Cry 4 Collector's Edition.

Fans of the games may be disappointed that Dante doesn't exhibit much of what he does in the games (such as Devil Trigger or various weapon types), but that doesn't factor into my score in the slightest. Just thought I'd include it as a caveat for those who DO care, tho'.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars O So Fresh, February 8, 2008

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Christopher J. Jenson "Crese" (Milwaukee, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Devil May Cry: The Animated Series, Vol. 1 (DVD)

This is great.
Most anime get their own video game AFTER having a series.
Devil May Cry, however is another example of how good an anime series coming FROM a video game is.
Gungrave is the only other "game to anime" series I can think of.
And both Gungrave and DMC, both Capcom games, have been transformed into some of the best anime of all time. I really wish there were more games that took this route.

Do NOT think for a second that this game or anime are the typical "make an anime, shoot some crapware out" anime to video game regularity.

This is one for any anime fan and any devil may cry fan.
Great writing, top notch animation, and tons of fresh, fun, originality that makes this anime stand out among the crowd.

Five Stars.
Locked and Loaded.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars If a fan....you probably don't want this., October 1, 2008

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M. Russell (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Devil May Cry: The Animated Series, Vol. 1 (DVD)

Fans of a series will tend to buy anything related to it, which is only natural. As a fan though, I can't really recommend this.

Pros:
-The dubbing is well done. They've got a nice collection of voice actors for this and no one sounds out of character or grating.
-The animation is good quality. The more detailed and realistic style suits DMC very well too.

Cons:
-Dumbed down and too light hearted. This is not the gritty DMC I was expecting. While it's still a dark series (we are slaying demons after all), the characters' interactions with each other are annoyingly childish and seem out of character.
-No plot. Oh there are few threads of it, but generally the show is a series of one shots that honestly could have been written as fanfiction.
-Battle scenes fail. Seriously, this should have been the core of the anime and instead it's another disappoint. Fights are short and generally unimpressive.

Final say: "Over the top action" somehow turned into "below par dialouge."