“Dying Dr. Faust recruits boy Shingo and reluctant devil Mephisto to fight rising demon threat.”
Akuma-kun
悪魔くん
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Dying Dr. Faust recruits boy Shingo and reluctant devil Mephisto to fight rising demon threat.
The age of the demons has begun. Dr Faust has foreseen this rise of evil. Unfortunately, he is near death and is unable to personally battle this upcoming threat. Faust entrusts a young boy, Shingo Yamada, to take the responsibility of ridding the Earth of this new evil presence. Faust finds a birthmark on Shingo's forehead that signifies that he is the chosen demon fighter. Faust summons from hell what may be humanity's only hope of surviving: a less than enthusiastic devil named Mephisto rises. After signing a pact in blood to save humankind, Shingo and Mephisto set out to battle the supernatural world. (Source: AniDB)
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A Tv Production · Spring 1989
Toei Animation.- Format 42 × 25′ eps × min
- Total runtime 17h 30m all episodes
- Aired Apr 1989 – Mar 1990 Spring 1989
- Source Tv media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-5257 catalog