Devil May Cry
デビル メイ クライ
“A lazy-seeming odd-jobs man who secretly hunts demons grudgingly babysits a lost heiress as demons begin pursuing her.”
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A lazy-seeming odd-jobs man who secretly hunts demons grudgingly babysits a lost heiress as demons begin pursuing her.
Patty Lowell—the lost heir of a prestigious family—is found at an orphanage, and J.D. Morrison brings her to his acquaintance Dante, the owner of a business called "Devil May Cry." Dante takes on so-called "odd jobs," and at Morrison's request, he agrees to become a bodyguard for Patty. Begrudgingly, he sets out to deliver Patty to her family, though he is a bit annoyed with a job that essentially amounts to babysitting. While Dante seems like a lazy good-for-nothing, he is actually a prolific demon hunter, which comes in handy when demons begin pursuing Patty. Soon enough, Dante realizes that there is more to this case than meets the eye, and he makes use of his particular skill set in order to keep Patty safe.
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What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 96 sampled reviews
6.6/10
Score distribution
Agreement
SplitPolarized
σ 2.02 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 ptsRecommenders 7.9 · others 2.8
Score over time
3.45Verbosity
Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10/10 “Devil May Cry is an excellent action anime packed with frequent demon-slaying fights and buckets of blood. Dante’s swordplay is incredibly cool and will thrill anyone who craves high-octane...”
- 7/10 “The anime nails the signature DMC atmosphere and delivers slick, exciting fight scenes. Unfortunately, those battles end too quickly, and the episodic “missions” never match the epic scale of...”
- 9/10 “A brilliant series that captures plenty of thrills, yet it never shows Dante’s devil form—an omission that felt like a real let-down. Apart from the lava spider in the opening, enemy cameos from...”
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Devil May Cry begins and ends here.
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-1567
- Format
- 12 × 24′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 4h 48m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Jun 2007 – Sep 2007
- Summer 2007
- Source
- Tv
- media type
- Rated
- R
- 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref.
- BS-1567
- catalog