Review of Devilman: Crybaby

Masaaki Yuasa is a man with an extremely fertile imagination, a step forward of a lot of directors and artists that nowadays are overrated or outdated: his vision of the world, of how telling a story and how showing it with some tough and solid drawing is a virtue that few of them and ourselves enjoy, and is without a doubt important to applaud his effort in the anime or generally cinema industry. I had my doubts when I knew that Netflix had "taken control" of this series, and I thought that mr. Yuasa would be censured or limited for this reason, but it's not thecase at all. I have watched the 10 episodes and, right now, I still can't believe what I saw.

There are things that are out of context and that are uncontrolled in some points of the story, but these bad aspects are things I don't want to talk about in this review, because what the anime does good is much more important for me. I will start saying that "Devilman Crybaby" is directly in my top 10 favourite animes, without a doubt, even above some pieces like "Made in Abyss", "Elfen Lied" or "Evangelion".

I have read (and I've been told) that originally, Evangelion was inspired by Devilman, but in this case it's exactly the opposite: the references to Evangelion are diverse, fascinating, obvious; Devilman tells a story that could be confused as archetipic and rusty, but during three hours and twenty minutes it shows that it's capable of being brutal in narrative and visual levels.

Audiovisually, Devilman Crybaby goes even further than "Mindgame"; I didn't expect less coming from Masaaki Yuasa, with his usual gore, the pornography shown in this series and the rusty side of society in a series destinated to be watched in Netflix. It is incredible how shocking some scenes can be.

The religious factor is very present in the story, coming from demons. The critic generated is also impressive, solid, and a serious interpretation of the "holy Bible" that reminds me "Death Note" a lot.

Here below, I will write some spoilers of what I liked most in Devilman. Enjoy it for those who have watched the anime or those who like being spoiled as hell.

For those who haven't or don't, I will end saying that you must watch Devilman Crybaby, specially with such a 9th episode: one of the most brutal and brutal that I have ever watched, to the level of the 1st episode of Elfen Lied, Made in Abyss or Erased; of the end of Death Note.

Spoilers:
- The first episode, without a doubt: the party scene and the transformation.
- Ryo's development, and the scene where he touches the Bible.
- The eight episode with Miko's parents death.
- Episode 9 with everything that happens.
- The use of rap and music.
- Episode 10 with the fight.