- The Game was Only Half the Story Cursed to live as both monster and man, Dante must spend his life fighting the demonic forces of darkness. Brandishing his sword, Rebellion, and his always-loaded guns, Ebony and Ivory, Dante is more than happy to send the demons back to hell especially when there s money to be made. The wildly popular video game is now a series, and this time, there s no sympathy
Product Description
Studio: Funimation Prod Inc Release Date: 08/25/2009 Run time: 300 minutesAmazon.com
The violent fantasy-adventure Devil May Cry (2007) is based on the popular Playstation 2 game. Dante, the taciturn, perenially broke anti-hero of the program, lives on pizza, beer, and strawberry sundaes. He spends his time slouched on a couch reading trashy magazines. But when someone brings a case to the Devil May Cry Detective Agency, he goes into action–he needs the… More >>
Devil May Cry: The Complete Series Box Set
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#1 by Lisa Williams on April 23, 2010 - 8:29 pm
This DVD was a gift for my husband and he absolutely loves it.Thank You for putting that huge smile on my husbands face.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Book Eater on April 23, 2010 - 8:43 pm
I bought this for my son on his 18th birthday and he loved it. He is very much into the video games of the same title and this tied in well with those video games. He loves it.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Jack Brimstone on April 23, 2010 - 10:09 pm
after holding off on getting the series for over a year now. Its good to see that they finally released all three volumes in a compleate series box set as a reasonable price. Before this set came out, the only way to adquire this series was to purchase the three volumes separtly for $2o a piece (vol 2 for $30 if ya get vol 2 with the box so you can fit all three volumes.) As far as fairness to the video games, it does lack in action. but its still worth a look.
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Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Kikind on April 24, 2010 - 12:00 am
I would like to start off by re-itterating that this show is not at all like the video game. There is no action other than still shots and when there is any good action it is usually very short lived and not very satisfying at all. Its hard to write a review of any good length on such a shallow show. It turns the video game dant into a hapless, always poor individual who is always scraping for money by doing jobs in which he gets screwed out of getting paid for. The end of the show is even worse in which it has a big build up but the final battle is a complete let down. Very rarely in this show will you see the badass, yet cheesy as hell dante. The rest of the time your stuck with the typical japanese stereotype of a hapless hero who always gets screwed out of his money yet is still ‘cool.’
Rating: 1 / 5
#5 by Jason Roberts on April 24, 2010 - 12:58 am
SYNOPSIS:
Cursed to live as both monster and man, Dante must spend his life fighting the demonic forces of darkness.
Brandishing his sword, Rebellion, and his always-loaded guns, Ebony and Ivory, Dante is more than happy to send the demons back to hell – especially when there’s money to be made. The wildly popular video game is now a series, and this time, there’s no sympathy for the devil.
Contains the entire 12 episode series in a thinpack box set.
Disc one contains the first nine missions:
01. Devil May Cry
02. Highway Star
03. Not Love
04. Rolling Thunder
05. In Private
06. Rock Queen
07. Wishes Come True
08. Once Upon A Time
09. Death Poker
While Disc two has the following missions, as well as several extra features:
10. The Last Promise
11. Showtime!
12. Stylish!
REVIEW:
Devil May Cry is an anime adapted from a popular video game franchise that only augments its appeal with hard core edgy action, power house horror shoot’em ups and lethal women adding to the fan service and attraction of the animated series.
The story centers on Dante. He looks like a cross between a bounty hunter from a post apocalyptic film and a rock star. He’s cool but also lazy, has a penchant for strawberry sundaes and spends what money comes his way on liquor and sweets. He may not seem in personality like a hard core killer of demons, but when the devils show up, he’s all action with flippant one-liners and an irreverent attitude. He goes on one strange case after another that usually sees him by the end looking down a barrel of one of his big guns or whipping out his wicked sword to mete out bloody comeuppance on the evil carnage mongers he’s set upon.
He’s not alone in his adventures. He gains a sidekick, a pretty girl named Paddy with little skills but a loyal heart, much more eye-catching is the sexy Lady with her leather-punk looks, motorcycle mama attitude, and really, really big guns (she pulls out a bazooka at one point), and hardly least, there’s Trish. She’s a woman all in leather from head to toe and some mean skills to rival Dante’s half-human/half-demon abilities. She also looks exactly like someone from Dante’s past…
Don’t expect a big plot line in DMC. The anime is an adrenaline pumped action horror with lots of guns blazing, sword slashing, and big explosive action. Most of the episodes are one shots dealing with whatever new case Dante is hired for. A particular one dealing with a cruise ship and a casino night where you bet your soul stands out. The more tragic tale of a rock and roller and a sold soul hits the angst hard. And comedy plus action meet with explosive results when the two women in Dante’s life, Lady and Trish, meet face to face and have it out in fantastic style. By the end of the series the show has an arc where demons with a grudge against Dante’s father come looking to take it out on the son. Dante has his hands full, the hordes of hell are rampaging all over the city and his friends try to fight the zombie and demon legions while Dante takes on the big bad guys in a fight to the finish.
The animation is produced by MADHOUSE who has done some of the most respected and memorable anime movies like Ninja Scroll and Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust. Most recently they worked on Highlander the animated film. Here in Devil May Cry, you get that same edgy feel and is near theatrical quality at times. The action is amazing to watch and has a wide range. There are gun fights, bazooka fights, explosions, bombs, car chases, sword duels, hellacious magic, possession, devils on earth and the undead. Rock and roll meets the macabre. The women are femme fatales pin ups to the nth degree. The music is also all go with opening songs and scores that sound like Metallica meshed with Trans Siberian Orchestra. It’s wicked cool all the way through.
EXTRAS:
Bonus features include FUNimation trailers, reverse cover art, and clean opening and closing animation, special interview with Toshiyuki Morikawa (Dante), seven cut scenes from Devil May Cry video game, E3 2007 preview, Tokyo Game Show 2006 preview, short and long trailers, Devil May Cry 4 Final 2007 Footage, and Devil May Cry 4 First 2008 Footage.
IN SUMMARY:
Devil May Cry the animation is a fast paced, action loaded horror shoot `em up roller coaster of visceral violence.
Rating: 4 / 5