Devil May Cry: The Animated Series
Devil May Cry: The Animated Series
FreeDevil May Cry: The Animated Series (Japanese: デビル メイ クライ Hepburn: Debiru Mei Kurai) is an anime series based on the video game series by Capcom, which is itself loosely based on the Italian epic poem Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. It is set sometime between Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 2. It debuted on the WOWOW TV network in Japan on June 14, 2007 and ran 12 episodes.[3][4][5]
The show was produced by the anime studio Madhouse and was directed by Shin Itagaki. Bingo Morihashi, one of the writers for the second, third and fourth games, was also on the writing staff.
A teaser-trailer, released on the show's official site, featured pre-production artwork of Dante, the primary protagonist and playable character of the video games, and confirmed him as the show's protagonist.
