Hi everyone! This one was real fun to make, our last Devilman video (specifically on crybaby) was "removed" so I worked really hard to make this one appealing to this website while still staying true to the source. I personally went hard on this one, read all the manga, watched all the OVA's and rewatched crybaby and even dove into some other Nagai works to get a better picture of the man behind the story. Devilman is REALLY awesome, so hopefully this video helps people pull a samurai jack and go back to check it out. Thanks so much for watching! -Mike
I thought "Devilman Cry baby" was utter garbage. I hated the art style and I thought it was nihilistic for shock value only. Not a fan of that remake or "Beserk" 2012. I love your work though. You had me at "Legend of The Overfiend." I have not found another anime channel who covers the golden and silver age of manga and Anime. Any chance of doing 3x3 eyes? or X?
@@xblade149 I said Devilman Crybaby. I have the original Devilman OVA's along with Legend of the Overfiend and 90's Beserk. I did not care for the crybaby remake of Devilman. They went the horror route among other things when it came to the deaths of some of the main characters in terms of not making feel anything when they met a shocking end. In the original when a main character got capped you felt it. Also the animation style which was hideous was done that way because they felt that cartoony style wouldn't trigger so many brittle souls when graphic violence was shown unlike the original that went balls out and didn't give a fuck. So yes, I hate Devilman Crybaby and for many good reasons.
I forever stand by the idea that this was Miura's biggest influence for Berserk. The ambiguously gay friendship, the sacrificed lady friend between them, the humanish demons and flipping the contrast of light vs dark is so apparent.
He might have viewed Phantom Of The Paradise too. I would be okay with an ending like that. Or perhaps the moonlight boy is the key to Griffith's demise.
I really think that Devilman deserves the title of "classic." Not only is it a good story and poignant, but it is also a great cautionary tale. You can derive several messages and themes. One theme that I surmised would be that nothing good comes from war and being divisive. We are all humans at the end of the day and in times of strife, we should unify and not fight. As the legend, Bob Marley, once said, "We don't need no trouble. What we need is love!"
@Excelsior true...and the fact that WE are cancer and deserve to die.... In my fanfic im making a trilogy In the third story humanity evolve turning into angels and stop being assholes towards nature
I'm listening to Castlevania music like, what is this devil anime? why have I not heard of it, it seems neat. Oh I remember the first time I heard this song, fighting good old Dracula with Richter. Those guys look like dickheads with those pikes.
This anime messed up my perspective on humanity for like 3 weeks or more, I've watched other anime's that changed the way I looked at the world but this anime seriously just had me oddly hooked. It was so weird but I couldn't look away. I even caught myself saying "WOW if this isn't 2020 in a nutshell then I don't know what is" After watching this masterpiece that I've been sleeping on for so long I re-realized that humans aren't just good and bad, black and white sides but mixed together in a messy pot. Paint mixed together that shouldn't have that created some kind of ugly but sometimes beautiful color. History is messy because Humans are a messy bunch. We start something but can't always finish it causing long overdue dates. The fear and unknown as mentioned is our greatest weapon on others and our selves, which in turn will probably destroy man kind in the near future.
I just finish DC yesterday (1 Jan), and currently I am watching Haikyuu to ease the pain. I never really get emotional because of any work of fiction except a couple of times which will have its after effects for a couple of hours on me, but this really did get me right on the spot within just 10 episodes.
The way it goes is like making a puzzle with ocd or something like that, we build it up but the second on piece is missing we fall out of place and freak out. Freak out leads to blame, blame leads to fight, fight leads to war, war ends, in the end almost nothing changes except for loss. Eunice and repeat over and over again. It’s pretty much a never ending cycle that’s happened for thousands of years
one of my favorite theories is that the ending is actually good since god has destroyed the earth and started over multiple times because satan kept pulling the same shit. but now since he has learned to regret what he has done, then there is hope for the next world to not be destroyed by him
Can't really agree. There's no guarantee that Satan will stop the loop there, and Miki's head is still on a pike. That's pretty grim and way too metal to be called a "happy ending".
@@Hom4m-e6f It's more graphic than ecchi. Those manga go in detail with the sexual content often involving demon genitalia or beasts. Some scenes aren't the standard erotic content as you'll see some wtf moments such as Devilman Lady "riding" an unconscious demon beast. In other words a lot of those "Berserk moments" only weirder.
Aww Devilman...Still one of the all-time classics that still shocks and inspires to this very day! Whether its through Evangelions bleak end, Rage inducing moments in Berserk to heavy metal bands jamming to his name....Devilman is one hero to never forget!🎃
You really start to feel Devilman's influence on a lot of mangas after reading it. Just read Chainsaw Man and boy, you can tell that the author is a fan.
The same level of brutally that’s in Devilman crybaby is very appropriate(if I’m saying that right) Devilman was the first anime to show me how crazy some ova’s can get, Troma without the campiness. Plus, the whole body parts on pipes is horrifying. So if we cant talk about Devilman lady then we could talk about violence jack cause technically head canon wise their all connected
I swear, Go Nagai should have dozens if not hundreds of long videos dedicated to him with how influential every single one of his works is or were precursors to the stuff we have today yet no one acknowledges the stuff he did that has molded japanese entertainment to this very day. I bet if someone looks back far enough they'd find Go Nagai's influence in a majority if not all the stuff they like from japan
just letting you know the manga was released after the anime the anime was an adaptation of go nagai's previous manga demon lord dante (reworked to be more kid friendly) while the manga is it's own thing
Toei asked Go Nagai to make a new character based on Demon Lord Dante, and he created Devilman,then both manga and anime began production but they followed different routes
I remember watching Devilman Crybaby for the first time and thinking: "Ah, ok, good." and moving on. One year after I read a comment that said that in the first half of the last scene Akira was still alive. That thing hit me like "Holy shit what the fuck" and I watched it again. I bought the manga, watched the OVA's, CB Chara Go Nagai World (I recommend it for people that couldn't move on) and consumed all things that were related to Devilman. Needless to say it is one of my favorites creations of all time now.
That was good brother. I’d be interested in diving into the symbolism of demons historically, and also examining how it seems like Devilman really problematizes the notion of the other, since its seems like the other we fear is already in us, and our inability to reconcile ourselves with that other is what leads into a downward spiral of viciousness, warfare, bloodbath, fear, and self-destruction. I’m not typically a fan of heavy description in videos, but I think in this case you did a really good job of weaving description with analysis so that the video itself felt to me like it was right on the border of being so information dense that I have to pause, rewind, and really think about what’s being said, and conversational enough to let me just glide through. If you were intentionally trying to hit that sweet spot, then I think you hit it well. And I, for one, definitely enjoyed this video. It made me go from “Devilman is a cool show/series/franchise that other people like to talk about but I probably won’t ever watch,” to “Yeah, I’m probably gonna make a video on this in the near future,” and that is probably the highest compliment that I can pay to a fellow YTuber.
I suggest reading the first Gekiman Manga. Written by Go Nagai its an semi-autobiographical tale of his journey writing Devilman and history as a manga artist. It talks about his personal philosophy and message for devilman and also includes parts of the original manga in semi updated form. Its a must read for devilman fans! Though unfortunately you will most likely have to sail the high seas to read it.
I watched devilman crybaby. Man do i love it,truly a masterpiece. I truly feel sorry for anyone who can’t look past the unique art style or the mature content because this story legitimately makes you rethink about the value and prospect of human existence.
When I watched the first few episodes of Devilman Crybaby, I realized that it really seemed more like an allegory for puberty. Akira was a late bloomer who was still super emotional about stuff, but after witnessing and experiencing tragedy after tragedy, he toughens up and allows himself to be consumed by his urges and his lust and his thirst for blood all while having this massive responsibility dropped on him.
the original Toei anime wasn't made to be a infantilized version of the manga. Toei hired Go Nagai to create a demon-themed superhero concept for their next anime series and then Nagai started the Devilman manga after the anime was already being made. That's why the anime is not only more kid-friendly but is also a completely different story, many the core concepts of the manga did not even existed when the anime was on it's early production stage.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes made me feel a similar way about the nature of man and the idea of us "getting our shit together" as a species, and maybe even a little more so. I'd love to hear your thoughts on that show.
The reveal of Miki's decapitation is one of the most powerful page-turns in manga history. I remember when I got to that the first time I read the manga. It was BRUTAL.
Saw the first two ova's on vhs in the early 90's as one of the very first few anime I laid eyes on, and holy shit it left an impact. I still remember some of the imagery nearly 30 years later, I even picked up on a callback in berserk volume 34 where one of the demon army members looks really similar to the demon bird lady from devilman. Influential is an understatement, devilman was a cornerstone of storytelling and it still resonates today. Cheers for the video guys your channel is fantastic and I share almost all your videos with my friends👌
Same. I had a VHS tape back in the 90s with ninja scroll, devil man and ghost in the shell. I had to be like 10 at the time. I was into Dbz, but those animes gave me an idea on how gory anime could be. Left an impact for sure
I've only seen Devilman Crybaby at this point, but I'm looking forward to diving in deeper through the source material and ovas! I'm so grateful for all the great ideas I get from your videos! I've already started reading Vampire Hunter D!
As a guy who likes more mature and obscure/less popular anime, THANK YOU SO MUCH for the content you guys make and bring to us every time 😃 If I can make a recommendation, you guys should do a video on Vinland Saga or Banana Fish, I feel like either of those shows will be something you guys would love
Great video, it is always good seeing people talking about devilman. Just one thing Devilman started as a request from Toei to Nagai to create together a child friendly superhero version of Mao Dante, nagai's recently cancel manga at that time. Because Dante was a giant monster Toei decided for devilman to be one too so that's why the anime is how it is
I know this is an old video but I stumbled upon it while looking for reviews/interest pieces about Devilman. Totally convinced me to pick up the Manga and I've now got both parts of the collectors edition arriving tomorrow. I'm sure I'm going to massively enjoy it so thanks in advance!
That’s awesome man ☺️ definitely keep in mind that it is very old 😅 the story is amazing but the art may take a minute to adjust to. Little fun fact I picked up recently, apparently Nagai was so overworked during production of devilman that he didn’t even remember writing half of it. He says it just “happened,” wild stuff. been watching through your content recently, really enjoying the prince of Persia retrospective and looking forward to panzer dragoon 👌
@@BonsaiPop Ah thanks man that really means a lot! Yeah I've been enjoying it a lot but I see what you mean about the art. One some pages it's these beautiful intricate demons and then on others it's just floating Akira and Ryo heads with the same expressions! That being said I'm enjoying it a lot - as a child of the 90s older manga always has this mystical exciting feeling to me and this is scratching that itch!
Just to add some information, the 1972 anime didnt change anything as it came out before the Manga, it was an original anime losely inspired by a previous Go Nagai manga, he later drew the devilman manga to reimagine devilman the way he wanted without any restrictions and a different themes
@@totallynoteverything1. Wish I had that kind of time. x3 My bad, confusing comment. I've only seen Crybaby atm. But from seeing this vid I'll have it on my ever growing list.
This has to be one of the favorite anime’s I’ve watched, it just shows so much that makes sense yet doesn’t, has good points that I can’t even explain, it’s great.
Hey, nicevid! The OVA is honestly awesome! I'm commenting clearly due to your epilogue trancending about how humanity actually is the actual Devil and so.
I watched devil man cry baby when it came out, Loved it so much i read the manga online. I am so freaking happy you guys made this vid its so cool to see other people like this story. Its up there with Berzerk to me i will be old and gray and still remember this amazing story.
devilman is truly a mind boggling anime. I contemplate every night on the final episode of the netflix adaptation because it goes into various topics that someone who is quite religious as me ponders about on a regular bases. in the last episode it starts of of by depicting Satan as this truly magnificent and behuing that radiates light, not the common devil with pitch forks and horns. This is very interesting to me because in the bible it states that the devil is the most magnificent of the angels to have been created amongst the others. "Satan" then goes into explaining the beginning of the world. How it was dominated by devil's and demons. (my theory is that when Satan and he's disciples were cast down from heaven they perhaps settled on earth and still roam the earth to this day). he then goes into explaining how most of the mythological creatures such as ogres, vampires, werewolves etc... might of actually be devilman who fused with humans after god destroyed the world to get rid of him and the other demons being that they were just shapeless entities. this baffles me every time I go on about a little tangent in my head about these things and how the creator of this show went so much into depth about this whole situation.
The idea of Devilman being even more relevant in 2020 is both poignant and terrifying because the part that is becoming more and more relevant is the very end part where fear itself causes the apocalypse.
I remember getting randomly recommended this anime on youtube in my grandpa's house when I was a kid like around 6 to 9 and being terrified, but for some reason I just couldn't stop watch it. The from that day onward youtube kept recommending it to me till it was the only thing you could see on the front page of my grandpa's tablet. idk why I kept watching even tho I kept losing sleep over it
keep doing what your doing dudes,your amazing,maybe this ''PLATFORM'' is not really on your side bu we are,im sure one day you'll get dozens of times bigger,and batter,keep it up!
This is the first video I’ve seen from this channel and I now have such high hopes for the rest of the channel cause I’m subscribing and reading the devil man manga as I’m typing this
I love this video mang. Devilman lady was one of the first anime that introduced me to devilman in general. I really hope you can make a video on that and the manga too. Subbed
I remember when I was showing Devilman Crybaby to my Catholic semi-love interest who worked up the nerve to see something really gory and depraved if it had a happy ending, and I said "eh... it's kind of left up to interpretation". I mean... sure, there was a demon war that killed many many people and the people seemed to be out for blood and turning against each other, and the hero died, but the puppetmaster behind all this did regret their actions and their victory was ultimately hollow.... okay, I just didn't want to tell her outright that it didn't, I wanted to feed into her nerve to watch it.
@@D3sm0ndus She was not thrilled that I implied the ending was maybe happier than it actually was. Not so unhappy that she didn't want to be ravished afterwards though.
Excellent review! I bought both the Devilman volumes , but I just have not gotten around to reading them yet. The series as a whole is still very relevant even today. Your comments at the end of the video are essential to understanding that.
what are we going to do about OVERPOPULATION? that is the easiest question to answer but can not be done easily ONLY allow each family to have 1 child just like how China does it
I first watched Devilman Crybaby and was so in awe I decided to watch the OVAS (1987+ ones) and was a bit "sad" on how they chose to end it. Personally I think the manga/DM Crybaby has the perfect ending for the story is trying to tell. Tho nothing beats 90's anime aesthetics imo
Good vid, thanks. But (sorry) this isn't really "ahead of it's time" so much as a product of the time. The 70s were weird on the heels of the late 60's psychedelia and social angst. I'm a kid of the 70s and yeah, this feels right about where our cultural angst was at the time (in the US at least). I feel for younger Generations that came up under the regressive social mores of a society trying to bring the 50s back starting with groups like PMRC and rolling into retro pop shows like Mad Men. At least Heavy Metal the movie was cranked out before the cultural regression took full hold. Maybe this is the real reason people should resent Boomers: "I had fun when I was young so I know first-hand you shouldn't" attitude. 😅
Hi everyone! This one was real fun to make, our last Devilman video (specifically on crybaby) was "removed" so I worked really hard to make this one appealing to this website while still staying true to the source. I personally went hard on this one, read all the manga, watched all the OVA's and rewatched crybaby and even dove into some other Nagai works to get a better picture of the man behind the story. Devilman is REALLY awesome, so hopefully this video helps people pull a samurai jack and go back to check it out. Thanks so much for watching!
-Mike
Love you guys videos keep on trucking.
I thought "Devilman Cry baby" was utter garbage. I hated the art style and I thought it was nihilistic for shock value only. Not a fan of that remake or "Beserk" 2012. I love your work though. You had me at "Legend of The Overfiend." I have not found another anime channel who covers the golden and silver age of manga and Anime. Any chance of doing 3x3 eyes? or X?
@@williamjones3534 wait a minute you hate Devilman Crybaby for the shock value but love the Overfined thats basically the same thing?
@@xblade149 I said Devilman Crybaby. I have the original Devilman OVA's along with Legend of the Overfiend and 90's Beserk. I did not care for the crybaby remake of Devilman. They went the horror route among other things when it came to the deaths of some of the main characters in terms of not making feel anything when they met a shocking end. In the original when a main character got capped you felt it. Also the animation style which was hideous was done that way because they felt that cartoony style wouldn't trigger so many brittle souls when graphic violence was shown unlike the original that went balls out and didn't give a fuck. So yes, I hate Devilman Crybaby and for many good reasons.
@@williamjones3534 the animation is Yuasa's style, not because of your boomer's reason
Hell if it wasn't for devilman we wouldn't have evangelion or berserk
If it wasn't for Devilman we wouldn't have Evangelion, if it wasn't for Evangelion we wouldn't have Devilman Crybaby
We wouldn’t have Devil May Cry, Shin Megami Tensei, High School DXD, the list goes on
Finally someone understands .....Devilman is the Father of everything you like....its the Father of Gore and ultraviolence
The only difference: Go Nagai was sane when he did Devilman. Hideaki Anno during Evangelion..... not so much.
@@broodo1
Well, go nagai still had a rough time creating devilman.
The Final Scene of Ryu (satan) crying over Akira's body surprisingly got me emotional
That reminds me of somewhere Evil Ryu (Street Fighter) was written as DEVIL RYU
Kage is DEFINITELY NOT THIS
XD
In Devilman Crybaby I lost my edge at that and Miki's fucking head on a pike
i would never get over that scene, manga or new adaptation, it hits deep
@kibara Your logic is so stupid that its breathtaking.
I haven't seen Devilman but I'm going to assume this is a spoiler.
I forever stand by the idea that this was Miura's biggest influence for Berserk. The ambiguously gay friendship, the sacrificed lady friend between them, the humanish demons and flipping the contrast of light vs dark is so apparent.
Imagine if berserk ended up having the same ending as devilman....
@@iliveinsideyourhouse3943 and they added a red or dark orange sea at the end too
He might have viewed Phantom Of The Paradise too. I would be okay with an ending like that. Or perhaps the moonlight boy is the key to Griffith's demise.
@@iliveinsideyourhouse3943 imagine Berserk actually ending ...
Miura has outright said that
I really think that Devilman deserves the title of "classic." Not only is it a good story and poignant, but it is also a great cautionary tale. You can derive several messages and themes. One theme that I surmised would be that nothing good comes from war and being divisive. We are all humans at the end of the day and in times of strife, we should unify and not fight. As the legend, Bob Marley, once said, "We don't need no trouble. What we need is love!"
Completely agree! Luckily Devilman is recognized as a classic around the world and slowly America is recognizing it!
Devil Lady needs love too....its a shame that Devil Lady only have ONE anime...we need a new one but more violent and more gore
@@joaquinumpierrez9940 your right too! Devil Lady only got the 1 series which is a sad shame really. She deserves more!
Devilman will always be a classic.
@Excelsior true...and the fact that WE are cancer and deserve to die....
In my fanfic im making a trilogy
In the third story humanity evolve turning into angels and stop being assholes towards nature
The dub of the devilman anime is pure dopamine and highly quotable
Yes! I've done it! I'm DEVILMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN
The abundance of edgy teenagers cussing every minute lol
WHY GOOOOD WHYYYYY GOOOOD
Can yall help me n like tell me where I can watch it
@@mvwandy1002 netflix
Mikki's decapitated head will forever be in my nightmares.
That scene made me furious !
@@thomaskopv2366 An d i somewhat feel satisfied when (soiler) akira out of revenge use this demonic power to burn the murderers to death.
@@D3sm0ndus definitely!
No the way she screamed in Cry Baby when dude stabbed her in the back and sliced all the way down. She was still alive after that.
:v
This vid was so cute. So kawaii
How?
@@jgaziz7110 4:19 obviously
@@BoundaryBreak love your channel!!
@@BoundaryBreak 00:34 is pretty cute too lol
A little confused but he got the spirit
“How fear itself is the one true weakness of the human species...”
Oh what’s that? Sorry dude. Couldn’t hear you. Was jamming out to Bloody Tears.
lol exactly!
lmao yeah
I'm listening to Castlevania music like, what is this devil anime? why have I not heard of it, it seems neat. Oh I remember the first time I heard this song, fighting good old Dracula with Richter. Those guys look like dickheads with those pikes.
saaaaaame
some ppl just don't understand just how poetic the ending was.
This anime messed up my perspective on humanity for like 3 weeks or more, I've watched other anime's that changed the way I looked at the world but this anime seriously just had me oddly hooked. It was so weird but I couldn't look away. I even caught myself saying "WOW if this isn't 2020 in a nutshell then I don't know what is" After watching this masterpiece that I've been sleeping on for so long I re-realized that humans aren't just good and bad, black and white sides but mixed together in a messy pot. Paint mixed together that shouldn't have that created some kind of ugly but sometimes beautiful color. History is messy because Humans are a messy bunch. We start something but can't always finish it causing long overdue dates. The fear and unknown as mentioned is our greatest weapon on others and our selves, which in turn will probably destroy man kind in the near future.
I had the same feeling too, except my views lasted for 6 months instead of 3 weeks
I just finish DC yesterday (1 Jan), and currently I am watching Haikyuu to ease the pain. I never really get emotional because of any work of fiction except a couple of times which will have its after effects for a couple of hours on me, but this really did get me right on the spot within just 10 episodes.
Never really liked people. Now you know why
The way it goes is like making a puzzle with ocd or something like that, we build it up but the second on piece is missing we fall out of place and freak out. Freak out leads to blame, blame leads to fight, fight leads to war, war ends, in the end almost nothing changes except for loss. Eunice and repeat over and over again. It’s pretty much a never ending cycle that’s happened for thousands of years
omg sauce. that ending had my heart palpitating
The source is an anime called Devilman.
Deviman crybaby
Dude youre an anime fan??? 😱
Whattt john hill on a devilman video wtf
Same
one of my favorite theories is that the ending is actually good since god has destroyed the earth and started over multiple times because satan kept pulling the same shit. but now since he has learned to regret what he has done, then there is hope for the next world to not be destroyed by him
duude you should read devilman devilady is literaly the continuation and is nuts good
I suppose... doesn't justify the billions of innocent lives lost though.
unfortunately no .. the devilman universe is a loop. and seeing Akira die all over and over again is ryos punishment from god
@@wahey2839 how? Where is it said it's a complete loop?
Can't really agree. There's no guarantee that Satan will stop the loop there, and Miki's head is still on a pike. That's pretty grim and way too metal to be called a "happy ending".
Don't let your parents or anyone walk in on you when reading Devilman Lady, Devilman Grimoire or Violence Jack.
Why tho ? Is it the echi or the gore?
@@Hom4m-e6f It's more graphic than ecchi. Those manga go in detail with the sexual content often involving demon genitalia or beasts. Some scenes aren't the standard erotic content as you'll see some wtf moments such as Devilman Lady "riding" an unconscious demon beast. In other words a lot of those "Berserk moments" only weirder.
Violence jack is on youtube tho lol
Where the hell is Jack? Fucking Chicken shit!
Ey yo it's the hero himself.
Aww Devilman...Still one of the all-time classics that still shocks and inspires to this very day! Whether its through Evangelions bleak end, Rage inducing moments in Berserk to heavy metal bands jamming to his name....Devilman is one hero to never forget!🎃
White zombie: DEVILMAN DEVILMAN!
@@iliveinsideyourhouse3943 nice! You got it!
@@LowellLucasJr. Fun Fact: Devilman was also an inspiration for Kazuya's devil gene from Tekken.
You really start to feel Devilman's influence on a lot of mangas after reading it. Just read Chainsaw Man and boy, you can tell that the author is a fan.
Devil Man was by far the bleakest, most thought provokingly dark story I had ever read. Its a number 3 on my greatest manga of all time list
What's numbers 1 and 2?
@@evecampbell3069 Vagabond is number 2 and Berserk is number 1
@@KallosCrypt Cool. Thanks for answering!
Read the manga. It is one of the greatest of all time for a reason.
It's sad how relevant Devilman is today and the current social climate...
. . . Really?
How about it was always relevant for not much has changed.
media is the problem
@Sapphire Valley
I'm surprised such people weren't REEEEE-ing at the sight of this.
It's even worse now 😭
"you can take the anime out of the 70s but you can't take the 70s out of the anime" made me giggle
The same level of brutally that’s in Devilman crybaby is very appropriate(if I’m saying that right) Devilman was the first anime to show me how crazy some ova’s can get, Troma without the campiness. Plus, the whole body parts on pipes is horrifying.
So if we cant talk about Devilman lady then we could talk about violence jack cause technically head canon wise their all connected
I swear, Go Nagai should have dozens if not hundreds of long videos dedicated to him with how influential every single one of his works is or were precursors to the stuff we have today yet no one acknowledges the stuff he did that has molded japanese entertainment to this very day. I bet if someone looks back far enough they'd find Go Nagai's influence in a majority if not all the stuff they like from japan
"Discretely make sure your parents never see this."
Oh, what a fantastic disaster that would be.
Me, procceeding to showing this anime to my mum :)
@@D3sm0ndus I wish you luck, friend. Hopefully your mum is the laid-back type.
Glad to see this series again on the channel
just letting you know
the manga was released after the anime
the anime was an adaptation of go nagai's previous manga demon lord dante (reworked to be more kid friendly)
while the manga is it's own thing
Toei asked Go Nagai to make a new character based on Demon Lord Dante, and he created Devilman,then both manga and anime began production but they followed different routes
@@JosephFlores-yn4yi
i will admit i got things wrong
thank you for correcting me
@@Probablyabox your welcome
But hey, you werent entirely wrong
I remember watching Devilman Crybaby for the first time and thinking: "Ah, ok, good." and moving on. One year after I read a comment that said that in the first half of the last scene Akira was still alive. That thing hit me like "Holy shit what the fuck" and I watched it again. I bought the manga, watched the OVA's, CB Chara Go Nagai World (I recommend it for people that couldn't move on) and consumed all things that were related to Devilman. Needless to say it is one of my favorites creations of all time now.
Devil man is also a big inspiration on Berserk as well as Neon Genesis Evangellion
Evangellion is trash
@@fightfannerd2078 no
@@fightfannerd2078 right. most trash series ever
@@444ein Fun Fact: Devilman was also an inspiration for Kazuya's devil gene from Tekken.
That was good brother. I’d be interested in diving into the symbolism of demons historically, and also examining how it seems like Devilman really problematizes the notion of the other, since its seems like the other we fear is already in us, and our inability to reconcile ourselves with that other is what leads into a downward spiral of viciousness, warfare, bloodbath, fear, and self-destruction. I’m not typically a fan of heavy description in videos, but I think in this case you did a really good job of weaving description with analysis so that the video itself felt to me like it was right on the border of being so information dense that I have to pause, rewind, and really think about what’s being said, and conversational enough to let me just glide through. If you were intentionally trying to hit that sweet spot, then I think you hit it well. And I, for one, definitely enjoyed this video. It made me go from “Devilman is a cool show/series/franchise that other people like to talk about but I probably won’t ever watch,” to “Yeah, I’m probably gonna make a video on this in the near future,” and that is probably the highest compliment that I can pay to a fellow YTuber.
I suggest reading the first Gekiman Manga. Written by Go Nagai its an semi-autobiographical tale of his journey writing Devilman and history as a manga artist. It talks about his personal philosophy and message for devilman and also includes parts of the original manga in semi updated form.
Its a must read for devilman fans!
Though unfortunately you will most likely have to sail the high seas to read it.
@@thotslayer9914" sailing the high seas"
Metaphor for pirating or downloading content through mysterious means
Too bad it's so hard to find
@@Emo-Otaku66 you caa easily find the devilman one but the other installments arent online
I watched devilman crybaby. Man do i love it,truly a masterpiece. I truly feel sorry for anyone who can’t look past the unique art style or the mature content because this story legitimately makes you rethink about the value and prospect of human existence.
The Devilman OVA was my first introduction into anime gore.
And I'll always love it.
Same here. Thanks to Manga Entertainment I got into Devilman, Guyver, and Ninja Scrolls.
I was literally thinking bout Devilman today, good timing
What I found striking after watching Crybaby, was just how influential Devilman clearly was on the creation of Evangelion; especially that ending
Man this channel should've passed the million mark a long time ago.
When I watched the first few episodes of Devilman Crybaby, I realized that it really seemed more like an allegory for puberty. Akira was a late bloomer who was still super emotional about stuff, but after witnessing and experiencing tragedy after tragedy, he toughens up and allows himself to be consumed by his urges and his lust and his thirst for blood all while having this massive responsibility dropped on him.
man, this one was.... you've outdone yourself. this was epic. 🙏🏽 thank you for creating
#proudpatreon The 70's were a heck of a trip man.
Still love Akira's cameo in Cutie Honey next.
When the S**t hits the F**k is the perfect way to describe devilman
the original Toei anime wasn't made to be a infantilized version of the manga. Toei hired Go Nagai to create a demon-themed superhero concept for their next anime series and then Nagai started the Devilman manga after the anime was already being made. That's why the anime is not only more kid-friendly but is also a completely different story, many the core concepts of the manga did not even existed when the anime was on it's early production stage.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes made me feel a similar way about the nature of man and the idea of us "getting our shit together" as a species, and maybe even a little more so. I'd love to hear your thoughts on that show.
Badass. Devilman is insane and makes my soul hurt. 😭💀
You are so right
The reveal of Miki's decapitation is one of the most powerful page-turns in manga history. I remember when I got to that the first time I read the manga. It was BRUTAL.
and this video just spoils it lol
Saw the first two ova's on vhs in the early 90's as one of the very first few anime I laid eyes on, and holy shit it left an impact. I still remember some of the imagery nearly 30 years later, I even picked up on a callback in berserk volume 34 where one of the demon army members looks really similar to the demon bird lady from devilman. Influential is an understatement, devilman was a cornerstone of storytelling and it still resonates today. Cheers for the video guys your channel is fantastic and I share almost all your videos with my friends👌
Same. I had a VHS tape back in the 90s with ninja scroll, devil man and ghost in the shell.
I had to be like 10 at the time. I was into Dbz, but those animes gave me an idea on how gory anime could be.
Left an impact for sure
I've only seen Devilman Crybaby at this point, but I'm looking forward to diving in deeper through the source material and ovas! I'm so grateful for all the great ideas I get from your videos! I've already started reading Vampire Hunter D!
As a guy who likes more mature and obscure/less popular anime, THANK YOU SO MUCH for the content you guys make and bring to us every time 😃
If I can make a recommendation, you guys should do a video on Vinland Saga or Banana Fish, I feel like either of those shows will be something you guys would love
don't forget the Bonsai Popcast!
I showed Devilman: The Birth to my mom and my mom seemed to enjoy it even more than I did.
Hearing you talk about this series just makes me want to watch it again
Without devilman, we wouldn't have parasyte or the end of evangelion. Hell, even the artwork of berserk looks very similar to devilmans.
Guts angry berserk face is the same as Devilman
@@Wildjason888 Fun Fact: Devilman was also an inspiration for Kazuya's devil gene from Tekken.
*brutally kills room full of hippies*
Overcomes the demon because his heart is pure.
I fell like there is a LOT to unpack there.
I’ve dug bonsai pop for a while now, but the Darby crash/go nagai analogy made me love this channel even more. Bonsai pop is legit
Yas quen
Pop off sis 💅
No
No
Please stop.
@@konradcurze394 no
Great video, it is always good seeing people talking about devilman.
Just one thing Devilman started as a request from Toei to Nagai to create together a child friendly superhero version of Mao Dante, nagai's recently cancel manga at that time. Because Dante was a giant monster Toei decided for devilman to be one too so that's why the anime is how it is
This one is truly WILD.
I know this is an old video but I stumbled upon it while looking for reviews/interest pieces about Devilman. Totally convinced me to pick up the Manga and I've now got both parts of the collectors edition arriving tomorrow. I'm sure I'm going to massively enjoy it so thanks in advance!
That’s awesome man ☺️ definitely keep in mind that it is very old 😅 the story is amazing but the art may take a minute to adjust to. Little fun fact I picked up recently, apparently Nagai was so overworked during production of devilman that he didn’t even remember writing half of it. He says it just “happened,” wild stuff. been watching through your content recently, really enjoying the prince of Persia retrospective and looking forward to panzer dragoon 👌
@@BonsaiPop Ah thanks man that really means a lot! Yeah I've been enjoying it a lot but I see what you mean about the art. One some pages it's these beautiful intricate demons and then on others it's just floating Akira and Ryo heads with the same expressions! That being said I'm enjoying it a lot - as a child of the 90s older manga always has this mystical exciting feeling to me and this is scratching that itch!
Just to add some information, the 1972 anime didnt change anything as it came out before the Manga, it was an original anime losely inspired by a previous Go Nagai manga, he later drew the devilman manga to reimagine devilman the way he wanted without any restrictions and a different themes
Watched this while eating breakfast, thanks for spicing things up this early, keep up the good work Mike!
Oooooo shit. Need to watch Devilman now.
10/10 would Devilman again.
you finished it in 2 days?
@@totallynoteverything1. Wish I had that kind of time. x3 My bad, confusing comment. I've only seen Crybaby atm. But from seeing this vid I'll have it on my ever growing list.
Love it man! Great work. I've been wanting to expand my book collection into manga and i definitely think Devilman will be one of my firsts!
Man, When I first watched Devil man Crybaby it broke my heart, it still haunts me.
This has to be one of the favorite anime’s I’ve watched, it just shows so much that makes sense yet doesn’t, has good points that I can’t even explain, it’s great.
This is definitely Doom Slayer approved, minus the whole guy getting possessed by a demon in order to fight other demons
Hey, nicevid! The OVA is honestly awesome! I'm commenting clearly due to your epilogue trancending about how humanity actually is the actual Devil and so.
Castlevania's soundtrack in the background was amazing!
I scrolled all the way down for this . Thank you 🙏
@@dylanjacobs661 Fun Fact: Devilman was also an inspiration for Kazuya's devil gene from Tekken.
I watched devil man cry baby when it came out, Loved it so much i read the manga online. I am so freaking happy you guys made this vid its so cool to see other people like this story. Its up there with Berzerk to me i will be old and gray and still remember this amazing story.
devilman is truly a mind boggling anime. I contemplate every night on the final episode of the netflix adaptation because it goes into various topics that someone who is quite religious as me ponders about on a regular bases.
in the last episode it starts of of by depicting Satan as this truly magnificent and behuing that radiates light, not the common devil with pitch forks and horns. This is very interesting to me because in the bible it states that the devil is the most magnificent of the angels to have been created amongst the others.
"Satan" then goes into explaining the beginning of the world. How it was dominated by devil's and demons. (my theory is that when Satan and he's disciples were cast down from heaven they perhaps settled on earth and still roam the earth to this day). he then goes into explaining how most of the mythological creatures such as ogres, vampires, werewolves etc... might of actually be devilman who fused with humans after god destroyed the world to get rid of him and the other demons being that they were just shapeless entities.
this baffles me every time I go on about a little tangent in my head about these things and how the creator of this show went so much into depth about this whole situation.
Yesssss thank you for remaking the Devil man video! I’m definitely gonna check the OVAs out 👍
The idea of Devilman being even more relevant in 2020 is both poignant and terrifying because the part that is becoming more and more relevant is the very end part where fear itself causes the apocalypse.
The tone shifting Hot Blooded probably sequel Devilman vs Hades is fucking awesome
one of my all time faves since I was WAAAY too young to watch it lol
Man I had to rewatch the last third of the video cause I was too busy jamming to Bloody Tears to hear or comprehend any of the words you were saying.
On Netflix you can get DevilMan vs Cyborg009 which is a 3 episode anime about the cyborgs vs devilman and isnt the best but I say it's pretty good
I like your cool avatar.
Easily the best video on this channel since yu yu hakusho. Fantastic
I'd buy the manga. Usually never do, but I like the series enough to do so
I remember getting randomly recommended this anime on youtube in my grandpa's house when I was a kid like around 6 to 9 and being terrified, but for some reason I just couldn't stop watch it. The from that day onward youtube kept recommending it to me till it was the only thing you could see on the front page of my grandpa's tablet. idk why I kept watching even tho I kept losing sleep over it
keep doing what your doing dudes,your amazing,maybe this ''PLATFORM'' is not really on your side bu we are,im sure one day you'll get dozens of times bigger,and batter,keep it up!
This is the first video I’ve seen from this channel and I now have such high hopes for the rest of the channel cause I’m subscribing and reading the devil man manga as I’m typing this
What about the other Go Nagai hit “Cutie Honey”?
Your videos never fail to stay relevant and amazing! Thank you so much!
I've never watched this show but It's on my list now, after I watch everything else I've been playing to watch lol
I love this video mang. Devilman lady was one of the first anime that introduced me to devilman in general. I really hope you can make a video on that and the manga too. Subbed
I remember when I was showing Devilman Crybaby to my Catholic semi-love interest who worked up the nerve to see something really gory and depraved if it had a happy ending, and I said "eh... it's kind of left up to interpretation". I mean... sure, there was a demon war that killed many many people and the people seemed to be out for blood and turning against each other, and the hero died, but the puppetmaster behind all this did regret their actions and their victory was ultimately hollow.... okay, I just didn't want to tell her outright that it didn't, I wanted to feed into her nerve to watch it.
And? Finish your story, how did she react?
@@D3sm0ndus She was not thrilled that I implied the ending was maybe happier than it actually was. Not so unhappy that she didn't want to be ravished afterwards though.
Beautiful video my man... I love this series and just can't get over how real and relative it is for the humans and human nature...
I love Devilman
But i Love Devilman Lady too
I think we need a new anime of Jun Fudo and Lan Asuka
Devil Lady is a hidden gem that needs more love
Yo great work as always you guys! Damn you really killed this one bro, perfectly paced! Your scripts keep getting better
"OMG E-EVERYONE JUST D... DIED!!"
jojo fans: "first time, huh?"
Very cool video, its really nicely presented information that has been living in my head rent-free for 5 years
My first time being here so early
Excellent review! I bought both the Devilman volumes , but I just have not gotten around to reading them yet. The series as a whole is still very relevant even today. Your comments at the end of the video are essential to understanding that.
what are we going to do about OVERPOPULATION?
that is the easiest question to answer but can not be done easily
ONLY allow each family to have 1 child just like how China does it
Yikes
@@zafrel so you would much rather kill off half of the population like some animal?
I first watched Devilman Crybaby and was so in awe I decided to watch the OVAS (1987+ ones) and was a bit "sad" on how they chose to end it. Personally I think the manga/DM Crybaby has the perfect ending for the story is trying to tell. Tho nothing beats 90's anime aesthetics imo
Good vid, thanks. But (sorry) this isn't really "ahead of it's time" so much as a product of the time. The 70s were weird on the heels of the late 60's psychedelia and social angst. I'm a kid of the 70s and yeah, this feels right about where our cultural angst was at the time (in the US at least). I feel for younger Generations that came up under the regressive social mores of a society trying to bring the 50s back starting with groups like PMRC and rolling into retro pop shows like Mad Men. At least Heavy Metal the movie was cranked out before the cultural regression took full hold. Maybe this is the real reason people should resent Boomers: "I had fun when I was young so I know first-hand you shouldn't" attitude. 😅
That Devilman Crybaby ending was the second time I saw the horror on people's faces since that first Thanos snap in Infinity Wars ...
Go Nagai is my favorite Mangaka. His art is just so unique.
Great video, by far one of my favorite of this channel.
That feel when you wanna hear about an awesome story, but can't handle the copious amounts of gore. Keep it up, dudes!
Main villain be angel, and him be in love with main character, check... years after *Sousei no aquarion theme starts playing* x'D
Again when violence jack?
Nobody can ever replace that Classical Anime era