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"My body is a demon, but the human heart is not lost! I am a demon!"
This sentence is the protagonist of "Devil Man", not a famous saying. On January 5, 2018, the new Devilman animation "DEVILMAN crybaby" directed by Masaki Yuasa was broadcast.
The story of "DEVILMAN crybaby" (DEVILMAN crybaby) begins when the crybaby high school student Fudo Akira meets his friend Asuka, who has known each other since childhood. Asuka invites Fudo Akira to a dangerous carnival party. In this party, Fudo Akira sees people who have turned into demons, and Fudo Akira is about to transform himself into an invincible demon...
This brand-new Devilman is directed by Masaki Yuasa, the script is the first floor of Dahanai, and Kensuke Ushio is responsible for the music. The original work has been adapted in some details, and new characters and plots have been added. Emotional lines, even props and backgrounds have become full of modernity. The key parts of the story, still follow the original line. In Yuasa Masaki's drunken exaggeration, the sexual depiction is eye-catching, and the violent elements are exaggerated but not easily offensive. Moreover, we can finally see the end of the "Devil Man" story in the form of animation.
maybe like your childhood
But even the new "Devilman" animation is still the same, all the damned are dead, and not all the damned are not necessarily alive.
Devil's Hand: Works Inheriting the Bloodline of "Devil Man"
The 1972 comic book "Devil Man" is undoubtedly a great work.
On the official website of "DEVILMAN crybaby", we can see a huge devil's hand, and the left hand of this devilman is composed of a colorful group of works. The works in "hand" all have deep or shallow karma with "Devil Man". The uppermost wrist is mostly works by Nagai Hao who are closely related to "Devil Man", including "Dante the Devil", "Jack of Violence", "Devil Woman", etc. The little finger is the deceased Nagai Hao's close friend Ishikawa. Xian's work group, including "Geta", "War of Warcraft", "Void War" and so on.
The thumb is composed of demon stories by other authors such as "neo demon", "AMON demon apocalypse" and so on. The works of the index finger are similar to the dark fantasy worldview of "Devil Man" in the setting of the world view. The demons in "Devil Man" were originally creatures of the earth. Demons have no entity and must be merged with creatures to exist. Watching "Legend of Sword and Wind", "BASTARD! ! "Diablo", "Mars Alien", "Attack on Titan" and other dark works, "crazy monsters are killing and evolving in brutal killing" has become an essential element.
The works that constitute the middle finger include "Parasite", "Demihuman", "Tokyo Ghoul" and other works. The protagonists of these works have similarities with the setting of "Devilman". In the story of "Devilman", they have Demons, humans, and human demons are opposed to each other. The background setting of "the protagonist living in the ordinary real world is suddenly involved in the ferocious battle of monsters from another world" is very common these days, and these protagonists are usually high school students at first, and these high school students not only have to face questions about their own race The challenge of change is to deal with multiple forces and multiple races.
The part of the ring finger is those works that combine the Bible, the Book of Revelation, and various myths. Representative works include "Evangelion", "Hellsing", "Blue Exorcist" and so on. "Devilman" is an epoch-making work in the history of comics. One of the important points is the reference to myths and biblical elements. Hideaki Anno also said that "Evangelion" was deeply influenced by "Devilman". The bold traditional image reversal and the mythological background set by science fiction in "Devil Man" were exciting enough for readers at the time and influenced future creators.
"Devilman" is a dark and violent pioneer work that combines various elements, but before "DEVILMAN crybaby", we have not been able to see the complete story of the original "Devilman" comics in these animations.
The 1972 manga version of "Devilman" and the 1972 TV anime version of "Devilman"
In fact, there are not many animation works about "Devilman". "Devilman" launched the comic version and TV animation version at the same time in 1972, but the content is two completely different stories. Everyone regards it as a classic "Devilman" work It is the manga version of "Devilman" created by Nagai Hao.
"Devilman" was originally a transformational hero project. In 1972, the relationship between "Devilman" animation and comics was neither the original comics and then animated, nor the original animations and then adapted into comics, but the basic Two completely different works are set. The comic version was created by Nagai Hao, and the story of the animated version was created by Tsuji Zhenxian.
The TV version of the story with a total of 39 episodes is relatively simple to tell, and it follows a routine with those traditional superheroes. The demons that were sealed in the ice of the Himalayas were resurrected, and the Fudo father and son, who happened to be climbing the mountain, happened to meet the resurrected demons. The father Fudo Professor died, and the demon Amon occupied the body of his son Fudoming.
However, this powerful demon fell in love with the human girl Miki Makimura. As a result, the strongest demon, Amon, betrayed the demon family, gave up the task of exterminating humanity, and became a hero of justice, standing up to protect Miki and protect the earth. . Similar to other superheroes, this demon started his heroic career in beating monsters with different kills.
So, oh, woman.
Nagai Hao's manga version of "Devil Man" obviously does not follow the same path as the animation. The comics have added more elements to attract adults, and the content of the comics in a total of 5 volumes presents the darker and tortuous devil that everyone is familiar with. The manga was originally planned to start and end at the same time as the TV animation, but the TV animation is over, and the manga has not been serialized yet.
The magazine asked Nagai Hao to finish it as soon as possible. The time limit is about 2 and a half months, but Nagai Hao said that it would be better if the animation is over. You can draw a good picture of the final decisive battle in the comics, and the real devil talent is about to begin! Of course, it is impossible to pass such a rhetoric magazine, but the mouth is not in vain, and it finally extended for 5 months. Nagai Hao did not arrange the ending of "Devil Man" when he started to paint. In the limited time limit, under the tense creative conditions, the image of Fuming's best friend Asuka was constantly enriched, and "Devil Man" finally became a classic.
Sure enough, the final deadline can stimulate a great creative desire!
1987 OVA "The Devil's Birth" and 1990 OVA "Devil, Shemale, Bird Dead Rei"
From 1972 to 1987, another 14 years passed, and the OVA animation of "Devil Man", which was scripted by Nagai Hao, finally appeared. Different from the 72 version of the TV animation, although this OVA series has some original parts, it is basically described according to the story of the "Devil Man" comics. There are two volumes, "The Birth of the Devil", which describes the birth of the devil, and "The Devil's Lady and the Bird," which is the death battle between the devil and the demon bird. Originally, the OVA story was planned to end in the third volume "Doomsday", but due to the collapse of the production cost, the third part as the final chapter did not exist.
The OVA's time is tight, and the character creation in the first half of "The Birth of the Devil" is also a bit bland, but this blandness is in sharp contrast with the birth of the devil in the second half, especially the appearance of the protagonist. , before and after being possessed by a demon in "The Birth of a Demon", there are also significant changes in line with the characteristics of the times.
good youth bad youth
In the original work, the eyeballs, broken intestines, and bloody and bloody scenes of violence that are not suitable for children have also been restored in OVA more realistically, but after watching it, I can feel that the part about the psychological changes of the protagonist is still lacking.
2000 OVA "AMON Apocalypse"
In the OVA animation "AMON Apocalypse" in 2000, the description of the ugly part of human nature and the violent and bloody sensory stimulation waited for further improvement, and even reached the level of malice. Before, the protagonist's inner changes were insufficient. Parts have also been supplemented, and a tragic duel between the demon man Fuming and the possessed demon Amon has been added. The plot of "AMON Apocalypse" is already a story near the end of "Devil", without the foreshadowing of comics or the first two OVAs, a series of questions such as who is who, who fights who, what is their relationship, etc Said it was unavoidable.
It's nearing the end but it doesn't end the story, but "AMON Apocalypse" is still an animation that is highly recommended for repeated viewing.
summary
The incomplete review of "Devilman" has come to an end for now. Today, our era is becoming more and more open, and the number of animation works that can be seen is increasing, but there are not many animation works about dark, sci-fi, and exploring human nature in violence. The former audience of "Devilman" has gradually ceased to be the main force of animation consumption, and the successful animation works that understand the current era seem to no longer have the strong, radical and wanton release of "Devilman".
What would Japanese animation be like without Devilman?
Damn, that seems to be the case now.
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