Devil May Cry

Original title: Devil May Cry
Genre: Action, supernatural.
Director: Shin Itagaki
Studio: Madhouse.
Original run: From June 14, 2007 to September 6, 2007.
Lenght: 12 episodes.

"The smell of blood here is more cloying than the smell of alcohol though."


I would only say something like, “a bonus to all the fans of Devil May Cry”. And this could definitely compress this anime.
It doesn’t bring anything new, it’s too short and the plot can be a small line where you just have to say that Dante is broken, struggling under constant financial debt, and to face this, he works in a lot missions to kill the demons through his devil-hunting business.
The end.
Ah, and you have the appearances of 2 nice ladies too. The end, again? Well, if you want to hear something more accurate I can struggle here to bring you some other points.
One of them can already be found through the number of the episodes: 12. It is a short one alright, but its worst than that, you see, while you watch it, you’ll realize that one episode it’s a single mission without any connection between the others. Only at the final 2 or 3 episodes, and these ones, can only find some link with the first episode.
So, putting it clear, you have here 4 or 5 useless missions, which in such a short anime, can produce some damage. Even the fights could be better, and also the design of the demons. The games are so much fluid (ah, nostalgic mode now). And the script, well… is there even a script? Even the environment could be much more dark and twisted.
Yet, in spite of the bad aspects, the soundtrack was made to the image of the games (quite average), and the same to the sound effects along the animation. After all, it’s a mini-anime able to entertain you for a while, where you don’t have to think or expect much. Like I said, it’s really like a bonus to the fans.
You won’t kill your time if you like Dante or the girls, but you’ll easily find some other better anime to watch instead.

Design - 8
Dynamic - 6.5
Sound Effects - 8
Voice performances - 7
Soundtrack - 7.5
Characters - 7
Story - 4
Overall - 6,5