I think the reason it lost me a bit is that because it starts so extreme, each scene felt like it was trying to outdo what came before. In some cases, they do things more vile than the demons ever do. We see demons having sex and tearing people apart at the start of the series, but by the end of everything humans are doing the exact same stuff. There’s a lot of artistry going on here that’s meant to connect to large themes. Which isn’t to say it’s bad, y’know? I think a lot of it is really well done. It’s definitely A Lot but Devilman invented Being A Lot.Īlexandra: I struggled with it. There’s also really empathetic depictions of what it’s like to not know what to do with yourself from both genders, and it’s one of the few shows that has both an explicit and metaphorical queer presence. The entire narrative thrust of the first part is that sex is ludicrous and absurd, and that puberty is doubly so. Person: I may be biased, but the way that Yuasa treats sex, bodies and violence really works for me. The camera frames almost every woman it encounters in the most lustful way possible, and there’s so much violence that it loses impact after your third or fourth demon rampage.
At the same time, I found it occasionally distracting. The animation creates this mesmerising spectacle of bodies and blood, and the writing is really focused on how vile and indulgent humans can be. Sidenote: Don’t let a kid watch Devilman, unless they’re really, really mature and cool like I was.Īlexandra: It’s hard for me to know what to make of Crybaby‘s use of violence and sex. I knew that part was coming because I rented the 2-Part OVA adaptation from Blockbuster Video when I was like 10 ( Devilman: The Birth and Devilman: The Demon Bird).
Ryo starts stabbing people with a broken bottle at some wild orgy and it’s just the most extreme thing.
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When the series started, I thought it might be this quirky story about two dudes having strange adventures with demons, but that changes and turns dark pretty quick by the end of the first episode. When he fires his machine gun at the kids on the pier, it has this exaggerated FLCL feel to it. Ryo’s not the most compassionate person, but he has charisma. Like, right from the get-go when Ryo drives up with a machine gun and a Maison Margiela coat and tells him to drop what he’s doing so they can go drive around and catch up and put the devil inside him, that shit rocks.Īlexandra: There’s a genuine tenderness between the two that’s really easy to get behind. Person: I love my beautiful pure boys that worship evil. I was hooked on their relationship from the start. I want to talk about Akira and Ryo before the demon-y stuff. When demons have a bloody rampage at a drug-fuelled sex party, Akira manages to merge with one of them to become a Devilman, someone with the heart of a human but the body of a demon. Ryo has been studying the existence of demons and wants to reveal them to the world. His style’s pretty distinct and has a lot of bright colours and shifting bodies that works well with Devilman‘s core concept.įor people who don’t know, Devilman follows a Japanese student called Akira Fudo and his friend Ryo Asuka. Although it makes sense given his work on Kemonozume.Īlexandra: I don’t watch as much anime as you do and I mostly know Yuasa from animation he did on Samurai Champloo. To be honest I kind of didn’t know what to expect on some level, just because Devilman has traditionally been such a violent and horny property and Masaaki Yuasa seems like a gentle dude, but the combination totally works for me. What did you think of the series? Did it live up to expectations?Ĭhris Person: Oh hell yeah it did. You went into Crybaby knowing a lot more about Yuasa’s work and Devilman as a whole. I’ll be honest with you, I had no clue what I was getting into and I found it both completely overwhelming and strangely beautiful. It starts off a bit quirky before devolving into a tale of violence, sex, demons, and biblical conflict. Heather Alexandra: Chris! Both of us have watched Devilman Crybaby, an anime series directed by Masaaki Yuasa based on a pretty well-known manga from the 1970s written by Go Nagai.
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