Devilman manga series#

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Devilman manga series#

What happens next is a series of episodes where they travel to various historical settings, inexplicably all outside Japan, and they help resolve historical problems by battling demons. ItвЂ™s all pretty standard superhero, monster-of-the-week stuff, until it takes a weird turn that almost feels like Go Nagai wasnвЂ™t sure what to do with the characters anymore.ДЇor reasons that may or may not be revealed toward the end of the series (no spoilers here), FudoвЂ™s friend Ryo manifests his own superpowers that cause him and Fudo to become, to coin a phrase, unstuck in time. ThereвЂ™s a later chapter where he battles spiders that attach themselves to peopleвЂ™s heads and control their brains. But after heвЂ™s introduced to the world of demons by his friend Ryo Asuka and becomes the titular Devilman, heвЂ™s a kind of cool-cat superhero who stomps other demons вЂ“ at least, for a while.ДЇor the next few episodes, Akira defeats a few classic demons that have appeared in various incarnations of the franchise, such as the winged harpy Sirene and Jinmen, a giant turtle-demon that absorbs its victimsвЂ™ souls into its shell. Initially weвЂ™re introduced to Fudo Akira as a wimp and a crybaby in the eyes of his would-be girlfriend, Miki. The feel of the artwork in the various chapters differs enough that it seems unlikely they were originally published in the order theyвЂ™re presented in these collections, but I canвЂ™t say for sure. And true to that tendency, Devilman: The Classic Collection feels all over the map.ДЇor starters, the art style varies widely, from highly stylized cartooning, to sophisticated greyscale ink wash work, to a few color sections. HeвЂ™ll put his characters in different situations and even retell their stories in what seem like entirely different universes. One of the cool things about Go NagaiвЂ™s work is that heвЂ™s never felt a need to be a slave to any strict canon. From then on, he pledges to use his new demonic powers to destroy all demons. But because of his pure and caring heart, instead of Amon possessing AkiraвЂ™s body, Akira possesses AmonвЂ™s, becoming a Devilman вЂ“ a demon with a human spirit. In one of the early episodes, he merges with Amon, the greatest champion of all demons. Long story short вЂ“ and I mean it, as the two volumes comprise some 1,336 pages вЂ“ Devilman is the tale of a youth named Fudo Akira who gets involved in a war between demons and the human world. When I found out that Seven Seas Entertainment had released Devilman: The Classic Collection in two volumes the same year, I decided to check it out. When Netflix released Devilman Crybaby last year, I enjoyed the anime, but it made me realize that although I was cursorily familiar with the character, I had never really gone back and read Go NagaiвЂ™s original manga from the early 1970s.