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Devil May Cry the Animated Series 2007

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Devil May Cry: The Animated Series is the anime of the Devil May Weep video game series created and owned past Capcom, and animated by Madhouse. It is a story that ran for twelve episodes and takes place between DMC1 and DMC2 .

The series follows half-demon Dante as he runs his supernatural Detective Agency, Devil May Cry, as a justification for conveying out his state of war against the Demon World. In add-on to Trish and Lady, characters from the video game that the series is based upon, 2 new characters make an appearance. These are Morrison and Patty Lowell; Dante's informant and temporary ward, respectively.

The Devil May Cry animated series follows the tradition of the original animated serial of Hellsing in that it chronicles primarily self-contained adventures before bringing them to a linked final determination at the finish of the season. The animated series favors animation, music, and other elements of style over detailed plots or characterization.

There are likewise two Drama CD volumes released on 2007 and 2008, which are voiced by the Japanese bandage and narrate stories occurring during the aforementioned fourth dimension every bit the anime.

The Us release was originally handled by ADV Films in 2007, merely the license was transferred over to Funimation in 2008 in light of ADV's fiscal troubles. In July 2015, the English dub started airing on U.S. cable network Chiller Tv set, a horror themed sister channel to Syfy, as part of their late dark Anime Wednesdays block, forth with other horror themed anime previously licensed and dubbed by Funimation.

This anime contains examples of:

Absurdly High-Stakes Game: The menu game in the aptly named "Expiry Poker" episode, in which the losers lose their lives.
Action Girl: Trish and Lady may not necessarily be as powerful as Dante only they are no pushovers either.
Adaptation Personality Change: In the games, Dante is a wisecracking wild man, who always fights like he'south having the fourth dimension of his life. The anime fabricated him far more laid back, and took away virtually of his personality quirks in the process. He also gripes more about non getting paid for his work, whereas several lines in the offset game indicate that he'due south not that concerned about money.
Advertised Actress: Despite being featured in the opening credits, Trish only appears in three episodes.
All At that place in the Manual: The anime itself serves as this for the games, explaining why Trish and Lady already know each other in Devil May Cry 4 despite never meeting each other in the games prior.
Always Chaotic Evil: Most of the demons that Dante fights are evil to the core, but there are exceptions to the rule, such as Trish, Brad and Modeus.
Ascended Demon: Brad, thank you to The Power of Dearest.
Badass Biker: Dante and Lady. Dante himself puts his skill to the test in the 2nd episode confronting a demonic wheel.
Badass Longcoat:
- Just like in the games, Dante wears a cerise one.
- Modeus and Baul, the two apprentices of Sparda in episode 10, accept these as well.
Badass Normal: Lady is the merely normal human being in the bandage of demon hunters, the others beingness a half-demon (Dante) and full demon (Trish) respectively. She primarily makes upwardly for this by using an all-encompassing armory of firearms and her powerful rocket launcher Kalina Ann.
Bad-Guy Bar: Dante trashes ane run by demons in the very showtime scene.
Batman Gambit: In "Wishes Come True", Dante needs to get into Devil'southward Prison in gild to rescue someone who got thrown in there due to the machinations of the evil demon mask that serves as the Monster of the Week. He does this by first causing a disturbance in order to get himself thrown into the prison house, and and then assaulting the creepy warden when he gets a little too handsy with him in guild to go thrown into the same cellblock as the guy he's trying to rescue. This also has the side benefit of placing him in a position to stop the sadistic "chase" performed past the warden and his boys upon the inmates which has them taking on their truthful demonic forms.
Exist Careful What You Wish For:
- The episode "Wishes Come True." is a prime number instance of this.
- Same applies to Elena Houston, the singer in the episode "Rock Queen." She wanted folks to become intoxicated with her singing? She got obsessively intoxicated fans. Both episodes involved demons who messed with people.

Bract Beyond The Shoulder: One of Dante's favourite poses. He does information technology a lot in this anime accommodation, fifty-fifty in the opening sequence.

Trunk Horror: In "Wishes Come up True", a demon makes his victims' bodies cook in gruesome mode past means of hell-slime. This is the only "wish" that this particular demon can grant.
Bottomless Magazines: Just similar in the games, Dante never has to reload his guns.
Jiff Weapon: The Big Bad has one.
The Butler Did It: In the tertiary episode, the 1 responsible for the murders Brad is being blamed for is the Mayor'southward butler, who wants to bring a powerful demon to earth by sacrificing his master and his daughter.
Butt-Monkey: Dante, to some extent. Also Isaac, the poor schmuck from episode v.

Cat Scare: Played straight early on on in the fourth episode, and again in the fifth.
Character Exaggeration: Dante is accused of being ridiculously over the top.

Continuity Nod:
- Dante's outfit in this anime serial is the one he wore from the commencement Devil May Cry game, which makes sense because this series chronologically takes place afterward DMC1.
- The fact that Dante owes Lady a massive sum of cash is brought up numerous times. This debt is, of course, due to his wrecking of Lady'southward bicycle in Devil May Cry 3. There'southward fifty-fifty a bonus image in that game of Dante shrugging while Lady stares in shock to the only part left of her beloved bicycle.
- The scar on Lady's leg also came from Devil May Cry iii, when her father stabbed her in the leg with her own bayonet.
- The first volume of the audio drama CD references the plot indicate in Devil May Weep i wherein Dante's shop was renamed from "Devil May Weep" to "Devil Never Cry". However, Trish asked Dante to revert his store's name back to the original "Devil May Cry" prior to her meeting Lady in episode 4 of the anime because Trish wanted to travel around the world past herself, and "Devil Never Weep" would've meant that they owned the store together. This as well establishes a Call-Frontwards to the later installments, wherein Dante'southward store would be consistently named "Devil May Cry" going forwards.
Cool Bike: The show is total of them, including the ones owned by Dante and Lady.
Cool Car: Morrison'south archetype auto. Dante's red convertible also counts, though Patty doesn't seem to remember then.
Convection Schmonvection: It's funny how Patty and her mom tin have a heartfelt reconciliation in a burning hotel without, y'know... roasting to death or dying of smoke inhalation.
Crucified Hero Shot: Dante is pinned to a life-sized cantankerous by his own sword at the end of the penultimate episode, post-obit the In one case an Episode routine of the games. As anyone who knows Dante knows, he gets better.
Curb-Stomp Battle: A lot of Dante's fight scenes are like this, usually catastrophe in one unmarried strike from him. Information technology got to the bespeak where he expresses disappointment over them.
Demonic Possession: A common problem in the series, which features most prominently in "Stone Queen" and "Expiry Poker", both of which feature a malevolent possessor preying on people. The latter isn't even one of the gamblers, just a demon who possesses people through ways of a pocket scout on the victim'due south person.
Depraved Homosexual: The warden of Devil'south Prison house.
Destructive Saviour: Part of the reason Dante is so poor all the time is considering he racks upwards a lot of repair bills during his demon battles.
Designated Girl Fight: Lady vs. Trish in Episode 4, which turned out to have been instigated by a priest who turned out to exist a demon.
Discontinuity Nod:
- Dante'south dearest of strawberry sundaes is a reference to the first light novel that served as a prequel to the original game (until the 3rd game went and kicked it out of canon). Information technology is now officially catechism one time once again later DMC5 features Dante enjoying the treat again.
- The name "Tony Redgrave" inscribed on Ebony & Ivory is used as a plot point in episode 8 "In one case Upon a Fourth dimension". As with higher up, this is re-canonised in Devil May Cry 5 .
Eldritch Abomination: Belphegor in the third episode, although despite all the build-up about how he'll devour the entire metropolis, Dante beats him in most five seconds.
Fat Bastard: The warden of Devil's Prison house.
Fight Unscene: Some fights, like the demon in the third episode and the concluding clash against the Big Bad, are underwhelming.
Finger-Tenting: I person in Episode 9, "Death Poker", does this.
Gangsta Style: Dante'south default firing pose, as well Trish.
Proficient Thing You Tin can Heal: Dante tends to get stabbed, shot and impaled with alarming frequency. In fact, Dante relies on this in lodge to destroy the pocket lookout man that possesses gamblers in the episode "Death Poker". Specifically, he allows himself to exist possessed and then has Lady shoot him in the heart, right where the pocket watch is. Thanks to his healing gene and Lady'due south incredible aim, he survives and successfully manages to destroy the pocket watch.
The Gunslinger: Dante's principal grade of combat commonly involves a pair of stylish pistols called Ebony and Ivory. Lady and Trish use guns also, though Lady is more into More than Dakka than Dante and Trish'southward Gun Fu.
Guns Akimbo: Both Dante and Trish specialize in this style.
Guns Are Worthless: Averted. Dissimilar the games which primarily have you using your sword to deal with enemies, Dante finishes almost of his foes, including the Big Bad , with either Ebony or Ivory.
Paw Cannon:
- Dante's custom Colt M1911's Ebony & Ivory.
- Trish's Luce & Ombra are essentially her ain versions of Dante'southward to a higher place mentioned custom pistols
Harmful to Minors: Dante usually attempts to shield Patty from the gruesome battles he has with demons. He occasionally fails, though.
Healing Gene: Dante and Trish, by dint of their demonic heritages.
Loftier-Pressure Blood: Whenever the combatants suffer heavy injuries during fights, there's a lot of blood scattered around. This usually happens to demons sliced by the Rebellion. In the final episode, Dante bleeds a lot when Patty tries to remove Rebellion that was impaling him, and when Sid skewers him with spikes.
Humans Are the Existent Monsters: Discussed. While Dante avoids killing them, he still notes on multiple occasions that "humans are oft worse than demons."
Hunting the Well-nigh Unsafe Game: The sadistic game that the warden and his men play with the inmates of Devil'southward Prison, involving setting prisoners free and sending them running. Any inmate they catch, they kill. It doesn't go too well for them when Dante gets involved.
Hybrid Power: Sid wonders why Dante was stronger than he was, despite Sid having absorbed Abigail'south ability before being defeated. It pretty much boils down that while Dante has the power of demons, it's also because he has the soul of a human being that makes him more powerful. Manager Hideki Kamiya of 1 has tweeted that information technology's because humans have middle, which demons lack, too that Dante chooses to live equally a human .
Dante: "It'due south nigh souls. ... Basically, hither'southward the story, Sid. Someone similar y'all who's allow a soul rot tin't measure out up by only getting some ability, non to someone with a real soul. That'southward not how it works downwards here."
I Telephone call Information technology "Vera": Dante's pistols "Ebony & Ivory," Lady's rocket launcher "Kalina Ann," and "Luce & Ombra" for Trish'south pistols.
I'm Melting!: The demon in "Wishes Come up True" does a particularly nasty version of this to its victims.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice:
- In the penultimate episode, Dante gets impaled with the Rebellion in a life-sized cross, complete with a Crucified Hero Shot. Patty makes a risky attempt of waking Dante in the midst of the chaos by trying to pull off the Rebellion. Fortunately, Dante recovers, equally this is already another instance of the series' Running Gag .
- In the terminal boxing, Sid impales Dante with several spikes, although he just laughs the assail off and mocks Sid in return.
Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: The episodes are called "Missions" instead of "Episodes," and the final 2 are named "Starting time!" and "Stylish!" in reference to the games.
Idiot Ball: As noted beneath, the earth would have come a lot less closer to destruction if Dante had just killed Sid, the demon he encountered in the outset episode.
Immune to Bullets: Dante tin can easily shrug off a lot of injuries that would impale a normal person, bullets are just one of many that don't phase him.

Informed Attribute: Abigail is supposedly almost every bit strong as Mundus. The events of this series occur shortly afterward the first game, so Dante would not have had chance of beat him, using simply his basic Devil Trigger, if it was true.
- Averted Trope as of Devil May Cry 5 . Due to how the timeline was inverse, the anime is at present closer to Devil May Cry 2 than Devil May Cry . In the 2nd game, Dante was able to kill the Demon King Argosax, which the prequel novel to 5 states was equal to Mundus in power, meaning Dante could trounce Sid fifty-fifty with the power of a Demon Male monarch. ^annotation The timeline is now 3, 1, Anime, 2, 4, 5. With Dante being around 8 when he lost his female parent, and Trish stating he lost his family 20 years ago in DMC 1, that would make him around 28 in DMC ane. The events of DMC 3 took identify when Dante was 18 or 19, and Nero beingness the aforementioned age in DMC 4, meaning it's 18 to 19 years since the events of DMC 3, making Dante between 36 and 38 years old. DMC 5 is set years later DMC 4, with Patty turning 18 at the beginning of the game. As Patty was effectually viii in the anime, that would hateful the anime takes place 10 years before DMC 5 and around five years before DMC four, which means DMC 2 would probable happen within a couple of years, or even in the same year, of the anime series, while DMC i would happen a few years or more than before the anime.
Instrumental Theme Tune: "d.k.c." by rungan. Non to be dislocated with Run–D.M.C..
Invincible Hero: Dante. He dispatches almost demons with a bullet to the head or a single sword swing. The ones that are meant to be a huge threat generally simply terminal a few seconds longer and don't even hurt him.
The Jailbait Await: In the first episode, Dante mentions this joke to Patty, who is obviously style younger than him:
Dante: In almost 10 years or so, I'll enquire you out on a date.
Jerk with a Centre of Gold: Dante, as standoffish as he can exist, won't kill pedigree humans for any reason. Doesn't mean he has to like them though. As well, despite constantly in the poor house, he does missions for the principle of them and rarely expects payment from poor clients.

Lost Food Grievance: Dante gets pissed after Patty eats his own strawberry sundae.
Dante: MY strawberry sundae! Mine!
Ludicrous Gibs: It's amazing how much damage Ebony and Ivory can do to demons, especially compared to the games.
The Magic Poker Equation: In the episode "Death Poker," it's magic that's influencing the players' "luck" on getting the winning cards Lady (masquerading every bit a dealer) doles out.
Major Injury Underreaction: Dante is rarely fazed by even the nigh grievous injuries.
Monster of the Week: Although nigh are much weaker than the bosses in games, oftentimes being killed with gunshots, which barely did anything even to mooks in the actual games.
More Dakka: Lady's massive arsenal of firearms.
Mundane Made Crawly: Death Poker.

Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Then the last battle arrives, and Dante finally uses his Devil Trigger... for an instant, and all the viewers get is a hint to what it looks similar.

One Steve Limit: This is actually a plot point in the outset episode. Patty Lowell is believed to be the heir to the Lowell family fortune but the real heir is actually a woman who also has the proper name Patty Lowell. The older Patty tricked her rivals into thinking the younger Patty was the truthful heir so they'd focus all their efforts on killing the girl while the woman could claim her fortune unopposed.
Our Demons Are Dissimilar: Lesser demons are Always Cluttered Evil, devils similar Trish and Sparda's disciples are Noble Demons, or just not evil to begin with. (One of Sparda'due south disciples is too much of a Proud Warrior Race Guy to turn down a run a risk to fight Dante, and the nicer one is compelled to avenge his death.)
Percussive Maintenance: Dante to his jukebox on occasion.
Perpetual Poverty: Demon hunting is barely enough to pay Dante's bills, especially with the damage he tends to rack up during his jobs.
Pistol Between The Teeth: Dante has occasionally had to do this in some situations when both hands were occupied. One example is in "Highway Star", where he has Ivory between his teeth while dodging a collapsing bridge'south girders on a motorbike at loftier speeds (after destroying said bridge just moments earlier).

Prison Episode: "Wishes Come up True"
Prison house Rape: Strongly hinted that the warden of Devil'southward Prison gets up to this with the inmates.

Dominion of Absurd: This anime, like the games that information technology'due south based on, is almost made of information technology.
Sealed Evil in a Can: Everything Sid does in this series is for the sake of releasing and taking the power of a very powerful demon.
Senseless Violins: Dante oftentimes carries his sword in a cello case.
Shadow Discretion Shot: Done intentionally past Dante in the first episode with a theatre properties to forestall Patty from directly witnessing the violent combat.
"Deplorable, dear, but this show isn't for kids."

Shout-Out to Shakespeare: "Capulet City", the main metropolis of the series.
Single-Stroke Battle: Dante has quite a few of these.
Statuesque Stunner: Trish, even without the heels is still a alpine and beautiful adult female.
Sticks to the Back: Dante stows Rebellion this way when he's not stowing information technology in a cello case.
Stripperiffic: Most of the show'southward female characters, to varying degrees.
Surprisingly Good English: The song, "Future in my Easily" by Aimee B, is surprisingly well-spoken English. Then again, this 1 probably shouldn't be "surprisingly", since her full name is Aimee Blackschleger and she is an American singer who moved to Japan for her career.
Swipe Your Blade Off: Dante occasionally does this with Rebellion after slaying a demon. Other times the claret only sort of magically vanishes off his sword.
Throwing Your Sword Always Works: Dante throws his sword around a few times. 1 such instance happened in the "Rock Queen" episode where he impaled a mermaid-demon through the cervix against a wall without harming the possessed human victim.

Toplessness from the Back: Lady in the change room.
Trademark Favorite Food: Dante with strawberry sundaes and pizzas with no olives (and possibly garlic potatoes).
12-Episode Anime: The series has twelve episodes, referred to every bit "Missions".
Unusually Uninteresting Sight: People generally tend to notice little, if anything out of the ordinary about the tall, white-haired guy in the long blood-red coat with a large-ass sword slung beyond his back.
Unwitting Pawn: Dante after sparing Sid at the beginning, too Lady when Sid steals the mask from both of them in "Wishes Come True".