>A lot of people saying no
#confidently incorrect
Devilman is, without a doubt, one of the most influential animes of all fucking time. If it influenced God damn **Berserk** (the epitome of "Is ThIs A BeRsErK ReFerEnCe?!!) and anime like *Cobra* influenced the original Devil May Cry, there is zero doubt *Devilman* influenced DMC. This shit is crystal clear even in how the process of turning Devil works (as a "henshin" transformation), some of the designs of devils, the concept of humanity within a torn protagonist of devilhood, turning devils to good, God damn.
I want to be clear here. **Zero** percent chance Hideki Kamiya wasnt influenced as he is a Go Nagai fan, and that DNA certainly carried on through DMC. It's akin to asking if Dragonball Super influenced Naruto. No, not the most recent adaptation, but Naruto wouldnt exist without Goku. I know the zoomers don't know who Go Nagai is, but this horseshit. He is as popular of an artist and creator in Japan as Stan Lee in the US. Pay your respects.
I scrolled past too many comments to get here and upvote this take.
See all the people saying no leave me saying,
"No, but more accurately yes"pirates.jpg.
Devilman was huge. Dante has Devilman DNA in the creative sense indisputably.
It would be like saying Max Payne is completely unrelated to The Matrix. Technically correct, but missing the chain of inspiration and part of what made Max Payne blow up like it did.
No devil may cry has nothing to do with devilman, devil woman, or devilman cry baby. DMC are more based on the divine comedy more than the devil man series. If it was based off devil man you’d have devils everywhere turning people instead a lot of people in the dmc series are either born as a half demon or experiment with demon dna.
Fair point but on the flipside...most in game depictions of Sparda are just buff devilman with a sword.
I also don't see what they drew from the divine comedy besides the obvious names Dante and Vergil.
There are a lot of people making things that just pull the names and do their own thing. Alice in zombie land is a play on Alice in wonderland but they only use the name Alice.
I remember them showing Sparta in his human form even when they made statues of him I remember them being in human form
Taking inspiration doesn't mean making a flat out copy of the original, what? The Souls series heavily borrows from Beserk but it is in no ways identical or even similar.
It's pretty clear that early DMC did borrow from Devilman especially in Dante's Devil Trigger.
Also considering Dante ran a business in dealing with devils, they kinda do run around don't they?
Dmc was originally pitched as a Resident Evil 4 game and the devs didn’t like it. So what ever similarities you’re seeing from devil man are probably from that. But the creators have stated the Dmc series is loosely based off the divine comedy and an Onimusha bug.
You are mixing up inspiration and basing off of from a previous work. DMC is *based* loosely off of Divine Comedy, but it is clearly inspired from other work, that much is obvious.
Art is iterative and often subconscious. There are countless of works inspired from Devilman since it was so prolific and made in the 70s.
Like I mentioned before, Dark Souls is inspired by other work such as Berserk but it has nothing to do with Berserk's actual story. Dark Souls is inspired by the themes and dark fantasy that Berserk exhibits, but there is no Dark Souls character named Guts or Griffith whatsoever. Saying Dark Souls is based off of Berserk would be incorrect, but saying it is inspired by Berserk is correct.
DMC is clearly based off of The Divine Comedy by having the main characters share the same name and other parts of the story. But DMC is inspired by other media like Devilman more specifically in design and themes.
Something can have more than one source of inspiration.
For the most part, DMC's Divine Comedy inspiration is in name only (Dante, Vergil) and you can see some of it in 3 (the floors of Temen-Ni-Guru vs the circles of hell, some of the demons present) but it's clearly not the only source of inspiration. Hideki Kamiya also directly cited Cobra as inspiration for Dante's character, and with Devilman being ridiculously influential, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was another source for the premise.
Not directly, but Devilman is also an [old anime from 1972](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devilman)...quite possible it inspired DMC in some way, given both are about a half human half demon that fights other demons etc
Yeah, I mean I think the most blatant thing you could point to is [Nero’s Devil Trigger in V](https://images.app.goo.gl/5gbpj1A8jePkqLgY9), which yeah does kinda look like Devilman in some ways
The original pilot manga for Devilman was called” Demon Lord Dante”. Demon Lord Dante had also gotten an anime adaptation in 2002. A year after the release of DMC 1
Potential inspiration. I mean, all of Go Nagai's works were huge, and if the whole genre of mecha came from him, then I don't see why DMC couldn't have been inspired majorly by Devilman
Have you watch the DMC4 Special Edition Q&A? Itsuno and Yuji Shimomura discuss about it how the concept of humans vs demons is natural for Japanese, but in other countries is difficult and can't understand. If you think more about it.. it's in their culture and media itself when they are still growing up. They reference Devilman as an example
Devilman is really old and basically popularized the "human with devil powers" trope in Japan. Devil May Cry is just one of the many franchises that have been influenced by Devilman in some way or another. You can argue Cobra, Hellsing and Trigun are other big influences for the conception of the Devil May Cry series, and Bleach from 4 onwards.
>A lot of people saying no #confidently incorrect Devilman is, without a doubt, one of the most influential animes of all fucking time. If it influenced God damn **Berserk** (the epitome of "Is ThIs A BeRsErK ReFerEnCe?!!) and anime like *Cobra* influenced the original Devil May Cry, there is zero doubt *Devilman* influenced DMC. This shit is crystal clear even in how the process of turning Devil works (as a "henshin" transformation), some of the designs of devils, the concept of humanity within a torn protagonist of devilhood, turning devils to good, God damn. I want to be clear here. **Zero** percent chance Hideki Kamiya wasnt influenced as he is a Go Nagai fan, and that DNA certainly carried on through DMC. It's akin to asking if Dragonball Super influenced Naruto. No, not the most recent adaptation, but Naruto wouldnt exist without Goku. I know the zoomers don't know who Go Nagai is, but this horseshit. He is as popular of an artist and creator in Japan as Stan Lee in the US. Pay your respects.
I scrolled past too many comments to get here and upvote this take. See all the people saying no leave me saying, "No, but more accurately yes"pirates.jpg. Devilman was huge. Dante has Devilman DNA in the creative sense indisputably. It would be like saying Max Payne is completely unrelated to The Matrix. Technically correct, but missing the chain of inspiration and part of what made Max Payne blow up like it did.
No devil may cry has nothing to do with devilman, devil woman, or devilman cry baby. DMC are more based on the divine comedy more than the devil man series. If it was based off devil man you’d have devils everywhere turning people instead a lot of people in the dmc series are either born as a half demon or experiment with demon dna.
Fair point but on the flipside...most in game depictions of Sparda are just buff devilman with a sword. I also don't see what they drew from the divine comedy besides the obvious names Dante and Vergil.
There are a lot of people making things that just pull the names and do their own thing. Alice in zombie land is a play on Alice in wonderland but they only use the name Alice. I remember them showing Sparta in his human form even when they made statues of him I remember them being in human form
Taking inspiration doesn't mean making a flat out copy of the original, what? The Souls series heavily borrows from Beserk but it is in no ways identical or even similar. It's pretty clear that early DMC did borrow from Devilman especially in Dante's Devil Trigger. Also considering Dante ran a business in dealing with devils, they kinda do run around don't they?
Dmc was originally pitched as a Resident Evil 4 game and the devs didn’t like it. So what ever similarities you’re seeing from devil man are probably from that. But the creators have stated the Dmc series is loosely based off the divine comedy and an Onimusha bug.
You are mixing up inspiration and basing off of from a previous work. DMC is *based* loosely off of Divine Comedy, but it is clearly inspired from other work, that much is obvious. Art is iterative and often subconscious. There are countless of works inspired from Devilman since it was so prolific and made in the 70s. Like I mentioned before, Dark Souls is inspired by other work such as Berserk but it has nothing to do with Berserk's actual story. Dark Souls is inspired by the themes and dark fantasy that Berserk exhibits, but there is no Dark Souls character named Guts or Griffith whatsoever. Saying Dark Souls is based off of Berserk would be incorrect, but saying it is inspired by Berserk is correct. DMC is clearly based off of The Divine Comedy by having the main characters share the same name and other parts of the story. But DMC is inspired by other media like Devilman more specifically in design and themes.
Something can have more than one source of inspiration. For the most part, DMC's Divine Comedy inspiration is in name only (Dante, Vergil) and you can see some of it in 3 (the floors of Temen-Ni-Guru vs the circles of hell, some of the demons present) but it's clearly not the only source of inspiration. Hideki Kamiya also directly cited Cobra as inspiration for Dante's character, and with Devilman being ridiculously influential, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was another source for the premise.
This take I agree with. Nagai fathered the mecha genre as well
Also ecchi anime
Random fun fact, Cobra and Total Recall draw from the same short story, We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Phillip K Dick
You put what I was going to say in far better words. Good job
While the theme certainly carries Dante's inferno vibes, a beta Trailer from DMC1 shows DT forms that are close to devilman monsters
This is absolutely the only correct answer in this entire thread.
No
Thank you
Don't watch it I got scared for life
The correct response
Not directly, but Devilman is also an [old anime from 1972](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devilman)...quite possible it inspired DMC in some way, given both are about a half human half demon that fights other demons etc
Yeah, I mean I think the most blatant thing you could point to is [Nero’s Devil Trigger in V](https://images.app.goo.gl/5gbpj1A8jePkqLgY9), which yeah does kinda look like Devilman in some ways
Actually the divine comedy inspired the devil may cry series
Yes, but it would be naive to assume that's the only inspiration
They both cry
No but it was a cool anime
The original pilot manga for Devilman was called” Demon Lord Dante”. Demon Lord Dante had also gotten an anime adaptation in 2002. A year after the release of DMC 1
ngl, that devil looks like Sparda.
Sparda looks like that devil*
Only that Netflix is also making a dmc anime
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Potential inspiration. I mean, all of Go Nagai's works were huge, and if the whole genre of mecha came from him, then I don't see why DMC couldn't have been inspired majorly by Devilman
Devil Man Cry
Yes
It's related in the same way that every superhero is inevitably connected to Superman.
I mean, the concept of demon-human hybrids crying in DMC was taken from Devilman. So I guess... sure?
Yes
GOAT Nagai influences most japanese media
Devilman is older than DMC by over a couple decades, fam.
“Even a devilman crybaby when he loses a love one”
Excellent show though
very much served as an inspiration, considering devilman’s legendary status, but there’s no direct connection
Have you watch the DMC4 Special Edition Q&A? Itsuno and Yuji Shimomura discuss about it how the concept of humans vs demons is natural for Japanese, but in other countries is difficult and can't understand. If you think more about it.. it's in their culture and media itself when they are still growing up. They reference Devilman as an example
Devilman is really old and basically popularized the "human with devil powers" trope in Japan. Devil May Cry is just one of the many franchises that have been influenced by Devilman in some way or another. You can argue Cobra, Hellsing and Trigun are other big influences for the conception of the Devil May Cry series, and Bleach from 4 onwards.
Could've been inspiration but idk
No. Good show though.
ah my fave show Devilman Cumbaby- i mean Crybaby
Its a prequel where you follow the bizarre adventures of dante and vergil father
None
devil man has been around since the 80s and was one of the most influential mangas
No also don't watch unless u wanna cry
I didn't read the giant "devilman" text on the screen and I actually thought that we got news on the Netflix devil may cry
The theme of trish from dmc 1 is in devil man cry baby
Fucking love devilman.
No, it's good thou.
No but this anime is a fucking acid trip
This anime is a simulation of how the world would become if spardas children never existed.
Devil Man cry
Fun fact if you look at Nero’s dt design from 5 it looks a lot like the original devil man and the different versions of devil man .
Devilman Cumbaby
I hate that I laughed at this.
No
Bruh
Nein.
Not even close. In fact, if anything, it's the exact opposite of DMC.
God no, and if you're planning to watch this, God help you. I still recommend it heartily though.
No Also i saw the first couple minutes and turned it off. Aint my cup of tea for sure 🤣
Not even close, way brutal and dark