Devilman (2004)
"Debiruman" (original title)

Based on Gô Nagai's manga, about mild-mannered teenager Akira Fudô, who merges with a demon to fight other demons.

Director:

Hiroyuki Nasu

Writers:

Gô Nagai (comic), Machiko Nasu (screenplay)

Stars:

Hisato Izaki, Yûsuke Izaki, Ayana Sakai

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Hisato Izaki	...	Akira Fudô / Devilman
Yûsuke Izaki	...	Ryô Asuka / Satan
Ayana Sakai	...	Miki Makimura
Asuka Shibuya	...	Mîko
Ryûdô Uzaki	...	Keisuke Makimura (Miki's father)
Yôko Aki	...	Emi Makimura (Miki's mother)
Ai Tominaga	...	Silene
Bob Sapp	...	World Newscaster
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hiroyuki Matsumoto
Mark Musashi	...	LAPD
Masaki Nishina
Hiroshi Shimizu
Suzunosuke
Minoru Torihada

Storyline

The weak teenager Akira Fudô has been protected by his best friend Ryô Asuka since they were children. When Akira's parents die in an accident, the family Makimura brings him to live with them, and Akira falls in love for the gorgeous Miki Makimura. When the father of Ryô accidentally opens a gate to hell in Antarctica, demons are released, merging with humans to survive. Akira hosts Aman and becomes Devilman but keeping his humanity while Ryô hosts Satan. The hysteria and panic replaces reason and mankind initiates a war against the demons, but destroying also themselves.

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Plot Keywords:

demon | manga | monster | gore | based on comic | 

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Genres:

Action | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

9 October 2004 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Devilman

Box Office

Budget:

JPY 5,200,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$249,122 (Japan) (8 October 2004)

Gross:

$953,757 (Japan) (22 October 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bandai, Dynamic Productions, Radgar

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of Devilman Volume 3: Devilman Apocalypse (2000)

User Reviews

better than expected

I bought the movie without knowing anything but the anime movies. Before I watched it I checked the ratings here in the IMDb, and started to panic after reading some very negative comments and saw the 3.8 rating. I really thought about returning the movie before breaking the seal of the DVD. but I risked my money 25euro, and watched it. And look at that, it is not bad, no it is pretty good. OK the Japanese movie makers somehow still don't get it and use the wrong camera and film equipment, which turns the movie in TV production optics, but beside this Japanese brain problem, the movie is much better then 95% of all US Movies. There are no real big logic mistakes like in US movies. You can see that the fights were reduced radically in terms of length compared to the anime, which sure was a money problem, to expensive effects. the cg graphics are totally up to date, I saw much worse in spiderman the movie, or blade 2, for example. The story changed a lot, but this is not making the movie bad, and if you read the booklet you know that go nagai does this retelling with changing elements of his story already for years. I personally think that this version of devilman is the best. I like it more than the the 2 anime movies released here. If I just focus an violence and fight scenes, than the anime is better, but story and co. is much better in this movie. I don't know the original comics(mangas), but I know this movie is great, and you won't find a US production being so hard, showing the worst side of humans. Somebody complained about the actors, I can only say that there are sure better ones but they are actors and they do their job not so bad. For me the worst is the picture quality, produced by the cameras and film used in this movie. It looks like a cheap TV drama, until the cg graphics come and rule. That is all.