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Debiruman (2004)

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 (manga), Machiko Nasu (screenplay)
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Cast overview, first billed only:
Hisato Izaki Hisato Izaki ... Akira Fudô / Devilman
Yûsuke Izaki Yûsuke Izaki ... Ryô Asuka / Satan
Ayana Sakai Ayana Sakai ... Miki Makimura
Ryûdô Uzaki Ryûdô Uzaki ... Keisuke Makimura (Miki's father)
Yôko Aki Yôko Aki ... Emi Makimura (Miki's mother)
Hirotarô Honda Hirotarô Honda ... Professor Asuka
Ai Tominaga Ai Tominaga ... Sirene
Asuka Shibuya Asuka Shibuya ... Miiko Kawamoto
Shôta Sometani ... Susumu
Bob Sapp ... Newscaster Morrison
Masaki Nishina Masaki Nishina ... Masao Ushiku
Mikio Ohsawa Mikio Ohsawa ... Takao Shigemori
Kazuhiko Kanayama Kazuhiko Kanayama ... Aoyama
Kitarô Kitarô ... Ueda
Minoru Torihada Minoru Torihada ... Tsukuda
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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. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Very disappointing
23 February 2011 | by david-meredith-985-992904See all my reviews

If you admire the animated Devil Man, do yourself a favor,SKIP THIS ONE! I am a fairly tenacious Devil Man enthusiast. I have a few mangas, the TV- Series box, Devil Man OVA Collection and Amon: Devil Man Apocalypse. The animation runs rings around the live-action movie. I had high hopes for this. I had it set in my mind that the quality of this movie would be on par with the live-action treatment of Casshern but it most definitely was not. Here's where the movie fails: flat acting, stiff computer animation, bad make-up and a giant lag in the middle of the movie. Put it this way, I had the Swine Flu and that was allot more fun than Devil Man: Live Action. I hope Go Nagai (Devil Man's creator) finds those responsible for this abomination and urinates all over their mothers. The ONLY saving grace of this movie is that Devil Man model looks pretty cool.


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Official Sites:

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

9 October 2004 (Japan) See more »

Also Known As:

Devilman See more »

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Budget:

JPY5,200,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,071,598
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