Devilman
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Cover of Kodansha's Shōnen Magazine #25 released on June 11, 1972, featuring the first chapter of Devilman.
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デビルマン (Debiruman) |
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| Genre | Action, horror fiction |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Go Nagai |
| Published by |
Kodansha Jive |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | June 11, 1972 – June 24, 1973 |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by |
Masayuki Akehi Tomoharu Katsumata |
| Produced by |
Ken Ariga Yoshifumi Hatano |
| Written by | Masaki Tsuji |
| Music by | Goh Misawa |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | NET (now TV asahi) |
| Original run | July 8, 1972 – April 7, 1973 |
| Episodes | 39 |
| Manga | |
| Shin Devilman | |
| Written by | Yasutaka Nagai |
| Illustrated by | Go Nagai |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Shōnen Magazine Special |
| Original run | May 25, 1979 – May 8, 1981 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Novel series | |
| Shin Devilman | |
| Written by | Yasutaka Nagai |
| Illustrated by | Go Nagai |
| Published by | Asahi Sonorama |
| Imprint | Sonorama Bunko |
| Original run | May 13, 1981 – March 31, 1982 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Novel | |
| Devilman: The Birth | |
| Written by | Yasutaka Nagai |
| Illustrated by | Kazuo Komatsubara |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Male |
| Published | July 7, 1987 |
| Original video animation | |
| Devilman: The Birth | |
| Directed by | Umanosuke Iida |
| Produced by | Toshio Tanaka Ryohei Suzuki Katsuhiko Hasegawa Koichi Murata |
| Written by |
Go Nagai Umanosuke Iida |
| Music by | Kenji Kawai |
| Studio | Oh! Production |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | November 1, 1987 |
| Runtime | 50 minutes |
| Original video animation | |
| Devilman: Demon Bird Sirène | |
| Directed by | Umanosuke Iida |
| Produced by | Toshio Tanaka Ryohei Suzuki Hirohiko Sueyoshi |
| Written by |
Go Nagai Umanosuke Iida |
| Music by | Kenji Kawai |
| Studio | Oh! Production |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | February 25, 1990 |
| Runtime | 50 minutes |
| Novel series | |
| Devilman: The Novel | |
| Written by | Yasutaka Nagai |
| Illustrated by | Go Nagai |
| Published by | MediaWorks |
| Imprint | Dengeki Bunko |
| Original run | May 25, 1999 – August 25, 1999 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Hiroyuki Nasu |
| Produced by | Rioko Tominaga Toshiyuki Matsui Hiromi Kitasaki |
| Written by | Machiko Nasu |
| Music by | Goro Yasukawa Hiro (theme song) |
| Studio | Toei Company |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | October 9, 2004 |
| Runtime | 115 minutes |
| Manga | |
| Devilman G | |
| Written by | Go Nagai |
| Illustrated by | Rui Takatō |
| Published by | Akita Shoten |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Champion Red |
| Original run | March 19, 2012 – present |
| Volumes | 5 |
Devilman (Japanese: デビルマン Hepburn: Debiruman?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai, which originally started as an anime adaptation of the concept of Nagai's previous manga series, Demon Lord Dante. This 39-episode anime series was developed by Toei in 1972, while Nagai began the Devilman as a manga in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine, barely a month before the anime series started. The series has since spawned numerous OVAs, manga, novels, and films.
Devilman and other characters from the series have shown up in cameo appearances numerous times in Go Nagai's other works. The most notable is Tomoharu Katsumata's 1973 feature film Mazinger Z Vs. Devilman, which features Devilman teaming up with Nagai's titular robot to fight Dr. Hell.
Devilman is about a teenage boy named Akira Fudo. Initially, Akira is seen to be a very shy, timid, modest and gentle kind of a boy who tries to avoid conflicts at all cost. But when his parents are discovered to be missing during a business trip to the Arctic, Akira finds himself having to stay with his childhood friend Miki Makimura, and her family (mother, father, and her kid brother Tare). Akira and Miki soon form a close relationship. Miki a tough, smart, self-sufficient girl falls in love with Akira, but also wishes that he could stand up for himself when he gets pushed around by others. She feels somewhat frustrated by his lack of bravery, and she often has to defend herself from bullies even when Akira is with her. In the first OVA, she even saves Akira from a gang of bullies who are threatening him.
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