Mao Dante

Demon Lord Dante
Cover of Mao Dante #2 (2002 series), published by d/visual
魔王ダンテ (Maō Dante)
Genre	Horror, Action, Science-Fiction
Manga
Mao Dante
Written by	Go Nagai
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Bokura Magazine
Original run	1 January 1971 – 1 June 1971
Volumes	3
Manga
Shin Mao Dante
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	Akira Fuuga
Published by	LEED
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Kyofu no Yakata DX
Original run	1994 – 1996
Volumes	8
Manga
Mao Dante
Written by	Go Nagai
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Magazine Z
Original run	March 2002 – October 2003
Volumes	4
Anime television series
Directed by	Kenichi Maejima
Produced by	Hiroshi Murano
Written by	Shozo Uehara
Music by	Hiroshi Motokura
Studio	Magic Bus
Licensed by	NA Discotek Media
Original network	AT-X, Animax
Original run	31 August 2002 – 23 November 2002
Episodes	13

Demon Lord Dante (魔王ダンテ, Maō Dante^?) is the title of several horror-themed manga series written by Go Nagai as well as an anime series.

During 1971, Go Nagai wrote the original Demon Lord Dante manga, which was published in Kodansha's Bokura Magazine. After its original run in 1971 from January to June, Go Nagai went on to author the Devilman anime and manga, which was greatly inspired by Demon Lord Dante. However, the series received a remake in 1994 called Shin Maō Dante (真・魔王ダンテ, lit. The True Devil Lord Dante^?) which was written by Go Nagai and illustrated by Akira Fuuga.

In 2002, the comic series was officially revived for another remake by Go Nagai, and during the same year a 13 episode anime adaption was created and broadcast worldwide by Animax.

A Satan cult, whose leaders are demons in human form, begin to hold a series of Black Masses in hopes of reviving an ancient demon known as Dante with a virgin sacrifice. Ryō Utsugi, a high school student, begins experiencing strange nightmares and premonitions. Soon after, Ryō's sister, Saori, is kidnapped by these cultists for use in one of their sacrificial ceremonies. Ryō's premonitions guide him to the ritual and he saves her right before it is disrupted by a group of militant Christians. Believing that Ryō's new-found powers could ultimately awaken Dante, the cultists orchestrate a chain of events and end up luring Ryō high into the mountains, where he discovers a portal that takes him into the deepest parts of the Himalayas, the heart of Dante's prison.