By Jonathan Klotz
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The film Super Mario Bros. is more than a billion dollars, A minecraft film is already halfway, but as far as streaming is concerned, Netflix has the cornered market on video game adaptations and with its latest success, the company does not slow down so early. After winning prices with the League of legends Arcane series, release the interest in Castleand turning a tomb Raider Anime in a blow, Netflix started it again with The devil can cry. The Super Style series has already been renewed for a second season, which is particularly impressive, because the franchise has not had a new game since 2019.
No one looks at the devil can cry for the intrigue
This is the second time that Devil May Cry has been adapted as a animated series, after the traces of 2007 animeand both focus on the period established in Devil May Cry 3 When the half -Mh Dante works like a mercenary (or a “private investigator”, but his investigations all tended to end with a stabbed person). The two shows are naturally leaning on highly stylized combat sequences, while the last Netflix series ensures that reminders in the first series in the centerpiece of the first episode against the demonic plasma inside a dinnerand even the pool balls of DMC 3 The opening of the kinematics appears in the second episode. Visual reminders are filled with franchise lead nods, but as any fan of Dante knows, the most important part is to nail the perfect mixture of humor, engineering and stubbornness that made the demon hunter an icon during his very first appearance.
Dante is effortlessly cool and should be at the center of all the action in an adaptation of the devil may Cry, that the first two episodes go absolutely, but he then begins to take a rear seat on his own support casting. Which is a shame, because throwing Johnny Young Bosch (peak of Cowboy Bebop And ironically, Nero, the replacement of the last The devil can cry Games) has been inspired and his point of view on the character is the best we have seen for years. There are Dante Dante’s fantastic jokes that are not a fantastic version that may not be exactly what the fans wanted, but once the fighting begins and the devil’s trigger is activated, even the most jaded fans cannot help but have fun.
The story deviates wildly from the games
The two most important parts of any devil May Cry Adaptation are the combat scenes and the characterization of Dante, the intrigue with a third remote priority. THE Netflix The series turns the tradition of the game by making demons poorly understood (in a way) and by pushing the paramilitary forces of the government in the role of the bad guys (in a way), which is exactly the opposite of the games, in which the father of Dante Sparda is supposed to be the very rare demon who loves humans. The worst part is that even if it does not respect the tradition of the game in any way, the intrigue of the show is good, not great, but good, and each fan of the anime has endured much worse in their time.
Darkcom, the government organization tracking down demons, continues a demonic terrorist, a white rabbit, when they realize that Dante’s amulet is the secret to finding the demon. This place Mary Ann Arkham (or as Dante calls him, “Lady”) against Sparda’s son, but whoever played games or watched an anime never, knows that, of course, they end up working together. It is a simple and basic plot with a few twists and turns, but it does the job, and it is much better than the intrigue of DMC 4 And the strange restart from Dante to black hair attempted.
Another anime blow for Netflix
I have been a fan of franchise from the start, like any good fan, I have never played Devil May Cry 2 after the second level, and I have several versions of Devil May Cry 3And I really enjoyed the Netflix series. If anything, I would have preferred Dante to be a little silly, but at least the writing can treat the crazy plot with a level of deadly seriousness that makes line readings such as “I am this storm”, so over, you must admire the seriousness of the studio. And at this stage, the history of adapting Netflix video games are beyond the reproach.
The streamer not only houses the premium Esoteric And Castlebut also Dota: dragon blood and the Dogma of the Dragon Series, with even the worst of them, his head standing and shoulders above the video game adaptations that we had to endure in the 90s. Whoever remembers Captain n The Gamemaster know how bad things were. The devil can cry has already been renewed for a second season, and there is a good chance that we get it before Devil May Cry 6.
The devil can cry Season 1 is now in trouble on Netflix.
