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Devil May Cry.

Oh, holy hell…

I just sat through the raw for episode 1 of Devil May Cry.

Duck: I don’t know what the hell people told you, but the first episode was one of the most stylish piece of TV anime I’ve ever seen; I thought that the gun-slinging stuff in Black Lagoon was pretty good, but I’ll be damned if this doesn’t measure up.

There was this one beautiful sequence where Dante walks into a theatre and they use the lighting and the stage backdrops (and shadows) to enhance the feel of the sequence; it was brilliant.

Most startling of all, however, is how damn high quality the animation is… there’s so much depth in the detail, lighting and movement that it’s really hard to imagine this being a TV series…

In any case, I seriously DOUBT that they can maintain this level of quality with the visuals… I’d be impressed if they managed to lock it in close to this, but this has got to drop significantly after a couple of episodes or so… I can’t be realistic otherwise.

But yeah… this is all AFTER Madhouse was doing their thing with Denno Coil (but that’s special since it has one of Japan’s top key animators at the head of it).

Seriously… the damn show rocks my socks with its visuals.

The actual show seems nice too… from the little I could make out, it seems to be about this little girl named Patty and how one of Dante’s assignments is to escort her somewhere (and for some reason)… but like, people (demons) are trying to kill her and Dante has to kick some ass in order to protect her; Dante himself is REALLY cool… but I found it funny that he seems to be a big fan of Strawberry Sundae’s despite his overwhelming badass-ness.

Wow…

I don’t know what else to say.

If you need to get an idea of how awesome this is, picture this:

After slaying this big monster thing with his sword, Dante whips the sword around to wipe the blood off... but when he does, there's like a barrage of blood that hits the wall.

Badass.

Oh yeah, might I add that I enjoy the fact that it seems like Patty has forced her way into Dante’s life, despite the fact that she seems to be a vulnerable little girl; why do I get the feeling that she’s going to be the one wearing the pants in this relationship as the show goes on? Anyway, it’s amusing.

also the action scenes were very lacking by Madhouse standards, almost felt thrown together. i will admit spoiler[the fight on stage] was cool though... for the whole minute it lasted.

all in all, it could have been A LOT better. i have confidence it will get better in the coming episodes, as Madhouse hasn't let me down yet.

Yeah, I just posted about this in the anime thread, actually (I can't seem to find Delta's topic...):

Man, this wasn't all that great. Most of the action wasn't on screen or was way too short. This did a great job of making Dante seem like the badass he is, like in the cutscenes of the games, but besides that, fighting got boring, and since it was raw and I could barely get most of anything, I don't know why the girl was there with him and I don't like how the demons are disquised like humans.

Well, as far as I can see, it's different from the game's storyline. But I think they're gonna follow the game's storyline, but if they don't, they better make up something better..