History Manga / Devilman

* BroadStrokes: Yes, the ''Demon Knight'' prequel manga, does explain a few things, like why Satan is a hermaphrodite [[spoiler: (he/she is a forced fusion of the male SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Lucifer, and human girl Yura)]], origins of demons[[spoiler: They are humans or aliens forcefully hybridized with animals, by God, who is a SufficientlyAdvancedAlien/[[AncientAstronauts Ancient Astronaut]])]]. But it does directly contradict stuff found in ''Amon: Darkside of Devilman'', ''Devilman Lady'' or even the original manga, and does not explain other stuff, like the hermaphrodititism of other angels than Satan, and ignores the existence of Michael. But this is quite possibly [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the EternalRecurrence/[[GroundhogDayLoop Time Loop]] nature of the series, which allows the events of past occur in numerous, different variations.

* [[spoiler: SufficientlyAdvancedAlien /AncientAstronauts: What God, and by extension Satan, Amon and Sirene are revealed to originally have been in ''Demon Knight'', the official prequel manga to Devilman Seems to outright contradict some important story elements from both the original manga, and ''Amon: Darkside of Devilman'', but look up BroadStrokes above.]]

* BroadStrokes: Yes, the ''Demon Knight'' prequel manga, does explain a few things, like why Satan is a hermaphrodite[[spoiler: he/she is a forced fusion of the male SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Lucifer, and human girl Yura)]], origins of demons[[spoiler: They are humans or aliens forcefully hybridized with animals, by God, who is a SufficientlyAdvancedAlien/[[AncientAstronauts Ancient Astronaut]])]]. But it does directly contradict stuff found in ''Amon: Darkside of Devilman', or even the original manga, and does not explain other stuff, like the hermaphrodititism of other angels than Satan, and ignores the existence of Michael. But this is quite possibly [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the EternalRecurrence/[[GroundhogDayLoop Time Loop]] nature of the series, which allows the events of past occur in numerous, different variations.

* [[spoiler: SufficientlyAdvancedAlien/AncientAstronauts: What God, and by extension Satan, Amon and Sirene are revealed to originally have been in ''Demon Knight'', the official prequel manga to Devilman Seems to outright contradict some important story elements from both the original manga, and ''Amon: Darkside of Devilman'', but look up BroadStrokes above.

* SummoningRitual: Used by Miki in ''Devilman Grimoire'' to summon demons. [[spoiler:Unfortunately ''actual'' demons show up and they weren't summoned by the ritual.]]

** Ashura from the Amon manga is clearly an expy of [[MazingerZ Baron Ashura]].

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: An interesting case. The manga is gut-wrenchingly cynical but Nagai (who wrote ''Devilman'' as a cautionary tale) is firmly idealistic and believes that humanity is heading for a bright future. The writing process took such a heavy toll on him that he had to write the ''much'' LighterAndSofter ''MazingerZ'' on the side to blow off steam.

* CanonWelding: Almost all incarnations of Devilman (and ViolenceJack) can be considered linked together thanks to TheReveal in the Amon manga that [[spoiler:God himself put the entire universe in a time loop to punish Satan by making him constantly relive the death of the one he loves]].

** ''Chibi Chara Go Nagai World'' is a chibi crossover between Devilman, MazingerZ, Manga/GetterRobo and ViolenceJack [[spoiler: which actually weirds out the titular characters, as Violence Jack is reincarnated Akira]]

** [[spoiler: Satan's fate as revealed in Amon is to eternally lose the one s/he loves for all eternity as punishment for rebelling against God. The horrific treatments he's subjected to as Ryo in ViolenceJack (which is also part of the time loop, meaning it's also going to happen forever) may also figure into it.]]

* LoveTriangle: Akira/Miki/Ryo. Developed further in ''ViolenceJack''.

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Initially only the demons shared this idea since earth belonged to them first, and they say humanity stole from them; while they weren't any better, after demons and devilmen became public knowledge, Akira and devilmen started to think like this too, as most of humanity went in a senseless rampage against demons, devilmen or any living being that they ''thought'' was aiding the "monsters". This aspect is expanded further in the ''AMON'' manga, where Akira simply reaches the conclusion that humans are the ''real'' demons and that he will help any people that values life, not taking account if it is a demon, devilmen or even human.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: In the anime series, instead of just horrendous demons clashing against Devilman in dark scenarios as seen in the manga, the animated adaptation often had giant monsters randomly attacking a nearby building, for this reason Akira was given extra powers for this adaptation: not only he could transform into Devilman but he also could transform into a ''Giant'' Devilman to fend off these monsters.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Agira from ''Neo-Devilman'', his Devilmen powers is to absorb and assimilate anything to his body from weapons to demons and Devilmen, he eventually absorbs legions of demons, in this vision Agira is the unnamed giant beast from the original manga that Devilman rides in the final battle against Satan with his multi-headed dragon.

[[ArmorPiercingSlap After a bop on the nose]] and some talk, [[SubvertedTrope Akira, demon infused jackass that he is, more or less negs Miki and makes fun of her panties.]]

* CompositeCharacter: In ''Devilman vs GetterRobo'' Akira has the story and personality of his manga incarnation but the powers of the anime incarnation. Silene in that manga has the look of her manga version, the powers and personality of the anime version and little bits of later incarnations, including her love for Amon.

** And with GetterRobo in ''Devilman vs Getter Robo'' manga. [[spoiler: Which features Devilman and Getter [[CrazyAwesome COMBINING]].]]

** ''Chibi Chara Go Nagai World'' is a chibi crossover between Devilman, MazingerZ, GetterRobo and ViolenceJack [[spoiler: which actually weirds out the titular characters, as Violence Jack is reincarnated Akira]]

* AccidentalPervert: In the second OVA, Akira [[CatapultNightmare wakes up from a particularly bad dream]]. It ended with the image of Miki impaled on a demon's teeth. While Miki checks to see if Akira's alright, Akira [[PantyShot bats Miki's nightgown upwards to make sure she's fine]]. [[ArmorPiercingSlap After a bop on the nose]] and some talk, [[SubvertedTrope Akira, demon infused jackass that he is, more or less negs Miki and makes fun of her panties.]]

* AlasPoorYorick: After [[spoiler: Miki is dismembered and Akira kills everyone involved,]] he hugs her head to his chest and sobs in an incredibly [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] scene.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Miki takes a greater liking to Akira when he becomes a buffed-up badass.

* BadassBiker: Akira in the anime series, taking account the LighterAndSofter adaptation couldn't have Akira dismembering and mauling demons in a gruesome manner to cement his badass status, they just gave him a nice bike to ride in between the fights.

* BloodKnight: Akira/Devilman.

* CameBackWrong: A softer version: Akira is a VERY shy and gentle boy when he starts the manga, but once he gets Amon's powers and becomes Devilman, he becomes WAY more callous and cocky, to the point some people are actually jarred by the change.

* {{Guyliner}}: Akira's side effects upon merging with Amon, apparently.

* {{Hermaphrodite}}: Satan in their true form.

* LovesMyAlterEgo: Sirene loved Amon that resides in Akira; she also shows some interest in Akira's more agressive personality as Devilman, which resembles a LighterAndSofter Amon. In ''Neo-Devilman'' she becomes more interested in Akira himself, not for his demon heritage but for his devilmen determination.

On 25 December 2014 ''Devilman Saga'' was released in Shogakukan. It is written and drawn by Go Nagai and its main character is Yuki Fudo, a Japanese robotics student who finds a strange mural in Antarctica during an excavation. According to promotional material, it is the final chapter in the original Devilman storyline through Devilman and Devilman Lady.

On 25 December 2014 ''Devilman Saga'' was released in Shogakukan. It is written and drawn by Go Nagai and its main character apparently is Yuki Fudo, a Japanese robotics student who finds a strange mural in Antarctica during an excavation. It is yet unknown whether it follows the original Devilman timeline or is an entirely new story.

On 25 December 2014 ''Devilman Saga'' was released in Shogakukan. It is written and drawn by Go Nagai and its main character apparently is Yuki Fudo, a Japanese robotics student who finds a strange mural in Antarctica during an excavation. It is yet unknown whether it follows the original Devilman timeline or it is an entirely new story.

On 25 December 2014 Devilman Saga was released in Shogakukan. It is written and drawn by Go Nagai and its main character apparently is Yuki Fudo, a Japanese robotics student who finds a strange mural in Antarctica during an excavation. It is yet unknown whether it follows the original Devilman timeline or it is an entirely new story.

* {{Guyliner}}: Akira's side effects upon merging with a Amon, apparently.

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[VideoGame/MegaMan Dr. Wily]]!? Why are you a turtle, and more importantly, why are you eating people!?

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Oddly enough, no one's really evil, but no one's really good either. The demons only want humans gone because they're seen as intruders; the humans want the demons gone because they don't particularly like the idea of dying. God is ...well, OK, he ''is'' above simple {{JerkassGod|s}} level in his dickery.
* HannibalLecture: [[spoiler: Jinmen gives Akira one about how the demons are justified by BlueAndOrangeMorality, and how Akira is clearly the bad guy for killing demons. Akira [[ShutUpHannibal tells him to]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome go fuck himself.]]]]

* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: Satan--but after it's far too late to do anything about it. Really.]]

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Initially only the demons shared this idea since earth belonged to them first, and they say humanity stole from them; while they weren't any better, after demons and devilmen became public knowledge, Akira and devilmen started to think like this too, as [[DyingLikeAnimals most of humanity went in a senseless rampage]] against demons, devilmen or any living being that they ''thought'' was aiding the "monsters". This aspect is expanded further in the ''AMON'' manga, where Akira simply reaches the conclusion that humans are the ''real'' demons and that he will help any people that values life, not taking account if it is a demon, devilmen or even human.

* DyingLikeAnimals: Boy, do they ever.

** There's also the appearance of the Cartoon version of Devilman in the manga ''Manga/MazingerAngels''. Once again, he holds his own against giant robots. Later in that series, [[{{DororonEnma-Kun}} Enma-kun]] passes Akira by at a festival, and they give each other a knowing, angry glance.

To promote the final [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]] Apocalypse of Devilman in 1999, Go Nagai resurrected the manga in two forms; one is a collection of short stories entitled '''Neo-Devilman''' where he and many other writers/artists (17 to be precise) contribute to the Devilman mythos with their own spin-offs and visions for the original tale, the other is where Nagai teamed up with Yuu Kinutani to create a 6 Volume manga simply called '''AMON''', which is centered around and expanding the events between humanity's persecution of demon/human hybrids and the anticipation for Devilman vs. Satan's final battle; Go Nagai writes the tale while Yuu Kinutani pencils with his high detailed art. In 2005 these two teamed up again to create '''Strange Days''', a single manga volume centered around a group of devilmen, Kira and Ryuu, clashing at Devilman vs. Satan's final battle; it tells their story of how their rivalry came to be during the persecution against devilmen.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Agira from ''Neo-Devilman'', his devilmen powers is to absorb and assimilate anything to his body from weapons to demons and devilmen, he eventually absorbs legions of demons, in this vision Agira is the unamed giant beast from the original manga that Devilman rides in the final battle against Satan with his multi-headed dragon.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: In contrast with the original manga where [[spoiler:Miki dies and Devilman Akira loses faith in humanity to fight only for his devilmen army]], the LighterAndSofter anime has Akira solely focused in protecting Miki and not much else; needless to say [[spoiler:she survives in this adaptation]]
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The short sequel for the ''AMON'' manga, ''Strange Days'' features a whole new cast of characters, whom some will become devilmen and clash at the Devilman vs. Satan final battle, the focus is Kira and Ryuu, and their band ''THE FLYERS''.

* {{Chickification}}: Miki in just about everywhere else outside the original manga, the first [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVAs]] and ''Devilman Grimoire'', originally she pushed Akira into becoming more active and insisting that he fought back against people who bullied him, eventually she liked Akira even more when he became more agressive in his Devilman days; other adaptations, like the Anime and the final [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]], likes to portray Miki in a more pure light, she is not shown to be amused by Akira being agressive and certainly does not encourage him to fight anyone; even in ''AMON'' where she retains her original personality, the aggressive part is still gone.

* DeconstructorFleet: Amon: The Darkside Of Devilman argurably takes original series and deconstructs a few things. The original manga itself seems to deconstruct or [[UnbuiltTrope unbuild]] many common shonen tropes.

* DistaffCounterpart: DevilmanLady, and Mikimura from ''Strange Days'', her devilmen form is the exact female version of Akira's own Devilman, even closer for being less [[{{Fanservice}} fanservicey]] than the original distaff Devilman Lady Jun.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Ryo, is in fact, the {{hermaphrodite}} Satan, who took the body of a human to learn mankind's weaknesses and plot their demise.]]

* DisposableWoman: [[spoiler: Miki, Sachiko, little Yumi...]]

* EvilVersusEvil: Amon vs other demons in the "Amon: The Apocalypse of Devilman"

** After ending up [[{{StuffedIntoTheFridge}} stuffed into the fridge]] in the original manga and a mute quadruple-amputee and sex slave in ''Violence Jack'', Miki has become this in the 2010s. She becomes a Getter pilot in ''Devilman vs Getter Robo'', and in ''Devilman Grimoire'' she's a witch who [[spoiler: later becomes a Devilman.]]

The events of ''Devilman'' lead directly into Nagai's later sequel series, ''ViolenceJack.''

Devilman appears in the MassiveMultiplayerCrossover game, VideoGame/SundayVSMagazineShuuketsuChoujouDaikessen.