History Manga / Devilman

* LoveMakesYouCrazy: [[spoiler:Ryo/Satan]] sacrifices many of his strongest demons to ensure Akira becomes Devilman.

* {{Death by Adaptation}}: In the original ''Devilman'', Dosu Roku, Masa and the fat guy with big teeth from Dosu Roku's gang went from being Akira's enemies to his friends and allies, essentially becoming human members of the Devilman Army. While the fat guy's ultimate fate is unknown, [[spoiler: Masa was killed trying to save Miki and Tare from the lynch mob while Dosu Roku played a major part in the ''AMON'' manga]]. In ''Devilman Grimoire'', [[spoiler:Dosu Roku and the fat guy are unceremoniously eaten alive by a demon in the first chapter, while Masa lasts until the second chapter, where his head is bitten off by Silene]]. This establishes the fact that Grimoire is not just a retelling of the original story but is a whole new continuity, with the ultimate fates of the main characters up in the air.

* ImAHumanitarian: Demons tend to love to eat humans as well as each other.

** However, this trope is played straight in the live action movie, were[[spoiler:The only survivor characters are Susumu and Miko after Satan destroys the world.]]

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 in anticipation of the final battle between Devilman and Satan. Go Nagai scripts and Yuu Kinutani provides pencils with high detailed art. In 2005 they 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.

'''''Devilman''''' was a {{manga}} and {{anime}} series that combined superhero tropes with supernatural horror. It was made by the famous Japanese author Creator/GoNagai in the 1970s. It became enormously popular and influential in Japan and was later adapted in the form of a {{OVA}} and a live action movie. There was a animated {{crossover}} movie in which Devilman met another of Nagai's famous creations, ''Anime/MazingerZ''.

A new Devilman manga, ''Devilman Grimoire'', began running in Champion Red magazine on 19 April 2012. It is written by Go Nagai and illustrated by Rui Takato. A {{Rebooot}} of the original manga, it starred Akira Fudo and Miki Makimura, who believes herself to be a witch. It features many characters from the original Devilman. It remains to be seen whether this series is connected to previous series of the Devilman universe (''Devilman'', ''Violence Jack'', ''Devilman Lady'' and ''Shin Violence Jack''), or whether it is set in an alternate universe.

Devilman appears in the MassiveMultiplayerCrossover game, ''VideoGame/SundayVSMagazineShuuketsuChoujouDaikessen''. A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39anQm12y5s crossover OVA trilogy]] with {{Cyborg 009}} called ''Cyborg 009 VS Devilman'' came out in October 2015, celebrating the franchise's 50th Anniversary. It received a worldwide release streaming on Creator/{{Netflix}} in April 2016, complete with an all new English dub.

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.

''Devilman'' was a {{manga}} and {{anime}} series that combined superhero tropes with supernatural horror. It was made by the famous Japanese author Creator/GoNagai in the 1970s. It became enormously popular and influential in Japan; it was later adapted in the form of a {{OVA}} and Live Action Movie. There was even an animated {{crossover}} movie where Devilman met another of Nagai's famous creations, ''Anime/MazingerZ''.

The story involves a boy named Akira, who discovers the Earth is being invaded by demons. His friend Ryo convinces him that the only way to stop the demons is to have him merge with one of them. Their plan succeeds, and Akira gains the ability to transform into a superpowerful, batlike demon. As Devilman, he fights various bizarre demons, most notably the harpy-like Siren, and the turtle-like Jinmen, while still trying to lead a normal life.

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

Another Nagai series, ''Manga/DevilmanLady'', was a reinterpretation of the original series except with the characters' genders switched, and a pseudoscientific explanation for the "demons". It was similarly violent and controversial.

A new Devilman manga, ''Devilman Grimoire'', began running in Champion Red magazine on 19 April 2012. It is written by Go Nagai and illustrated by Rui Takato. A remake of the original manga, it is set in the present day and stars Akira Fudo and Miki Makimura, who believes herself to be a witch. It features many characters from the original Devilman, but in different situations. It remains to be seen whether this series is connected to previous series of the Devilman universe (Devilman, Violence Jack, Devilman Lady and Shin Violence Jack), or whether it is an alternate universe.

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 roboticist who is called in to study an ancient and strange mural from Antarctica. According to promotional material, it is the final chapter in the original Devilman storyline through Devilman and Devilman Lady.

Devilman appears in the MassiveMultiplayerCrossover game, ''VideoGame/SundayVSMagazineShuuketsuChoujouDaikessen''. A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39anQm12y5s crossover OVA trilogy]] with {{Cyborg 009}} called ''Cyborg 009 VS Devilman'' came out in October 2015, celebrating the franchise's 50th Anniversary.

Devilman appears in the MassiveMultiplayerCrossover game, ''VideoGame/SundayVSMagazineShuuketsuChoujouDaikessen''. A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39anQm12y5s crossover OVA trilogy]] with {{Cyborg 009}} called ''Cyborg 009 VS Devilman'' came out in October 2015.

Devilman appears in the MassiveMultiplayerCrossover game, ''VideoGame/SundayVSMagazineShuuketsuChoujouDaikessen''. A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39anQm12y5s crossover movie]] with {{Cyborg 009}} came out in October, 2015.

Devilman appears in the MassiveMultiplayerCrossover game, ''VideoGame/SundayVSMagazineShuuketsuChoujouDaikessen''. There is an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39anQm12y5s upcoming crossover movie]] with {{Cyborg009}} coming Winter 2015.

* AdaptationNameChange: The original anime translates Akira's last name as Hudo rather than Fudo.

** This changes [[spoiler:In Amon, where it's revealed God has everything happen in an endless loop that makes '''everyone''' suffer and die just to make Satan watch Akira die by his/her own hands for eternity. Meaning that he condemns two whole sapient species to suffer and die horribly and pointlessly over and over for eternity [[DisproportionateRetribution just to punish a single rebel]] ({{Satan}}, of course).]] At that point he can be considered damn close to early MegaTen YHVH in terms of bastarditude.

** Jun Fudo and Aoi Kurosaki from [[DevilmanLady Devilman Lady]] appear as teachers in Akira and Miki's school, with the former being their homeroom teacher while the latter is a P.E. teacher. They are also [[GirlOnGirlIsHot lesbian lovers]] who seemingly have no problem getting it on during the middle of the school day.

* 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.

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 is called in to study an ancient and strange mural from Antarctica. According to promotional material, it is the final chapter in the original Devilman storyline through Devilman and Devilman Lady.

Devilman appears in the MassiveMultiplayerCrossover game, ''VideoGame/SundayVSMagazineShuuketsuChoujouDaikessen''. There is an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39anQm12y5s upcoming crossover movie]] with [[Manga/Cyborg009 Cyborg 009]] coming Winter 2015.

Devilman appears in the MassiveMultiplayerCrossover game, ''VideoGame/SundayVSMagazineShuuketsuChoujouDaikessen''. There is an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39anQm12y5s upcoming crossover movie]] with Manga/Cyborg009 coming Winter 2015.

Devilman appears in the MassiveMultiplayerCrossover game, ''VideoGame/SundayVSMagazineShuuketsuChoujouDaikessen''.

''Devilman'' was a {{manga}} and {{anime}} series that combined superhero tropes with supernatural horror. It was made by the famous Japanese author GoNagai in the 1970s. It became enormously popular and influential in Japan; it was later adapted in the form of a {{OVA}} and Live Action Movie. There was even an animated {{crossover}} movie where Devilman met another of Nagai's famous creations, ''Anime/MazingerZ''.

Another Nagai series, DevilmanLady, was a reinterpretation of the original series except with the characters' genders switched, and a pseudoscientific explanation for the "demons". It was similarly violent and controversial.

* 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 Yuria)]], 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, and the frequent [[CosmicRetcon Cosmic Retcons]], which allows the events of past occur in numerous, different variations.

* LighterAndSofter: The 1972 anime series in comparison with the manga.[[spoiler: Lots of changes to the story were made, the violence and nudity were considerably toned down, lots of comic relief was included, and most [[SparedByAdaptation of the characters who died at the end of the manga are still alive in the last chapter of the first anime series]], which also has a BitterSweetEnding instead of the tragic conclusion of the manga.]]

* 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 Yuria)]], 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.

* 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.