History Anime / DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries

* ButtMonkey: Dante, to some extent.

** RomiPaku as Elena in episode 6 "Rock Queen"

* MismatchedEyes: Lady's red and green eyes.

** MisatoFukuen (Japanese) and HillaryHaag (English) as Patty

** FumikoOrikasa (Japanese) and KariWahlgren (English) as Lady

This {{anime}} contains examples of:

* InstrumentalThemeTune: "d.m.c." by rungan. Not to be confused with RunDMC.

** FumikoOrikasa as Lady

* ShoutOut: "[[RomeoAndJuliet Capulet City]]."

** AyaHisakawa as Patty's mother in episodes 11 and 12 "Stylish!"

''Devil May Cry: The Animated Series'' is an anime series based on the video game series ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' created and owned by Capcom, and animated by Creator/{{Madhouse}}. It is a story that ran for twelve episodes and takes place between the first and fourth games of the video games.

* MonsterOfTheWeek: Although they are much weaker than the bosses in games.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Death Poker]].

''Devil May Cry: The Animated Series'' is an anime series based on the video game series ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' created and owned by Capcom, and animated by {{Madhouse}}. It is a story that ran for twelve episodes and takes place between the first and fourth games of the video games.

''Devil May Cry The Animated Series'' is an anime series based on the video game series ''DevilMayCry'' created and owned by Capcom, and animated by {{Madhouse}}. It is a story that ran for twelve episodes and takes place between the first and fourth games of the video games.

The ''Devil May Cry'' animated series follows the tradition of the original animated series of ''{{Hellsing}}'' in that it chronicles primarily self-contained adventures before bringing them to a linked final conclusion at the end of the season. The animated series favors animation, music, and other elements of style over detailed plots or characterization.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Subverted, one demon is redeemed thanks to Dante's efforts

** Same applies to Elena Houston, the singer in the episode "Rock Queen". She wanted folks to become intoxicated with her singing? She got ''obsessively intoxicated'' fans.

* ClaspYourHandsIfYouDecieve: One person in Episode 9, ''Death Poker'', does this.

* CurbstompBattle: A lot of Dante's fight scenes are like this.

* EldritchAbomination: Belphegor in the third episode, although despite all the build-up about how he'll devour the entire city, Dante beats him in [[CurbstompBattle about five seconds]].

* HarmfulToMinors: Dante usually attempts to shield Patty from the grusome battles he has with demons. He occasionally fails though.

* ICallItVera: Dante's pistols "Ebony & Ivory", Lady's rocket launcher "Kalina Ann", and "Luce & Ombra" for Trish's pistols.

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The episodes are called "Missions" instead of "Episodes", and the last two are named "Showtime!" and "Stylish!" in reference to the games.

* TheMagicPokerEquation: In the episode "Death Poker", it's magic that's influencing the players' "luck" on getting the winning cards Lady (masquerading as a dealer) doles out.

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Lesser demons are AlwaysChaoticEvil, devils like Trish and Sparda's disciples are {{NobleDemon}}s, or just not evil to begin with. (One of Sparda's disciples is too much of a ProudWarriorRaceGuy to pass up a chance to fight Dante, and the nicer one [[HonorBeforeReason is compelled to avenge his death.]])
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Dante in Episode 10 of the anime. Right after Dante kills Modeus's older brother Baal (who he'd been warned not to fight for the entirety of the episode up until then), Modeus explains that he'd given up fighting for his brother's sake after vowing to stay true to himself. What does Dante do then? ''Taunt'' him and call his wanting to avenge Baal 'pathetic' which causes Modeus to charge (with tears in his eyes). Placing Dante and Vergil into Modeus and Baal's roles makes him come off as extremely hypocritical.

* PrecisionFStrike: Used three times in "Wishes Come True".

* ShoutOut: "[[RomeoAndJuliet Capulet City]]".

* SexyBack: Lady in the change room...

** BadassBiker: Dante

* BoringInvincibleHero: Dante. He dispatches most demons with a bullet to the head or a single sword swing. The ones that are meant to be a huge threat generally only last a few seconds longer and don't even hurt him.
** {{Justified|Trope}} in that canon has stated that Dante has the potential to surpass his father (a PhysicalGod) and might have already done so by ''4''. Even elite demon spawn are felled quite easily by Dante; only characters on a comparable scale of godlike power have been shown to give Dante trouble. Still, the games and the show illustrate the difference between a ShowyInvincibleHero and a BoringInvincibleHero, since the fights in the games are a lot more spectacular.

''Devil May Cry The Animated Series'' is an anime series based on the video game series ''DevilMayCry'' created and owned by Capcom, and animated by Madhouse. It is a story that ran for twelve episodes and takes place between the first and fourth games of the video games.

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Lesser demons are AlwaysChaoticEvil, devils like Trish and Sparda's disciples are LawfulEvil, or just not evil to begin with. (One of Sparda's disciples is too much of a ProudWarriorRaceGuy to pass up a chance to fight Dante, and the nicer one [[HonorBeforeReason is compelled to avenge his death.]])

* CrucifiedHeroShot: Dante, pinned to a cross by his own sword at the end of the penultimate episode.

** {{Justified|Trope}} in that canon has stated that Dante has the potential to surpass his father (a PhysicalGod) and might have already done so by ''4''. Even elite demon spawn are felled quite easily by Dante; only characters on a comparable scale of godlike power have been shown to give Dante trouble.