Highlights
- Netflix announced a new Devil May Cry anime based on Capcom's videogame franchise, along with other anime titles, in their recent teaser trailer.
- The anime is being produced by Capcom and Studio MIR, with Adi Shankar credited as the creator. It is expected to run for five seasons and have a crossover with Castlevania.
- Devil May Cry is an action-adventure franchise created by Hideki Kamiya and has spawned multiple games, manga, comics, and a previous anime adaptation.
In a new teaser trailer released on Wednesday, Netflix announced that a brand-new anime based on Capcom's Devil May Cry videogame franchise is in the works. The announcement trailer was part of Netflix's "Drop One" round of reveals, which featured a sneak-peak at various anime titles in the works, including the highly anticipated Castlevania: Nocturne.
Devil May Cry was not teased in the Drop One preview trailer released last week Thursday, which hyped the arrival of trailers from the Scott Pilgrim anime, the adaptation of Naoki Urasawa's Pluto and other high-profile titles; however, Capcom's involvement in one of the many titles set to premiere on Netflix was made clear.
At this stage, no production or broadcast information has been made available; however, the teaser trailer revealed that the new Devil May Cry anime is produced by Capcom and Studio MIR, the Korean animation studio behind the anime adaptation of Tae Joon Park's LOOKISM. Castlevania executive producer Adi Shankar is credited as the creator of this upcoming Devil May Cry anime. The announcement comes several years after Shankar announced on Instagram that he is working with "an iconic Japanese gaming company" to create an anime adaptation of one of their iconic videogame series for Netflix, all the way back in October 2018.
In November of the same year, Shankar confirmed that it would be Devil May Cry, and over the following years he revealed small details about the project. It is expected to run for five seasons, with the first being eight episodes long and a crossover with Castlevania expected at some point in its run. In an interview with IGN Japan, Shankar also confirmed that the series stars Dante and Vergil, with scripts for the first season created in collaboration with writer Alex Larsen (Yasuke). The producer has enjoyed many successes and milestones, even having the joy of working alongside veteran Capcom producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi, who worked on the Devil May Cry and Resident Evil games, as well as the Devil May Cry anime adaptation produced by Madhouse.
Devil May Cry is an action-adventure franchise originally created by Hideki Kamiya, and has spawned various games since its titular debut title which was released in August 2001. The series follows a demon hunter named Dante who thwarts various demonic invasions. The original game had many sequels released in 2003, 2005, 2008 and most recently in 2020. Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (2005) is considered one of the greatest games of all time. Various manga, comics and novelizations have been created from the franchise, with the original anime running for 12 episodes from June to September 2007.
Source: Netflix Anime Official YouTube