![]() ![]() He’s sent to take over the Earth, but he falls in love with a human girl named Miki. The big difference between manga and anime is in the anime, the demon Amon completely possess the boy and inhabits in his body. The body of a demon, but the heart of a man. Nagai gave Toei the concept of a young man named Akira possessing the power of a demon in order to fight demons as Devilman. The manga and anime take the same concept in different directions, but they are often intertwined in popular culture such as coloring Devilman green even though that’s just from the anime. The 39 episodes aired from 1972 to 1973. The Devilman manga was published a little while before the anime, but of course the anime was developed first. They called Nagai up and instead he offered to conceptualize a similar new series for them, which became Devilman. The TV anime industry was less than a decade old at the time. Toei Animation was interested in making a TV anime version of Mao Dante around the time it was publishing. ![]() Highly recommended whether or nor you like Devilman. It’s a chilling manga with great art and some wild twists at the end. It follows a young man manipulated by cultists to become possessed by a demon, which may sound familiar, but the boy somehow takes over the consciousness of Dante the demon and becomes a monster. ![]() He’s been extremely influential in the manga industry, but he isn’t as well known in the United States since until recently his manga haven’t been officially available.īefore Devilman, Nagai explored demons and Christianity in manga for his fantasy story Mao Dante published in 1971. They tend to have character cameos or all out crossovers. Since then, he has gone onto create a ton of manga and franchises. In the late 1960s, he became infamous for his raunchy shounen manga Shameless School, which was one of the first manga serialized in Shounen Jump. Devilman’s creator Go Nagai was born in 1945 and he’s still creating manga through his company Dynamic Production. With all that in mind, first we will be briefly looking at how Devilman came to be. If you’ve already read Devilman, you can probably guess what I’m talking about. ![]() One big spoiler in particular cannot be avoided, so I’ll only partially talk about it. It will be difficult, but spoilers will be kept to a minimum in this panel. There is a lot of Devilman-related media out there and it would be impossible for me to talk about everything, so I’m sticking to ones I consider important or noteworthy or just a personal favorite. Since the 1970s, the Devilman universe has expanded with spinoffs and adaptations as well as influenced modern creators. Again keep in mind this lacks the slideshow, delivery, and discussion time of the full panel.Īmong the many manga by Go Nagai, this tale of a virtuous young man with demonic power stands apart with chilling art and poignant story. Here’s my second lecture-style panel from this year’s Kumoricon. ![]()
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