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The first, Devil May Cry Volume 1, was published in Japan in conjunction with the release of the first game and explored Dante in an adventure set before the game's events. The second, entitled Devil May Cry Volume 2 in the US, was published in Japan to coincide with the second game's release and is set after the first game's events.
In the musical Devil May Cry: The Live Hacker, he was portrayed by Ryōma Baba. [143] The popularity of the Devil May Cry series led to a line of action figures, produced by Toycom; [144] Kaiyodo produced a similar line for Devil May Cry 2 and a Devil May Cry 3 Dante action figure. [145] [146]
The background of the storyline is primarily based on the first and third installments of the series, Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening respectively. The series follows the daily life of demon hunter Dante as he adopts a young girl named Patty Lowell and faces off against a demon seeking to attain godhood.
Subsequent installments were released in 2003 (Devil May Cry 2), 2005 (Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening), 2008 (Devil May Cry 4) and 2019 (Devil May Cry 5), along with the reboot DmC: Devil ...
Dante, the series' primary protagonist, is a mercenary specializing in the paranormal and the main playable character in the first three Devil May Cry games. [17] He is one of the twin sons of Sparda, a demon knight who sided with humanity and drove back an invasion of the human world by demons about 2,000 years before the series' events. [18]
Devil May Cry has spawned a sequel, Devil May Cry 2 and a prequel, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening; both of which have sold more than two million copies. A fourth game, Devil May Cry 4, was released on February 5, 2008 in the United States for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. Total sales for all versions as of February 10, 2016 is well over 3 ...
In late 2018, Adi Shankar announced to produce the TV series adaptation of Devil May Cry for Netflix. [3] [4] Alex Larsen was hired as a writer for the series. [5] [6] The first season will consist of 8 episodes. [7] [8] [9] In late September 2023, the first-look teaser was released during Netflix's Drop 01 livestream. [10]
Devil May Cry 5 -Before the Nightmare- (角川スニーカー文庫) is a prequel novel that takes places before Devil May Cry 5 and leads up to beginning of the game. It was written by the game's writer, Bingo Morihashi. The novel was released on March 1, 2019 in Japan, days before Devil May Cry 5 was released. [8]