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Devilman Crybaby is a 2018 Japanese original net animation (ONA) series based on Go Nagai's manga series Devilman.The web anime is directed by Masaaki Yuasa, produced by Aniplex and Dynamic Planning, animated by Science Saru, and released by Netflix.
Masaaki Yuasa (湯浅 政明, Yuasa Masaaki, born March 16, 1965) is a Japanese director, screenwriter, and animator affiliated with Science SARU, a Japanese animation studio which he co-founded with producer Eunyoung Choi in 2013. Yuasa previously served as president of Science SARU, but stepped down from this role in 2020.
The studio's name Science Saru translates into English as "Science Monkey". [17] Company co-founder Masaaki Yuasa frequently drew himself as a monkey in self-portraits, but wanted his company to be smarter than a monkey; as a result, he added the word Science in front of Saru with the intent of having a company that possesses both instinct and intelligence.
Characters Title Character debut date Notes Country Ryo Asuka Devilman Crybaby: January 5, 2018: Ryo Asuka is a genderless angel who is Akira Fudo's best friend, while Akira is the protagonist.
Devilman (Japanese: デビルマン, Hepburn: Debiruman) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai.The manga focuses on a high school student named Akira Fudo who absorbs the powers of the demon called "Amon" with help of his friend Ryo Asuka in order to battle creatures hidden in human society, thus calling himself the "Devilman" in the process.
Yuasa describes the character in Crybaby as: "Akira/Devilman is a crybaby, and at the end he is able to make Satan cry". [8] Ryoichi Tanaka was the first voice actor behind Akira, debuting in the 1972 anime. In the original video animation, Akira was voiced by Shō Hayami and Alan Marriott. In Amon, Akira is voiced by Shinji Takeda.
Megalo Box received the most nominations at eight, followed by Devilman Crybaby at seven and Aggretsuko and Violet Evergarden both at six. [5] [6] Japanese rock band The Pillows received two nominations in the Best Ending Sequence for the second and third seasons of FLCL, the first band and anime to do so. Devilman Crybaby won the Anime of the ...
In 2018, Choi served as the animation producer for Science Saru's first animated series, the action/horror Devilman crybaby. Released worldwide by Netflix, the series was an immediate and massive international hit, [36] [37] with 90% of the series' viewers outside of Japan. [38]