# Devilman Devilman is a horror manga and anime franchise created by Go Nagai in 1972 that follows timid teenager Akira Fudo after he fuses with the demon Amon and turns into a demon-fighting hybrid. The series became a landmark of dark supernatural manga and got a widely praised Netflix anime reboot, Devilman Crybaby, in 2018. ## Overview Devilman follows Akira Fudo, a timid teenager living with the Makimura family, whose friend Ryo Asuka drags him into archaeological work centered on a fossilized demon skull[2]. The skull reveals visions of a distant past when demons ruled Earth, and Akira ends up fused with the demon Amon, Lord of War, gaining terrifying powers while keeping his human conscience. Transformed into Devilman, Akira battles other demons before the story reaches its bleak, apocalyptic conclusion. The franchise is known for graphic body horror, religious imagery, and Go Nagai's grim view of the war between demons and humanity. Its influence runs through decades of dark anime, and the 2018 Netflix reboot Devilman Crybaby brought that violent tone to a global streaming audience[1]. ## How It Spread Nagai kept revisiting the property through follow-up manga, including Shin Devilman from 1979 to 1981 and Devilman G from 2012 to 2014[2]. Two original video animations, Devilman: The Birth (1987) and Devilman: Demon Bird Sirène (1990), directed by Umanosuke Iida with Nagai's involvement, gave fans a closer take on the manga's brutal tone. A live-action film followed in 2004. The franchise got its biggest global boost on January 5, 2018, when Netflix released Devilman Crybaby, a ten-episode anime directed by Masaaki Yuasa and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi[1]. Polygon called it visually stunning and one of the year's early standouts, praising Yuasa's fluid animation and the show's willingness to lean into blood, sex, and grief[1]. Fan output followed the Crybaby release. Pixiv hosts thousands of works tagged with the Japanese spelling デビルマン[3], and a Devilman Crybaby megathread on r/anime pulled over a thousand upvotes as viewers dissected the ending together. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Devilman? Devilman is a Go Nagai horror manga and anime about Akira Fudo, a boy who joins his body with a super demon so he can battle other demons on Earth[1]. ### Where did Devilman come from? Devilman began as a Go Nagai manga in the 1970s and got a global streaming reboot as Devilman Crybaby on Netflix in 2018[1]. ### What does Devilman mean? Devilman is the name Akira Fudo takes on after fusing with a super demon, gaining monstrous powers while keeping his own mind[1]. ### How do you use Devilman? Devilman isn't really a meme template, but the franchise has a big fandom producing large amounts of fan art on sites like Pixiv[3]. ### Is Devilman still popular? Devilman got renewed global attention with the 2018 Netflix release of Devilman Crybaby, which Polygon praised as visually stunning[1]. ## References 1. [https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/8/16862868/devilman-crybaby-season-1-review-netflix]() 2. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/devilman]() 3. [https://www.pixiv.net/tags/デビルマン]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/devilman Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library