I've seen a few Devilman anime over the years. This story isn't that bad. It just needs some tweaking. I liked how they showed them as friends from the beginning. They show how Roy protected Akira. It would have been nice if they reveal that Roy killing Akira's parents. The ending should have been Akira finds out and that sent him over the edge. Another missed opportunity was the female demon. Akira should have had a flash back as Amon as he killed her. That would have added another layer to this tale. For the life of me I don't know why they didn't show what girl did to the parents of the little boy. They did a good lead up then fizzled out. It was a big let down. If you're a fan of Devilman, see it. It's not perfect, but its entertaining.

*SPOILER ALERT!* Devilman is without a doubt one of my favourite anime and Manga series of all time so when I learned they were making a movie I was more than a little excited. Was it worth the wait? hardcore devilman fans will be disappointed but it is definitely an entertaining film throughout. Okay, so the CG might not be great but the Devilman, Silene and Satan designs look incredibly cool. If you're not familiar with Devilman's manga incarnation you may not understand the motivations of some of the characters or what the hell the deal with the ending is but it's all interesting enough to keep you watching.There's some pretty bad acting too but If you like fantasy and monsters scrapping there's bound to be some fun to be had here. I wished they had explored Ryo and Akira's relationship a bit more and built up their characters more strongly before they become enemies. It seems they tried to fit too much in as well, many of the most important story lines in the manga are thrust together and too many are explored in too little depth, I wished they'd focused on just one or two and got it right. All in all a curious little film with too little substance-I certainly wasn't bored watching it once though.

The weak teenager Akira Fudô (Hisato Izaki) has been protected by his best friend Ryô Asuka (Yûsuke Izaki) since they were children. When Akira's parents die in an accident, the family Makimura brings him to live with them, and Akira falls in love for the gorgeous Miki Makimura (Ayana Sakai). When the father of Ryô accidentally opens a gate to hell in Antarctica, demons are released, merging with humans to survive. Akira hosts Aman and becomes Devilman but keeping his humanity while Ryô hosts Satan. The hysteria and panic replaces reason and mankind initiates a war against the demons, but destroying also themselves.

I have never read any comic book of "Devilman", therefore I am not familiarized with this character of manga. But this movie shows a promising idea wasted in a messy but also entertaining screenplay. This apocalyptical story shows Akira and Ryô as best friends, but never explains the motive of the evilness of Ryô. Further, it seems that there are "good demons" and evil ones, and Akira is the last hope of the human race, but the story does not develop well the motives of the two friends. Anyway this movie is underrated in IMDb with 3.8 and I liked it in the end. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Devilman"