For Dante, the life of a Devil Hunter is hardly
dull. But even the new jobs he’s taking
on are becoming more and more surreal even for him. From tortured souls to demon prisons to
obsessed stalkers, everything and everyone seems to be hurling themselves into
Dante’s path. Thankfully Dante’s still
as sharp as ever and is in desperate need of money for his endless string of
debt. All the while, someone seems to be
pulling the strings from the darkness, someone with plans for Dante or maybe
worse.
It should really be a crime to make Devil May Cry so dull
and boring you don’t want to watch it.
I
already had a bad enough feeling after the first four episodes that I was in
trouble with this one.
But four more
episodes in, it kind of clinches it.
I
cant believe this series actually is part of the official cannon AND some of it
was even written by the head series writer, Bingo Morihashi, himself.
And just how does Part 2 of this supposed DMC
series somehow end up worse than Part 1?
Simple: They haven’t fixed a single thing and there’s no signs of that
happening anytime soon.
It's hard to fathom just how Madhouse screwed things up
from an animaton perspective.
Devil May
Cry should be right up their alley but theyre not even putting their second or
third best efforts into making this show look as sleek and stylish as fitting
for Dante’s demon slaying escapades.
Then again, if the writing is lacking (and trust me we’ll talk about
that), then perhaps that same unenthusiasm was fed to the production team as
well.
Dante and Lady’s designs seem to
be getting worse with each episode and the monsters they fight don’t have an
ounce of creativity or terrifying menace to them either.
So in a way, I get it.
If Madhouse really knew how bad this project
was from the scripts, no wonder they bothered to only give less than half an
effort to it.
Then there’s the writing.
Zero excitement.
Zero fun.
And while I praised Reuben Langdon’s initial
portrayal of Dante in the premiere, even Dante seems bored with the jobs he’s
been saddled with.
Granted not
everything has to revolve around the end of the world but it shouldn’t be this
hard writing exciting tales of Dante’s exploits.
Part 2’s cases are even more boring than
before, featuring a singer who made a deal with a Demon; a stalker who’s
jealous of Dante in every way; and a man in such denial he cant take the hint
that Dante isnt his old friend from way back when.
Heck, there’s even a prison run by Demons
that could offer some true fun for Dante to have…but no.
It’s all about being as slow and somber as
can be and continuing to deny viewers anything they love about Devil May
Cry.
Cause you can bet once the action
starts they’ll still cut away before anything interesting or exciting happens
and have someone narrarate what’s happening off screen…cause that’s the best
part of Devil May Cry apparently.
If there’s any hint of praise I can give this set of
episodes, it’s one teeny little thing: the Demon Wish Granting Mask.
This thing was actually worth a couple of
chuckles because of how picky it was with granting wishes, when all it really
wanted to do was wait for a “kill” wish so it could spit acid at someone.
The scene where Lady finds it and teasingly
tests its wish granting parameters was actually pretty good.
I especially loved Lady wanting eternal youth
(her posing when she asked for it was hot as well).
Annnnd…yeah, that’s it.
Four episodes of sheer boredom and maybe 2
minutes or less of praise to dig out of it.
Devil May Cry: The Animated Series continues to waste the
assignment of giving Devil May Cry a truly bad ass Anime adaptation.
It squanders potential setups and would
rather spend time on slow burn sob stories rather than seeing Dante tear
through Demons like tissue paper.
Ugh,
four episodes left and if the law of adaptations like this do apply…it means
Patty will be the main focus again, which means I have to listen to her complain
some more and ARGH!!!
Gonna take a
breather before marathoning this last set of episodes so I can get Devil May
Cry: The Animated Series over with as quickly as possible.
See ya Next Monday for the possibly more than
lackluster finale right here at the Gundam Anime Corner.
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