Fudo Jun is a beautiful supermodel who is idolized by many. She also has a dark secret that not even she knows about at first, for within her veins run the genes that hold the next step in the evolution of mankind. The same blood as the beastlike superhumans that terrorize the city. Unlike the rest of them, though, Jun has managed to hold a tenuous grip onto her humanity, and she is recruited by the mysterious Asuka Ran, member of a secret organization within the government, aimed at controlling, if not eliminating, these berserk destroyers of mankind. Jun, as Devilman Lady, must now exterminate her own kind, but how much longer can she keep her sanity in a situation she never chose in the first place?
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hybridial
This is my favourite anime of all time, and I will admit from the off, I am somewhat biased towards it. Nonetheless, I don't expect anyone reading this to go in to this anime expecting something that they themselves will give 10/10, but nonetheless, to check out this series because it is worthwhile. A quick synopsis to begin: Jun Fudo is a fashion model, who is approached by a mysterious blonde stranger named Lan Asuka. Lan brings her to a warehouse and sets a wolf demon upon Jun, who transforms into a monster herself and fights back. Jun is a Devilman, an evolved human withgreat power, who has retained her human conscience.
The story's comic book scenario belies an intensly deep story. There are many questions asked in regard to the nature of the human condition, and Jun herself is portrayed not as a heroine as such, again, keeping it away from descending into a comic book feel, but rather as a tool, and a weapon being manipulated in some grand scheme involving the plight of the entire human race. There are romantic elements, the story is very much yuri based, with a lot of sexual ambiguity thrown in. But it never comes across as crude. The series builds to an epic finale which is reminiscent of it's origins: a Devilman story wouldn't be a Devilman story without a truly epic and memorable ending.
The series' one weakpoint is in it's animation quality. Whilst it deserves a solid score for it's design which is realistic and gritty, very true to it's setting and atmosphere, and also for having some genuinely morbid and unique mosnter designs, the smoothness of the animation is very inconsistent as is the detail. This is a low budget anime from the late 90s, and many of them suffered this. However that period is considered a golden period of anime because of how many of these shows were actually incredibly good, and Devilman Lady I think was the absolute best.
Finally, the music, along with the muted pacing and design is the final piece of the puzzle to add to why this anime is so good. It's story is rich, it's characters real, and finally, it's atmosphere is absolutely palpable. Personally I feel this is just about as flawless an anime as you'll find in all but visuals. But I care less about people agreeing with that than simply giving this show more attention, which it definitely deserves, and is one of the best adaptations of Go Nagai's mangas available.
GrayRealm
I can honestly say that there are not many titles like it. It is truly something exceptional, roughly on the level of Gunbuster and Neon Genesis Evangelion. This is a dark, tense, grim, dramatic and very interesting story that keeps escalating, and escalating and escalating and in the end it has a very small number of flaws. The anime surpassed all my expectations, and I picked it by accident. It is worth metnioning that it has very little in common with Devilman Lady manga by Go Nagai. I saw the manga, and due to standard nagai style and its age it was a bit hard totake it seriously. Rather than copying story from the manga, however, this anime reimagines it. Characters are similar to the original, but events are different. Jun is no longer a school teacher, but a photo model, and I bet events take a very different turn.
However, because it was a "reimagining" and not an adaptation, it suddenly turned into a masterpiece level material. From the amazing intro you get a good idea of what you're getting yourself into - a dark setting where everyone can die, nobody has a plot armor, and where even protagonist isn't safe.
Due to original material, there's a high level of violence, there's sexual tension, VERY strong yuri overtones, and people get into a really bad situations all the time. So it is not a lighthearted and happy show, but rather something that can keep you on the edge of your seat. I would say it is a horror show.
It is worth mentioning that anime managed to match all my interests, so I'm probably biased. Honestly, I was awed by it, but I'll try to provide a detailed breakdown below:
Story:
The story is grim. Starting with fantastic/supernatural premise, it keeps unfolding, evolving, escalating, and going further and further to a fairly unexpected conclusion. Rather than concentrating on individual characters it feels like it shows how the world slowly change around the protagonists. The story keeps pushing tension level higher and higher, and on many occasions you'll be watching the show and seeing that something horrible is about to happen. Rather than shying away and averting some sort of horrible event, the script lets it happen, and you get to see the results. The thing is... it doesnt' feel forced, unnatoral, and looks completely believable (unlike, say, Re: zero who went overboard with torture and that shattered illusion of the movie). Rather than going for the gore (as many titles do), the story focuses a lot on psychological tensions, so there are many tense, or uncomfortable moments, or situations that are scary when you think about them.
In the end it is "anyone can die" kind of experience. Limbs can start flying, but then rather than showering you with gore, the show starts playing with your mind, and demonstrates psychologically tense moments.
So all in all, it is very good. The only weakness is few issues with the main heroine (I'll talk about them later), and one "flashback" episode that appeared out of the blue and was quite weak compared to the rest of the movie. There also was one VERY predictable story turn I didn't really enjoy and felt like its quality was below the rest of the show.
Art:
It is okay. It is a quality 90s animation, on lower level than Shin Cutie Honey was, but nevertheless it is very detailed. Monsters are well drawn, but a lot of scenes happen in the dark (meaning you don't get to see muhch), and there were few (meaning one or two) occurrences where cels and scenes were reused near the end. I suppose the studio either briefly had budget problems, or were gathering resources for the finale.
It may be worth mentioning that there's less nudity compared to original (for example, devil lady is slightly censored), but still it happens plenty of time.
Sound:
Music is magnificent, I loved it. Intro song has amazing gothic feeling to it, and music matches the show very well. The composer was pretty much a genius. IT is worth mentioning, that due to the gothic feeling about it, the soundtrack is fairly unusual. It is not a standard anime music by any means, regardless of the anime epoch. Then again I wish music like was used more often.
Character:
Characters have overarching motives that go throughought the show, and are fairly believable. However, in theory they could be portrayed better. Main heroine can be extremely annoying at ties, due to her impossibly meek nature. However, anime spends a lot of time concentrating on side characters (that tend to die quickly), and in those scenes it shines. I think it sorta reminded me of Hell Girl or maybe xxxholic in its structure - because quite a lot of episodes indirectly revolves aroudn someone else's story.
Enjoyment:
Absolutely amazing. I did not expect it to be this good and enjoyed majority of it. There were few issues where quality took a brief dip, but final events made it all worth it.
Overall:
It is a must-see anime. The only reason why you'd want to avoid it, is if you don't like dark titles, terrifying/tense events, violence, sexually tense moments (can't pick a better word for this), or "anyone can die" scenarios. It is not a light hearted show. But it is a very good one.
Definitely check it out.
barcaman101
Jun fudo lives every young woman dream.She's a beautiful and famous model who garner attention and envy from all around here. Her life changes forever when she encounters a strange woman by the name of Asuka Lan who reveals a demonic form within Jun.Jun later learns about those who carry the devilbeast gene and is then recruited to fight rogue devilbeast by a government organization due to her unique ability to retain her human consciousness even when she transforms into a beast. This is certainly an anime thats get better as it goes along.The series starts with a monster of the week look, with Jun taking onnew assingments to destroy the latest beast that have been taking human lifes.What makes the encounters between Jun and the rogue devilbeast so emotional, is that even though she is assigned to destroy them, she can sympatise as they were once human and a reflection of Jun own struggle to come to grips with the demon that dwell within her.
The plot eventually developes into a web of betrayal,romance and conspiracy as the demons wage war against the humans for supremacy of the earth.
The animation is fairly good,not as fluid as other 90's title but with good detail and chatacter design.As usual with most Go Nagai work,there is strong sexual undertones to this show{woman+woman}.There wasn't a great deal of music in this show ,with the exception for the haunting theme that played to build suspence.I didnt think it was a weakness, as the silence went well with the dark nature of the anime.This is such an emotional anime and the characters are convincing in their roles and interact well with the plot and each other.It was especially entertaining to see Jun grow from fragile and self loathing to becoming far more self assured.
The show does have several flaws which include vagueness with regard to the mythical aspects of the ''child of god'' scenario that comes in the latter episodes and the fact that despite Jun fighting gigantic monster in the city, it took so long to garner any civilian attention{not even the best government agencies can hide godzilla fighting in the backyard}.
Overall a very emotional and entertaining show.
bedheadred
Super model Jun has the ability to transform into a Devilman powerful beast. Scouted by a secret government agency, Jun uses her power to fight others of her own kind. Jun battles her own personal demons as she copes with her transformation and being used as weapon. The characters are given depth and adequate backstory to understand their motivations. The viewer is acutely aware of Jun’s internal struggles as it effects her blooming relationship with Kazumi. Did I mention yuri? There are also other ambiguous sexual tensions in the series. The animation and soundtrack are dated. Jun’s face is well animated as a model, but her bodyis sometimes boxy and movements like walking are stiff and unnatural.
This anime mired with manipulation, deceit, conspiracy and monsters is better than expected for a 90′s anime.
AniArtistViews
Out of All the Anime or even favourite Protagonist Jun Fudo/ Devil Lady is my favourite character of all time, the Anime and Manga is different but personally its my favourite Go Nagai Anime/Manga Series. This is very bias and not really talking about the show it self but the character, Jun Fudo can take my heart away by giving this show a 10/10 I love Jun Fudo Design, she is the ideal anime character of design and what's even better her Devil form is so inspired and a tribute to Devilman, I struggle to watch any new anime in the last few years but theolder underrated gem like Devilman Lady is unique and interesting to me to watch.
This review might not help but I really want to share my experience and why Personally Devil Lady is my favourite Lady of all time.
Story is alright
Art is kinda alright and I don't care about the bad details
Sound and Music is kinda catchy
Characters all the way I love seeing Kazumi and Jun interacting like Jun is the older Sister
I love watching and enjoying the series itself and the Manga is also kinda alright.
Nonetheless I still love the show and Characters
JuneNephthys
The narrative in "Devilman Lady" is too much of a prototypical brain baby, basically, it's an idea that couldn't really take root. And I don't blame any of the staff for its failings, they did the best they could with the original source material. It must have been a challenge to make an age-appropriate product out of comic that I dropped after the first chapter, because there was nothing but gruesome rape scenes and pedophilia. Everything obscene that you could possibly imagine was in the first chapter of the manga! So, to try and then adapt it into a more distinguished product, is just insane! ⚠️This review of Devilman Lady will contain spoilers ⚠️
—Story/Characters
As stated in the opening paragraph, the manga completely disgusted me! I never thought that something as utterly repulsive as the "troll scene" in Kentarō Miura's "Berserk" look like child's play! It's difficult enough to be a MAN and be a diehard Gō Nagai fan, but to be a woman and read all of his works, requires a proclivity towards self-hatred. "Why," I asked myself after being traumatized by the first chapter of the manga, "does the female character in Devilman have to be sexually assaulted by a demon to gain her powers? Why does Akira turn into Devilman after attending a disco?" Luckily, there's only one rape ※scene that comes to mind in the anime, and it isn't shown in graphic detail.
※If you still plan to watch it, but are triggered by those types of scenes, it happens at the end of Episode 25: "God" (神).
This series got a running start for me, it was stoking my nostalgia, giving me "Boogiepop Phantom" vibes! Everything was good. I liked the dynamic that the protagonist, Jun Fudō, had with her domineering compatriot, Ran Asuka. I'm a little girl on the inside, so the "monster-of-the-week" theme was never a real detractor! It was always, like, what neat design is this creature going to have in the next episode, will it be spooky? What powers will it have? Will it use them to deceive humans? (etc.)
If a core cast in strong enough, this formula can be used as a lens for the audience to watch a character develop, that is otherwise veiled in mystery, or to see the growth of someone just coming into their powers, and watch how they will react to an onslaught of threats. With the tragic deaths of a couple of people that were close to Jun, it works well with creating an element of suspense in one or two episodes. But, the central bulk of the series felt like there was just a checklist of demons that they needed to mark off, with no real development between Jun and Ran (or even individually).
The biggest twist is when Ran reprises Ryō Asuka's role as Satan and betrays Jun. But, that just seems like an echo of similarities and references to Ryō's rise to prominence, in the manga. There's nothing fresh about this series, it's just a collection of tired clichés, but with demon-fighting lesbians! The excuse you would have to watch this series is a) if you're an insanely obsessed "Devilman" fan, like I used to be, or b) you don't care about the narrative, you just want something with a certain aesthetic and a gothic mood!
—Technical
Luna's Favorite Works by Each Respective Creator = ✅
Toshiki Hirano (director), notable works:
* Angel Heart
* Baki
* Bōken! Iczer 3
* Daimajuu Gekitō: Hagane no Oni
* Haja Kyosei G Dangaiō
* Haja Taisei Dangaiō
* Iczer-Girl Iczelion
* Kakugo no Susume ("Apocalypse Zero")
* Kikō Sennyo Rōran
* Kyūketsuhime Miyu (OVA) ✅
* Kyūketsuhime Miyu (TV) ✅
* Magic Kaito
* Meiō Project Zeorymer
* Rayearth ✅
* Tatakae!! Iczer-1 ✅
Commentary: Though, many of Mr. Hirano's shows are middling, I'll give it to the man — he sure knows how to create a mood, if we compare it to his work on the ※"Kyūketsuhime Miyu" franchise and the "Tatakae!! Iczer-1" chronicles, the milieu is more on the gothic side! Though I wasn't a fan of the "Devilman Lady" anime, I really have to applaud the animation staff for making it much more palatable than the manga, which is... as I have mentioned before, just porn! Some of the framing and angling of certain scenes make them lean on being an aesthetic lavish, though the story is a hot mess; one of strongest displays of his talents (as a director) was during the climax of Aoi Kurosaki's arc: "Shark" (鮫). That episode was both injected with auteurism and it also made me want to curl up under a warm blanket, with my feet snug in a pair of fluffy slippers! From what I have seen of his filmography, even if his animations aren't considered "good" all the time, they always have a unique, artistic flair to them. I would dive into his catalog, if you're itching for a stylish horror show!
※Interesting Tidbit: The director of both the OVA and TV series of Kyūketsuhime Miyu" (or "Vampire Princess Miyu") is married to the creator of the series, Narumi Kakinōchi!
Chiaki Konaka (※script — eps 1 to 5, 8, 12, 18, 25 to 26), notable works:
* Air Gear
* Alice in Cyberland
* Armitage III ✅
* Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom (eps 1 to 3, 14)
* Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (eps 1 to 8, 11 to 12, 15 to 16, 19 to 20, 23 to 26)
* Digimon Adventure 02 (ep 13) ✅
* Digimon Tamers (eps 1 to 3, 7, 13 to 14, 23 to 24, 34 to 35, 41, 44 to 45, 49 to 51) ✅
* Fushigi Mahō Fun Fun Pharmacy
* Futari Ecchi
* GR: Giant Robo
* Hellsing (eps 1 to 6, 8 to 9, 11 to 13) ✅
* Inuki Kanako Zekkyō Collection: Gakkō ga Kowai!
* Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World — Byōki no Kuni — For You
* Kōkyōshihen Eureka Seven (eps 16, 30)
* Kyūketsuhime Miyu (TV) — ep 20 ✅
* Mahōtsukai Tai! (OVA) — eps 2 to 6 ✅
* Mahōtsukai Tai! (TV) — eps 1, 7, 10, 13
* Malice@Doll
* Mononoke (eps 3 to 5, 8 to 9) ✅
* Narutaru: Mukuro Naru Hoshi Tama Taru Ko (eps 1 to 3)
* Parasite Dolls ✅
* Princess Tutu (eps 4, 9, 22, 23) ✅
* RahXephon (eps 11 to 12, 17 to 18, 24 to 25) ✅
* RahXephon: Tagen Hensōkyoku ✅
* Serial Experiments Lain ✅
* Shinreigari
* Shishō Series
* Tetsuwan Birdy (OVA) — eps 1 to 3
* Texhnolyze (eps 1 to 4, 6, 12, 20 to 22) ✅
* The Big O (eps 1 to 4, 7, 14 to 26) ✅
* Totsuzen! Neko no Kuni Banipal Witt ("Catnapped")
Commentary: Mr. Konaka is very prolific for his thought-provoking scripts, his insignia is left all over the episode titles — the single-symboled morphemes, like "Beast" (獣) and "Blood" (血), bring to mind the eerily uttered title cards from "Serial Experiments Lain" (i.e. "Weird" and "Psyche"). While I am not the biggest fan of every single thing that he's work on, most of the series the he's done innocuous episodes for, like "RahXephon" and "Hellsing", has made me scratch my chin and say, "So, that's why those were my favorite episodes!" Incredible script writer, I hope that he and Yoshitoshi ABe are able to resume the production of "Despera" in the near future!
※The two other script writers were Kenji Konuta (script for "Aoharu x Kikanjū") and Keiichi Hasegawa (script for "SSSS.Gridman").
Good Seiyū Work = ✅
Really Enjoyed the Seiyū's Performance = ✅ ✅
One of Luna's Favorite Performances OF ALL TIME = ✅ ✅ ✅
Junko Iwao as Jun Fudō (or "Devilman Lady"), notable roles:
* Ceres, Ayashi no Ceres ✅
* Valencia Tachibana, Blue Seed 2
* Tomoya Daidōji, Cardcaptor Sakura (series) ✅✅✅
* Hikari Amagi, Chō Kōsoku Gran Doll ✅✅✅
* Kaizō Katsu, Katte no Kaizō
* Tokiko Mima ("Key"), Key the Metal Idol ✅✅✅
* Sally S. Ford, Macross 7
* Akane Aikawa, Mahōtsukai Tai! (series) ✅✅
* Akane Higurashi, Mai-HiME
* Akane Soir, Mai-Otome
* Hikari Horaki, Neon Genesis Evangelion and Evangelion Rebuild ✅✅✅
* Mima Kirigoe, Perfect Blue ✅✅
* Yui Kano, Psycho Diver: Mashō Bosatsu
* Tomoe Yukishiro, Rurōni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan — Tsuioku-hen ("Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal") ✅✅✅
* Annette, Shin Kaitei Gunkan
* Layla, Shinkai Densetsu Meremanoid
* Lefina Enfield, Super Robot Taisen OG (series)
* Mint Adnade, Tales of Phantasia
* Sayuri Yumoto, Tamako Market and Tamako Love Story ✅✅
* Mayuka Masaki, Tenchi Muyō! Manatsu no Eve ✅
* Serika and Ayaka Kurusugawa, To Heart ✅✅
* Haruna Otō, Working (series) ✅
* Kotori Monō, X/1999 ✅✅
Commentary: Ms. Iwao is an INCREDIBLY talented voice actress and has done some of her best work, playing emotionally complex women! While "Devilman Lady" is not deep by any means, it has a dense mood and her talents in suspense roles fits very well in the slot that's provided to her! Hands down, Jun Fudō was the strongest female character in the series... aside from Ran Asuka, not many lived long enough to have a lasting impression. Amazing performance in a second-rate series!
Kaoru Shimamura as Ran Asuka, notable roles:
* Diamond, Gall Force: New Era ✅
* Sakuya Ōkōchi, Kaikan Phrase
Commentary: From what I have seen of this actress, the casting as the female Ryō Asuka in "Devilman Lady" was the most robust role in her répertoire. Rest in peace, Ms. Shimamura, even though you had a small window of time to shine in the industry — you will always be commemorated through your work as Ran Asuka!
Kazusa Murai as Kazumi Takiura, notable roles:
* Chiharu Nitta, Boys Be...
* Nemu, Haibane Renmei ✅✅
* Marina, Pokémon (series)
* Ribbon-chan ("Bijou"), Tottoko Hamtarō ✅✅
Commentary: I thought that Jun Fudō's supermodel rival, Kazumi Takiura, was the weakest link in the main cast. But, regardless, of a character that is shallow as a kiddie pool... Ms. Murai has a really cute voice, therefore the surplus character is forgettable, but tolerable. Great job!
This series had a lot of promise, going into the first few episodes, but my excitement waned when everything fell away, into a slushy slog of monotony! That's a legitimate issue with more "old school" Japanese animation titles that I don't hear talked about too often, with full-length series, they would often dump a lot of money into animating the first volume (or two) of a collection, and then the production team would get lazy, because the consumers had already shelled out $30, even up to 100,000¥ (around $92 USD), per volume! That's the upside to streaming, if corners are cut in a production, the fans will usually have more of an option to boycott a studio or will stop supporting the franchise. There's more variety, so it isn't how it used to be, where people would just settle with whatever cool thing they could grab off the shelf! "Devilman Lady" is something that you would get stoked to find at a video rental store and watch during a stormy weekend, more atmosphere than actual staying power in its story, and because of the flaws outweighing the positive aspects, I rate the "Devil Lady" TV series a 3/10!
Rating: ★★☆☆☆
ggultra2764
An alternate take on the titular manga series from Go Nagai, Devil Lady (or Devilman Lady in Japan) focuses on a supermodel named Jun Fudo who unknowingly possesses abilities similar to superhuman-like devil beasts that have been killing the city’s human populace and are seen by them as the next phase of human evolution. Unlike said beasts however, Jun is capable of maintaining her human psyche when she transforms into Devil Lady and doesn’t harm humans. A secret military organization led by Lan Asuka tasks Jun with trying to deal with the devil beast threat under threat of being hunted by the organization herself. WithJun trying to mentally adjust to her circumstances, factions among both humanity and the devil beasts form to each accomplish their own ends and which Jun becomes entangled in.
Before I cover my thoughts on Devil Lady, I do want to make it clear that I have yet to read the manga source material for this series. I have some basic understanding of what got changed up between the manga and anime researching on it with changes to the backgrounds and personalities of major characters, plus the manga dabbling more heavily into the supernatural. But as I haven’t followed the manga too thoroughly, I am only going to be evaluating the anime on its own merits and not making any criticisms for what may be different from the manga series.
Devil Lady seems to go the psychological horror with its storytelling, mixed between exploring the mental toll that being a devil beast has on Jun and the various devil beasts terrorizing the human populace. The human drama with Jun makes for the most engaging element of the series with our lead character trying to sort out the effect that being a devil beast has on her personal life and mental state, particularly when helping Asuka and her organization gets in the way of her personal relationships and career as a supermodel. While initially hesitant with accepting her situation, Jun gradually gains more confidence in herself as she comes to learn more of the inner workings in the conflict between humans and devil beasts and her willpower tested as she loses loved ones and becomes ostracized from humans due to her true nature as a devil beast. The anime also takes time to explore side characters with personal relationships with Jun whom show varying levels of concern for her well-being as they deal with the sudden changes in her behavior and personality.
Other elements of Devil Lady’s storytelling are a bit more hit-and-miss. The first half of the series is mainly told in a “monster of the week” style format with Jun fighting off enemy devil beasts, many of whom being rather over-the-top with their evil acts in spite of some rather creative and creepy beast designs to compliment the anime’s horror focus. As a result, it does take time for the anime’s plot to pick up steam beyond its focus on Jun. Not to mention for whatever reason, devil beasts can usually demonstrate the power to grow into giants during battle, which adds some unnecessary hokiness to the story. The second half of the series has the plot picking up with the existence of devil beasts becoming known to the public, more nefarious motives with Asuka coming to light, and a group of devil beasts forming to try wiping out humanity. The devil beast group plot is nothing too compelling as the faction is rather shallow as far as villains go. The public’s increased awareness of devil beasts and the motives of Asuka make for the more compelling developments of Devil Lady’s second half as they force Jun into finding things in her life no longer being normal as they like and setting up some rather shocking plot twists with what Asuka is plotting with the human and devil beast conflict.
Just as a fair warning, Devil Lady comes packed with the high amount of gory violence, nudity, and sexual content you’d typically come across from many Go Nagai works. While the series does still take things quite seriously with its plot compared to many of Nagai’s titles, I’d still keep this away from younger or sensitive audiences because of the good amount of graphic content offered up from this series.
I guess overall, I find my thoughts of Devil Lady to be a mixed bag. The potential for serious plot development is there with the anime’s exploration of Jun’s developments coming to grips with her nature as a devil beast and some of the major plot developments in the show’s second half have their shocking twists offered up, particularly Asuka’s motives and the existence of devil beasts becoming known to the public. However, a number of the anime’s plot elements are rather over-the-top or shallow, and do usually take away from the serious storytelling that Devil Lady tries to push for. Fans of Go Nagai’s work looking for something a bit more mature-minded with its storytelling may be tempted to check out Devil Lady, but it still has its issues that keep it from being among the more better quality 1990s anime in my eyes.
