It is important to note that in this version, Akira is dead and the main character of this series is some demon who took full-possession of his body. In this media, young male Akira Fudo and his father Reijiro Fudo are killed on a scientific expedition of the Himilayas and the demon Devilman takes over his body. The male cosplay equivalent to Naga the Serpent from Slayers(because of the speedo). A remake was created in 2004 as a live-action movie, but failed worldwide. A few chapters of the Devilman manga reached American shores due to a licensing deal through Glenn Danzig ( The Misfits ) who owned Verotik comics.
The manga is mature, and with a deeper story since the age group of the readers was higher than the TV series. Devilman was published in manga form one month before the TV series began airing. Go Nagai came up with an "evil vs evil" concept that he later made a manga of, with more violence and nudity.
Kensaku 'Tare' Makimura: Miki's younger brother who is easily panicked and frightened, lending to his nickname Tare.Miki Makimura: Akira's object of affection whom he must constantly defend from attack.Zennon: The leader of the Demon Tribe, he sends his troops to try and defeat the Devilman.Akira Fudo: The main protagonist of the manga, he defends the earth against Zennon's demon forces.With this he promised to protect humanity no matter the cost, till the very end. After a deadly battle, Akira managed to slay Dremoon. Akira, unsure he would be able to beat the devil, said goodbye to his loved ones before braving up for the battle and went out to combat the demon. Each time ending in defeat for the attacking demon.Įventually Zennon sent out his strongest agent, the moon demon Dremoon, who flooded the coasts of Japan, killing millions. Devilman then attempts to merge with Akira, but as the boy lay dying his thought lingered on the girl of his dreams Miki Makimura, and those pure thoughts overpowered Devilman's consciousness and allowed for Akira to become dominant of Devilman's memories, abilities and appearance.Īs Devilman, Akira would fight against the demonic forces of Demon King Zennon such as the winged Kentos, the grotesque Dagon or puppeteer Zool. Very similar to the format of the anime series, the manga had a monster of the week style structure each chapter introducing a new foe for the hero to battle with, often the chapters were based upon the anime episodes and were reworked to fit the format, with some obvious differences and similarities, though there were multiple chapters that played their own stories entirely, frequently these were the strongest chapters in the manga.Ĭoming home from school late one evening, the young teen Akira Fudo is attacked and killed by the cruel demon Devilman.