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Netflix’s Devil May Cry Anime Launches April 3

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Netflix slapped a date on Studio MIR’s anime adaption of Devil May Cry today — you can expect the first season to appear early this April. In addition, they gave us a taste of what to expect with the full opening title sequence…

Limp Bizkit, huh? That’s an interesting choice. Though the DMC video game series had an entry five years ago, it’s most remembered for the era when it was young and at the peak of its popularity — the early 2000s. Showrunner Asi Shankar says the choice of music was indeed intentionally picked to evoke that era.

Shankar said on social media that the Devil May Cry anime “is set in a late ’90s/early 2000s PS2 era of the world. It’s not set in modern times. It’s set in my memory of the world, pre- and post-9/11. My music choices reflect this. My series features a mix of hits from that era and greatest musical hits from the DMC franchise reimagined by [synthwave duo Power Glove].” Power Glove never composed music for DMC, but they have contributed to video games (Far Cry 3 features their work).

The Devil May Cry anime is based on the Capcom series. Shankar has been involved with other Netflix game adaptions, like Castlevania and that bizarre Captain Laserhawk show that was a satirical mix of Ubisoft properties. Like the games, the anime will follow Dante the demon hunter as he leaps, somersaults, and performs lots of other acrobatic moves while firing his guns at monsters. Dante is searching for the one who killed his mother, but he doesn’t seem THAT broken up about his loss.

Devil May Cry was originally announced for a 2024 release, but better late than never. Dante will be hopping and bopping to Y2K rock before you know it. The series launches on Netflix April 3.

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