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''Devil May Cry: The Animated Series'' is an anime series based on the video game series ''[[Devil May Cry (Video Game)|Devil May Cry]]'' created and owned by Capcom, and animated by [[Madhouse]]. It is a story that ran for twelve episodes and takes place between the first and fourth games of the video games.
'''''Devil May Cry: The Animated Series''''' is an anime series based on the video game series ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' created and owned by Capcom, and animated by [[Madhouse]]. It is a story that ran for twelve episodes and takes place between the first and fourth games of the video games.


The series follows half-demon Dante as he runs his supernatural Detective Agency, Devil May Cry, as a justification for carrying out his war against the Demon World. In addition to Trish and Lady, characters from the video game that the series is based upon, two new characters make an appearance. These are Morrison and Patty Lowell; Dante's informant and temporary ward, respectively.
The series follows half-demon Dante as he runs his supernatural Detective Agency, Devil May Cry, as a justification for carrying out his war against the Demon World. In addition to Trish and Lady, characters from the video game that the series is based upon, two new characters make an appearance. These are Morrison and Patty Lowell; Dante's informant and temporary ward, respectively.


The ''Devil May Cry'' animated series follows the tradition of the original animated series of ''[[Hellsing (Anime)|Hellsing]]'' in that it chronicles primarily self-contained adventures before bringing them to a linked final conclusion at the end of the season. The animated series favors animation, music, and other elements of style over detailed plots or characterization.
The ''Devil May Cry'' animated series follows the tradition of the original animated series of ''[[Hellsing (anime)|Hellsing]]'' in that it chronicles primarily self-contained adventures before bringing them to a linked final conclusion at the end of the season. The animated series favors animation, music, and other elements of style over detailed plots or characterization.


The ''Devil May Cry'' animated series has received mixed reviews from fans with some believing the series works better as a self-contained work than attempting to adapt the video games on which it was based.
The ''Devil May Cry'' animated series has received mixed reviews from fans with some believing the series works better as a self-contained work than attempting to adapt the video games on which it was based.

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This [[Anime]] contains examples of:


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* [[Action Girl]]: Trish and Lady
* [[Action Girl]]: Trish and Lady
* [[All There in the Manual]]/[[Continuity Lock Out]]: You will understand a lot more if you have played the games.
* [[All There in the Manual]]/[[Continuity Lock Out]]: You will understand a lot more if you have played the games.
* [[The Anime of the Game]]
* [[Always Chaotic Evil]]: Subverted, one demon is redeemed thanks to Dante's efforts.
* [[Exclusively Evil]]: Subverted, one demon is redeemed thanks to Dante's efforts.
* [[Ascended Demon]]: {{spoiler|Brad}}, thanks to [[The Power of Love]].
* [[Ascended Demon]]: {{spoiler|Brad}}, thanks to [[The Power of Love]].
* [[Badass]]: Dante, Trish, and Lady
* [[Badass]]: Dante, Trish, and Lady
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* [[The Butler Did It]]: {{spoiler|Third episode.}}
* [[The Butler Did It]]: {{spoiler|Third episode.}}
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Dante, to some extent.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Dante, to some extent.
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Trish in the fourth episode.
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Trish in the fourth episode.
* [[Cat Scare]]: Played straight early on in the fourth episode.
* [[Cat Scare]]: Played straight early on in the fourth episode.
* [[Character Exaggeration]]: Dante is accused of being ridiculously over the top.
* [[Character Exaggeration]]: Dante is accused of being ridiculously over the top.
* [[Children Are Innocent]]
* [[Children Are Innocent]]
* [[Clasp Your Hands If You Deceive]]: One person in Episode 9, "Death Poker," does this.
* [[Clasp Your Hands If You Deceive]]: One person in Episode 9, "Death Poker," does this.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: The fact that Dante owes Lady a massive sum of cash is brought up numerous times. This debt is, of course, due to his wrecking of Lady's bike in ''Devil May Cry 3''. There's even a bonus image in that game of Dante shrugging while Lady stares in shock to the only part left of her beloved bike.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: The fact that Dante owes Lady a massive sum of cash is brought up numerous times. This debt is, of course, due to his wrecking of Lady's bike in ''Devil May Cry 3''. There's even a bonus image in that game of Dante shrugging while Lady stares in shock to the only part left of her beloved bike.
** The scar on Lady's leg also came from ''Devil May Cry 3'', when {{spoiler|her father stabbed her in the leg with her own bayonet.}}
** The scar on Lady's leg also came from ''Devil May Cry 3'', when {{spoiler|her father stabbed her in the leg with her own bayonet.}}
* [[Cool Bike]]: The show is full of them.
* [[Cool Bike]]: The show is full of them.
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* [[Gangsta Style]]
* [[Gangsta Style]]
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Lady sports attractive scarring across her face and on her right leg.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Lady sports attractive scarring across her face and on her right leg.
* [[Good Thing You Can Heal]]: Dante tends to get stabbed, shot and impaled with alarming frequency.
* [[Good Thing You Can Heal]]: Dante tends to get stabbed, shot and impaled with alarming frequency.
* [[The Gunslinger]]: Dante
* [[The Gunslinger]]: Dante
* [[Guns Akimbo]]
* [[Guns Akimbo]]
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** [[Atsuko Tanaka]] (Japanese) and [[Luci Christian]] (English) as Trish
** [[Atsuko Tanaka]] (Japanese) and [[Luci Christian]] (English) as Trish
** [[Fumiko Orikasa]] as Lady
** [[Fumiko Orikasa]] as Lady
** [[Misato Fukuen]] (Japanese) and [[Hillary Haag]] (English) as Patty
** [[Misato Fukuen]] (Japanese) and [[Hilary Haag]] (English) as Patty
** [[Akio Ohtsuka]] as Morrison
** [[Akio Ohtsuka]] as Morrison
** Nachi Nozawa as Sid (Father Alexander Anderson in the first ''[[Hellsing (Anime)|Hellsing]]'' anime). [[Chris Ayres]] voices him in English
** Nachi Nozawa as Sid (Father Alexander Anderson in the first ''[[Hellsing (anime)|Hellsing]]'' anime). [[Chris Ayres]] voices him in English
** [[Tomokazu Seki]] as Vincent in episode 2 "Highway Star"
** [[Tomokazu Seki]] as Vincent in episode 2 "Highway Star"
** [[Vic Mignogna]] as the Pick-Up Man in episode 3 "Not Love" for the English dub
** [[Vic Mignogna]] as the Pick-Up Man in episode 3 "Not Love" for the English dub
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* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: The episodes are called "Missions" instead of "Episodes," and the last two are named "Showtime!" and "Stylish!" in reference to the games.
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: The episodes are called "Missions" instead of "Episodes," and the last two are named "Showtime!" and "Stylish!" in reference to the games.
* [[Idiot Ball]]: As noted below, the world would have come a lot less closer to destruction if Dante had just killed the demon he encountered in the first episode.
* [[Idiot Ball]]: As noted below, the world would have come a lot less closer to destruction if Dante had just killed the demon he encountered in the first episode.
* [[Immune to Bullets]]: Dante
* [[Immune to Bullets]]: Dante
* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]: Dante
* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]: Dante
* [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]]
* [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]]
* [[Instrumental Theme Tune]]: "d.m.c." by rungan. Not to be confused with [[Run DMC]].
* [[Instrumental Theme Tune]]: "d.m.c." by rungan. Not to be confused with [[Run DMC]].
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Dante
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Dante
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: Dante
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: Dante
* [[Ludicrous Gibs]]: It's amazing how much damage those little .45s of Dante's can do.
* [[Ludicrous Gibs]]: It's amazing how much damage those little .45s of Dante's can do.
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* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]]: So the final battle arrives, and Dante ''finally'' {{spoiler|use Devil Trigger... for an instant, and all the viewers get is a hint to what it looks like.}}
* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]]: So the final battle arrives, and Dante ''finally'' {{spoiler|use Devil Trigger... for an instant, and all the viewers get is a hint to what it looks like.}}
* [[Ojou]]: Patty
* [[Ojou]]: Patty
* [[Our Demons Are Different]]: Lesser demons are [[Always Chaotic Evil]], devils like Trish and Sparda's disciples are [[Noble Demon|Noble Demons]], or just not evil to begin with. (One of Sparda's disciples is too much of a [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]] to pass up a chance to fight Dante, and the nicer one [[Honor Before Reason|is compelled to avenge his death.]])
* [[Our Demons Are Different]]: Lesser demons are [[Exclusively Evil]], devils like Trish and Sparda's disciples are [[Noble Demon|Noble Demons]], or just not evil to begin with. (One of Sparda's disciples is too much of a [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]] to pass up a chance to fight Dante, and the nicer one [[Honor Before Reason|is compelled to avenge his death.]])
* [[Out-of-Character Moment]]: Dante in Episode 10 of the anime. Right after Dante kills Modeus's older brother Baal (who he'd been warned not to fight for the entirety of the episode up until then), Modeus explains that he'd given up fighting for his brother's sake after vowing to stay true to himself. What does Dante do then? ''Taunt'' him and call his wanting to avenge Baal "pathetic" which causes Modeus to charge (with tears in his eyes). Placing Dante and Vergil into Modeus and Baal's roles makes him come off as extremely hypocritical.
* [[Out-of-Character Moment]]: Dante in Episode 10 of the anime. Right after Dante kills Modeus's older brother Baal (who he'd been warned not to fight for the entirety of the episode up until then), Modeus explains that he'd given up fighting for his brother's sake after vowing to stay true to himself. What does Dante do then? ''Taunt'' him and call his wanting to avenge Baal "pathetic" which causes Modeus to charge (with tears in his eyes). Placing Dante and Vergil into Modeus and Baal's roles makes him come off as extremely hypocritical.
** Not really an OOC moment because Dante and Vergil's case was completely different. The only similarity was that both cases involved the death of a brother. Vergil "died" because he wouldn't listen to Dante and ended up spitefully slicing Dante's hand to prevent his rescue as he tumbled to hell. Baal died because he was mad at Dante's father and picked a fight with Dante when he couldn't find Sparda (someone Dante already barely acknowledges or accepts on most days). Dante was most likely referring to how stupid it was for Modeus to throw his life away by fighting a battle he could never win in hopes of avenging a brother who basically threw his life away as well. Dante states the same thing to the gang leader in the second episode of the anime, once again referring to the idiocy of avenging his brother; His brother died street racing a demon who ended up killing him... trying to obtain vengeance against that demon would only lead to the gang leaders death as well.
** Not really an OOC moment because Dante and Vergil's case was completely different. The only similarity was that both cases involved the death of a brother. Vergil "died" because he wouldn't listen to Dante and ended up spitefully slicing Dante's hand to prevent his rescue as he tumbled to hell. Baal died because he was mad at Dante's father and picked a fight with Dante when he couldn't find Sparda (someone Dante already barely acknowledges or accepts on most days). Dante was most likely referring to how stupid it was for Modeus to throw his life away by fighting a battle he could never win in hopes of avenging a brother who basically threw his life away as well. Dante states the same thing to the gang leader in the second episode of the anime, once again referring to the idiocy of avenging his brother; His brother died street racing a demon who ended up killing him... trying to obtain vengeance against that demon would only lead to the gang leaders death as well.
* [[Percussive Maintenance]]: Dante to his jukebox on occasion.
* [[Percussive Maintenance]]: Dante to his jukebox on occasion.
* [[Perpetual Poverty]]
* [[Perpetual Poverty]]
* [[Cutlass Between the Teeth|Pistol Between The Teeth]]
* [[Cutlass Between the Teeth|Pistol Between The Teeth]]
* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: Dante is full of these.
* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: Dante is full of these.
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Used three times in "Wishes Come True."
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Used three times in "Wishes Come True."
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* [[Reckless Sidekick]]: Patty.
* [[Reckless Sidekick]]: Patty.
* [[Rule of Cool]]: This anime, like the games that it's based on, is almost made of it.
* [[Rule of Cool]]: This anime, like the games that it's based on, is almost made of it.
* [[Sealed Evil in A Can]]
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]
* [[Senseless Violins]]: Dante often carries his sword in a guitar case.
* [[Senseless Violins]]: Dante often carries his sword in a guitar case.
* [[Shadow Discretion Shot]]: Done intentionally by Dante in the first episode with a theatre backdrop to prevent Patty from witnessing the violent ongoings.
* [[Shadow Discretion Shot]]: Done intentionally by Dante in the first episode with a theatre backdrop to prevent Patty from witnessing the violent ongoings.
{{quote| "Sorry, honey, but this show isn't for kids." }}
{{quote|"Sorry, honey, but this show isn't for kids." }}
* [[Shirtless Scene]]
* [[Shirtless Scene]]
* [[Shock and Awe]]: Trish's lightning powers.
* [[Shock and Awe]]: Trish's lightning powers.
* [[Shout-Out]]: "[[Romeo and Juliet|Capulet City]]."
* [[Shout-Out]]: "[[Romeo and Juliet|Capulet City]]."
* [[Single-Stroke Battle]]: Dante has quite a few of these.
* [[Single-Stroke Battle]]: Dante has quite a few of these.
* [[Sticks to The Back]]: Dante's sword.
* [[Sticks to the Back]]: Dante's sword.
* [[Stripperiffic]]: Most of the show's female characters, to varying degrees.
* [[Stripperiffic]]: Most of the show's female characters, to varying degrees.
* [[Swipe Your Blade Off]]: Dante is occasionally shown doing this after slaying a demon. Other times the blood just sort of magically vanishes off his sword.
* [[Swipe Your Blade Off]]: Dante is occasionally shown doing this after slaying a demon. Other times the blood just sort of magically vanishes off his sword.
* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]
* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]
* [[Token Mini-Moe]]: Patty.
* [[Token Loli]]: Patty.
* [[Toplessness From the Back]]: Lady in the change room...
* [[Toplessness From the Back]]: Lady in the change room...
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Dante with Strawberry Sundaes and pizzas with no olives (and possibly garlic potatoes).
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Dante with Strawberry Sundaes and pizzas with no olives (and possibly garlic potatoes).
* [[Twelve-Episode Anime]]
* [[Twelve-Episode Anime]]
* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: People generally tend to find little, if anything out of the ordinary about the tall, [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|white-haired]] guy in the [[Badass Longcoat|long red coat]] with a [[BFS|big-ass sword]] [[Sticks to The Back|slung across his back]].
* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: People generally tend to find little, if anything out of the ordinary about the tall, [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|white-haired]] guy in the [[Badass Longcoat|long red coat]] with a [[BFS|big-ass sword]] [[Sticks to the Back|slung across his back]].
** To be fair, though, Dante keeps his sword in a guitar case most times he's using it.
** To be fair, though, Dante keeps his sword in a guitar case most times he's using it.
** Two people's perception of Dante actually becomes a plot point in one episode. A woman views him as very cool, and encourages her boyfriend to be more like him. The boyfriend, however, thinks Dante looks dangerous. So while Dante is an unusual sight, his appearance probably keeps people away.
** Two people's perception of Dante actually becomes a plot point in one episode. A woman views him as very cool, and encourages her boyfriend to be more like him. The boyfriend, however, thinks Dante looks dangerous. So while Dante is an unusual sight, his appearance probably keeps people away.
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Dante
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Dante
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Death Poker]].
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Death Poker]].
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Dante
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Dante
* [[You Can't Thwart Stage One]]: Unfortunately. The [[Big Bad]] is unsealed mostly because Dante didn't just shoot the guy from Episode 1, nor did he do that in every ''other'' episode the guy appeared in.
* [[You Can't Thwart Stage One]]: Unfortunately. The [[Big Bad]] is unsealed mostly because Dante didn't just shoot the guy from Episode 1, nor did he do that in every ''other'' episode the guy appeared in.
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Devil May Cry: The Animated Series is an anime series based on the video game series Devil May Cry created and owned by Capcom, and animated by Madhouse. It is a story that ran for twelve episodes and takes place between the first and fourth games of the video games.

The series follows half-demon Dante as he runs his supernatural Detective Agency, Devil May Cry, as a justification for carrying out his war against the Demon World. In addition to Trish and Lady, characters from the video game that the series is based upon, two new characters make an appearance. These are Morrison and Patty Lowell; Dante's informant and temporary ward, respectively.

The Devil May Cry animated series follows the tradition of the original animated series of Hellsing in that it chronicles primarily self-contained adventures before bringing them to a linked final conclusion at the end of the season. The animated series favors animation, music, and other elements of style over detailed plots or characterization.

The Devil May Cry animated series has received mixed reviews from fans with some believing the series works better as a self-contained work than attempting to adapt the video games on which it was based.

Tropes used in Devil May Cry: The Animated Series include:

"Sorry, honey, but this show isn't for kids."

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