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[TheVileOne]

I don't object to Dante being recast. But, I think Johnny Yong Bost was the wrong choice.

They recast Lara Croft for no reason in the Tomb Raider animation. At least here it's a guy who has worked on the franchise before.

 

[Sithborg]

They recast Lara Croft for no reason in the Tomb Raider animation. At least here it's a guy who has worked on the franchise before.

Which is a problem for me. Its distracting to hear Nero from Dante.

 

[TheVileOne]

I understand that but I'm not sure who off the top of my head would've been a better choice that isn't celebrity stunt casting. Maybe Nolan North? North took over voicing duties for Ghost in Destiny who was originally voiced by Peter Dinklage. He has a lot of experience in gaming and animation. I think he could've made a good Dante.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Pennywise]

Netflix's Devil May Cry Reveals More Cast With New Trailer: Watch

Devil May Cry comes to Netflix this April! Check out the newest trailer:

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The voice cast will feature the previously announced Johnny Yong Bosch (who originally voiced Nero in the Devil May Cry video games) as the voice of Dante. New additions to the voice cast revealed with this trailer include the likes of Scout Taylor-Compton as Lady, Hoon Lee as White Rabbit, Kevin Conroy as VP Baines, and Chris Coppola as Enzo

 

[Still Wynning]

Netflix's Devil May Cry Reveals More Cast With New Trailer: Watch

Devil May Cry comes to Netflix this April! Check out the newest trailer:

comicbook.com

Good casting. I thought White Rabbit’s voice sounded familiar and seeing the name just made it click, because I’ve watched Warrior and he has a pretty distinct voice. Definitely has that sort of mischievous yet commanding quality that fits a character like that.

Will be very nice to hear one last performance from Kevin Conroy.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Pennywise]

Sounds like Tony Todd is part of the voice cast as well. Will be awesome to hear his voice and Conroy! May they RIP!

Netflix's Devil May Cry Features Two Late Voice Acting Legends - SlashFilm

Netflix's animated adaptation of the Devil May Cry video game franchise will include performances by two late, great voice actors.

www.slashfilm.com

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Still Wynning]

I can see why this took three years to make.

 

[TheVileOne]

The animation does look pretty high quality.

Scout Taylor-Compton is a name I haven't heard in a while. I wonder what she's been up to.

 

[Pennywise]

Afterlife (from the Netflix Series "Devil May Cry")

Evanescence

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[TheVileOne]

Evanescence! Early aughts retro!

 

[Lily Adler]

I don't object to Dante being recast. But, I think Johnny Yong Bost was the wrong choice.

You would find any excuse to hate on Adam.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Still Wynning]

Man, they really buried the lede in regard to the animation. It looks insanely detailed and fluid, almost feature-length anime levels of quality. The three years they put into this definitely shows.

Also, the song was pretty great, too, as well as doing it as an AMV. They really know their audience.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[DeadlyWest]

I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHIIIIIIIIING
PROVOKIIIIIIIIING
BLACK CLOUDS IN ISOLATIOOOOOOOON

 

[Pennywise]

Finished the series yesterday. Never played the games, but I still really enjoyed it! Standout voice actors in the show were Conroy’s Baines and Hoon Lee’s White Rabbit.

I thought the animation was pretty well done for the most part, and I loved the change in animation styles for episode 6. Action sequences were also pretty cool.

Didn’t think some of the CGI meshed well for demons or action scenes. I also thought Lady dropping F bombs left and right every time was a bit repetitive.

Overall, I would watch another season, and this has me interested in checking out the games too.

 

[Still Wynning]

Man, don’t go on the DMC reddit. Pretty much all of the hardcore fans had some not nice things to say.

I had a lot of fun with this. Yeah, it kind of changes things, sort of plays fast and loose with canon (though it does keep some basic core aspects intact, like Dante’s backstory, Mundus, Sparda, etc.) and does its own thing, Lady is definitely way different than she is in the games, a few story choices here or there made me go “hmm”, but at its core, it’s still Devil May Cry, and Dante is still Dante. I just came in wanting cool action stuff and all that, and I got that.

The real stand out aspect is obviously the stellar and fluid animation by Studio Mir, who are always great when it comes to dynamic and fluid action and character expressions, and they really cranked it up to 11 with this. This definitely has the vibe and aesthetic of an early 2000s MTV/anime, down to artwork, detailed character designs and some filters, post processing and chromatic aberration in certain sections to give it that old VHS/CRT quality. They also just keep finding new ways to top themselves, as there are sequences in this that absolutely had my jaw on the floor. This might be the best work that they’ve ever done, and the three years it took to make this definitely shows. As far as “western” animation, this is probably the new gold standard for me.

Though, I will say, Darkcom invading and attacking Hell being an allegory for the War on Terror is…a choice. I’m still not settled on how I feel about it yet. I need to wait for the next season to see what they do with it and how it pans out.

Also, all of the song choices, 10/10. Just watch, you’ll see why.

I probably give this a solid 8/10. Looking forward to season two.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

I'm not super familiar with this franchise other knowing the games but man this and Castlevania Nocturne have some of the best animated action scenes I've seen outside of some Japanese animes.

Now I want to check out the 2007 animated series which I likely will at some point. White Rabbit was a really interesting villain and the song choices in this were pretty killer as well and felt very early 2000's.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

DMC is one of my favorite game series and I enjoyed this throughly. The Trigun vibe to Dante really worked and Studio Mir was clutch again.

I was not super big on how much cursing Lady does. It just makes her sound try hard but overall her characterization as the Major is strong here. I also wish the creator either understood or simply used the game lore a bit more. How he handles Force Edge is confusing and he doesn't seem to get what a Devil Arm is. Still, I had a lot of fun.

 

[DeadlyWest]

Finished the series yesterday.

Not bad! Solid 6/10 imo. Good action, animation, voice acting and music which is exactly what I was after. Episode 3-5 in particular was an absolute blast from start to finish. I'm not a tremendous fan of a lot of the lore changes made in comparison to the games for the most part (although I also don't think the changes they made are particularly radical or show breaking). I am a fan of the changes to the lore regarding the demon world though, the handy thing of adapting the game to a TV show is being able to introduce that extra nuance which you can't really have in a game where you slaughter demons by the thousands. Ditto on Lady being a sailor mouth, but that's more or less my only major issue with Lady. Dante's characterised more or less okay but JYB was definitely the wrong choice of voice considering when Dante actually got serious and put emotion into his voice all I could hear was Nero lmao.

Also the editing honestly felt pretty rushed in places, with Episode 6 feeling like it came out of nowhere a bit. You could've easily put the ending to Episode 5 onto the start of Episode 6 to provide a bit of context to Episode 6, along with the beginning episodes screeching to a halt to give you a 5 minute lore dump which normally wasn't that relevant to the story in that moment.

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(Why am I learning about Sparda before I even learn about why he might be relevant in the story lmao)

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I'm not a fan at all of the change to Vergil though. We'll see if any expansions in season 2 improves my opinion on it, but changing Vergil from this genuinely tragic character who's pursuing power all as a trauma response into essentially a Hellraiser villain who thinks "somethingsomethingDaddyMundusBeatingTheCrapOutOfMeWasFreeing" is genuinely a pretty awful simplification of Vergil in my opinion. We'll see if Season 2 makes it a brainwashing type deal though. I will also say the genuinely sledgehammer to the face "subtle" Bury The Light drops whenever he was on screen is lowkey corny as hell. I hope that isn't a thing in Season 2 cuz that could easily get Wonder Woman theme levels of overplayed. Also while I appreciate what they were going for with America invading Hell and don't hate the idea itself, Jesus H Christ it is so awfully unsubtle and not in a good way. I've unironically watched Zack Snyder movies which were more subtle in its subtext than this show's last 10 minutes. I don't need to be bashed over the head with American Idiot while jets fire missiles into hell to get what you're saying, Adi. Take a slightly more understated approach next time, please.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Still Wynning]

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To say the DMC reddit doesn’t like this would be an understatement.