Clearly, animated series based on video games are doing well on Netflix. The streaming service has had several seasons of a Castlevania row, along with a Carmen Sandiego look They just announced that they are doing a Tomb Raider appear, and they too appeared a Devil May Cry Anime from Adi Shankar too. The show is based on the famous series of Capcom games about a demon hunter named Dante and his quest to kill demons. The last game in the series, Devil may cry 5released in 2019.
Netflix also revealed the first teaser for the show as well.
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Here’s series creator Adi Shankar’s reaction to the news (Shankar was previously an executive producer on Netflix’s Castlevania animated series):
I am honored that Netflix and Capcom have entrusted me to shepherd the DEVIL
MAY CRY franchise. Alex Larsen and I love these characters, we are part of the fandom, and we promise to exceed the extremely high bar we have set for ourselves.
Here is the official synopsis for the series:
In this animated adaptation of the popular Capcom game, sinister forces at
play to open the portal between human and demon realms. In the middle of it all is Dante, a demon hunter for hire, unaware that the fate of both worlds hangs around his neck.
There is no premiere date for the Devil May Cry named series. The series has been greenlit for eight episodes.
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