Friday, May 29, 2009

Review: Devil May Cry - V1 (Japan, 2008)


PLAYSTATION’S highly successful shoot ’em up demon hunting game comes to the small screen in this high-octane television series of the same name.

Following Dante – a half demon/half human charged with ridding the world of demons for the right place – the series plays out like a supernatural version of Cowboy Bebop and is full of the same wry humour that made the later so popular.

Disc one offers the first four episodes, showing enough flare and promise to suggest this could be one worth sticking around for.

At its heart it's just mindless gun play, but the scripts are snappy, the animation sharp and deftly directed and the demons better than most.

Worth a shot.

Rating: three stars

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