8.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Devilman Crybaby (2018)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.1
Overview
Akira Fudo learns from his best friend Ryo Asuka that demons will revive and reclaim the world from humans. With humans hopeless against this threat, Ryo suggests combining with a demon. With this, Akira becomes Devilman, a being with the power of demon but with a human heart.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixBias Dimensions
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Gender Swap: Yes
Christianity: Negative
Overview
Akira Fudo learns from his best friend Ryo Asuka that demons will revive and reclaim the world from humans. With humans hopeless against this threat, Ryo suggests combining with a demon. With this, Akira becomes Devilman, a being with the power of demon but with a human heart.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's central thesis explicitly promotes progressive ideology by critiquing systemic prejudice, mob mentality, and the persecution of the 'other,' leading to societal collapse, which is the decisive factor for its rating.
The movie features a diverse cast of characters, consistent with its Japanese origin, without explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative, however, delivers a powerful and explicit critique of human prejudice, fear, and mob mentality, making themes of acceptance and anti-discrimination central to its core message.
Secondary
Devilman Crybaby features prominent LGBTQ+ characters whose identities are treated with complexity and emotional depth. Ryo's obsessive love for Akira is a central narrative pillar, and Miko's struggles with prejudice are depicted empathetically. Despite the universal tragedy, the show affirms the worth of these characters' lives and loves, critiquing external societal forces rather than their identities.
In 'Devilman Crybaby,' the true form of the character Satan, who is canonically depicted as male or androgynous in the original manga, is portrayed with a distinctly female physique and voice, constituting a gender swap for this central character.
The film radically reinterprets Christian mythology, portraying God and angels as cruel, genocidal, and the ultimate antagonists responsible for humanity's suffering and destruction. It subverts traditional benevolent portrayals, depicting divine entities as unforgiving and destructive forces.
Devilman Crybaby features a diverse cast with various sexual orientations and gender expressions, including gender non-conforming characters. However, the narrative does not explicitly present or explore characters who identify as transsexual, nor does it delve into themes specific to transsexual identity. Therefore, a direct evaluation of its portrayal of transsexual characters and themes is not applicable.
The show features powerful female demons and Devilmen, such as Silene and Miko Kuroda. While they engage in intense combat, their victories are primarily achieved through overwhelming demonic powers rather than skill-based physical combat or martial arts against multiple male opponents. No scenes depict a female character defeating multiple male opponents through skill or strength in close-quarters combat.
Devilman Crybaby is an adaptation of the Devilman manga. The series maintains the racial depictions of its primary characters, who are consistently portrayed as Japanese, aligning with their original source material. No characters established as one race in the manga are depicted as a different race in this adaptation.
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