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Devilman Crybaby (2018)

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Devilman Crybaby (2018)

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


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive

Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Christianity: Negative

Viewer 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

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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

The film's central thesis explicitly critiques humanity's inherent capacity for prejudice, xenophobia, and mob violence, leading to self-destruction. It implicitly champions empathy and understanding as the only counter to these destructive forces, aligning with progressive ideological critiques of societal injustice.

The movie features a diverse cast within its Japanese cultural context, exploring various sexual orientations. Its narrative is a powerful and explicit critique of human prejudice, mob mentality, and discrimination against those perceived as 'other,' making themes of acceptance and intolerance central to its story.

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.

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.

All major characters in "Devilman Crybaby" maintain the same gender as established in the original "Devilman" manga series. No characters canonically established as one gender were portrayed as a different gender.

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.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.1

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.6
The Movie Database logo
7.7

Critic Ratings

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8.9
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N/A

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