In this post, we take a closer look at the current status of the series “Devilman”, also known by the following titles:
- デビルマン
- Debiruman
Status#
Based on our analysis, the series is NOT FINISHED. ❌
Here’s how we reached that conclusion:
- All related entries are marked as finished on MyAnimeList
- The series is listed as ended on Trakt
- The original source material has not been fully adapted, according to MangaUpdates
Taken together, these points indicate that Devilman is still ongoing in some form.
Watch order#
Gakuen Taikutsu Otoko ↗ ↖
ガクエン 退屈男; ガクエン退屈男
Summary
A story where students face off against teachers to bring down the tyrannical education system.(Source: MU)
Devilman ↗ ↖
Devilman: The Classic Collection
Summary
Soft-hearted Akira Fudou has always been somewhat of a pushover. When he reunites with his childhood friend, Ryou Asuka, in a fateful encounter, Ryou reveals to him the terrifying reality of his father's research: demons exist and are planning to claim possession of the earth once again.Eager to help his friend save humanity, Akira agrees to attend Black Sabbath, a party filled with depravity and corruption, to attempt to merge with a demon. A near-death encounter causes him to unify with Amon, a demon feared amongst even his own kind. Together they form Devilman, a combination of Amon’s strength and Akira’s pure heart.
After uniting with Amon, Akira begins to fight against the demons with his newfound power, desperate to stop the downfall of all human civilization.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
As of March 2017, over 50 million copies of Devilman have been sold worldwide. The series was published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment as two omnibus volumes from May 22, 2018, to November 13, 2018. The manga was also released as five Japanese-English bilingual volumes by Kodansha. It was also published in Brazilian Portuguese by NewPOP Editora as two omnibus volumes from November 23, 2019, to March 26, 2020.
Devilman ↗ ↖
Summary
A manga adaptation of the Devilman anime series drawn by Mitsuru Hiruta.
Devilman ↗ ↖
Debiruman
Summary
Devilman features Akira Fudo, a shy and timid teenager who has gone mountain climbing in the Himalayas with his father. While in the middle of the expedition, both father and son are killed in a tragic accident. Akira's body is found and possessed by the demon soldier Devilman, who uses his new human form as a disguise in order to fulfill his mission of causing chaos on Earth in order to pave the way for a demonic invasion of the planet.Before his mission can begin in earnest, Devilman meets Akira’s childhood friend Miki Makimura and quickly falls in love with her. Devilman resolves to protect Miki and humanity as a whole by battling against his fellow demons. Demon Tribe leader Zennon becomes greatly angered at Devilman’s betrayal and is quick to send Devilman’s former comrades to destroy him. The other demons soon learn that Miki is precious to Devilman and he must now work to protect her, as well as protect himself. Will the power of love be able to overcome that of true evil?
Violence Jack ↗ ↖
Violence Jack Kanzenban
Summary
A shocking and violent look at a post apocalyptic future. Many different stories centre around an array of characters dealing with life in this desolate world. All the stories feature a huge man named Jack who is in an ongoing battle with a villain named Slum King.(Source: ANN)
Note: This is kanzenban version which consists of: 7 volumes (published by Kodansha) and 31 volumes (published by Nihon Bungeisha) merged into 18 volumes.
Shin Devilman ↗ ↖
New Devilman
Summary
When Akira Fudou tries to save Ryou Asuka from being attacked by the demon Oysnas, they are both mysteriously teleported back in time. Once they pass through what Ryou identifies as a "Timeslip," the duo discovers that demons have been invading the past in an effort to tamper with major historical events. It is Akira and Ryou's job to stop the demons from corrupting key figures in human history before they alter the course of humanity.[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
Shin Devilman was published in English as part of the first volume of Devilman: The Classic Collection by Seven Seas Entertainment on May 22, 2018.
Violence Jack: Harem Bomber-hen ↗ ↖
バイオレンス ジャック 〜ハーレム・ボンバー編〜
Summary
Kanto Hell Earthquake has demolished the metropolitan completely. After the earthquake, Slum King is kidnapping girls and sell them as sex slaves. Mari is wandering on the devastated field looking for her lover, Ken. But she is also kidnapped by them. While she is tortured and trained as a sex slave, Ken saves her. Ken has become the member of Slum King. The king offers condition to him; in return for releasing her, he has to kill Violence Jack.(Source: AniDB)
Devilman: Tanjou-hen ↗ ↖
デビルマン 誕生編
Summary
Akira Fudou leads the life of a typical high school student. After a chance encounter with school bullies, he is rescued by his childhood friend Ryou Asuka. Ryou and Akira catch up over the course of an afternoon that ends with them crashing a party at a nightclub. Initially uncomfortable with the environment, Akira is shocked when violence provokes some of the club's partygoers to transform into demonic monsters. He and Ryou are only saved from the encounter thanks to the intervention of a great demon known as Amon. Amon possesses Akira, and the two together form the powerful Devilman—a being that, due to the influence of Akira's strong empathy for his fellow man, is resolved to keep the human race safe from the threats of demonkind.[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Violence Jack: Jigoku Gai-hen ↗ ↖
バイオレンス ジャック 〜地獄街編〜
Summary
The World as we know it has been torn apart shattered by a series of natural disasters that have turned civilization into a brutish nightmare of survival and has left whole cities buried beneath the Earth. It's now a lethal and chaotic place, a place where only the strongest and most savage remain alive. The strongest of them all is a giant warrior known as Violence Jack…Violence Jack tries to avert a civil war brewing among the wretched inhabitants of a subterranean metropolis called Evil Town. Based on a character created by manga horror specialist, Go Nagai.
(Source: AniDB)
Devilman: Youchou Sirene-hen ↗ ↖
デビルマン 妖鳥シレーヌ編
Summary
After Akira Fudou fused with the demon Amon to become the being known as Devilman, he has struggled with striking a balance between his human heart and his new violent tendencies. However, as other demons become aware of him and wreak havoc on the lives of those he cares about, Akira has little choice but to fight them tooth and nail. As he fights Jinmen, a turtlelike demon with living human faces embedded in his shell; and Sirene, a fearsome winged demon, Akira must use every scrap of his strength if he is going to stay alive.[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Violence Jack: Hells Wind-hen ↗ ↖
バイオレンス ジャック 〜ヘルスウインド編〜
Summary
The survivors of Kanto's Hell Earthquake built a new city and christened it "Hope Town". However, this peaceful town becomes a nightmare when it's raided by the motorcycle gang, "Hell's Wind". They abduct the women while the remaining townsfolk are left helpless against them.Meanwhile, a boy, Subaro, meets Jun. Jun’s lover was previously murdered, and the duo help one another to fight against Hell’s Wind. The battles are getting more and more difficult, but with the appearance of Violence Jack, the citizens seem to gain the upper hand against Hell’s Wind.
(Source: AniDB)
Devilman Lady ↗ ↖
デビルマン レディー
Summary
Fudo Jun is a school teacher having dreams of uncontrollable urges of violence. She takes the school tennis team on a trip where they are attacked by demons. To try and save the girls and herself she ends up unleashing Devilman Lady.
Devilman Lady ↗ ↖
デビルマンレディー
Summary
Fudo Jun is a beautiful supermodel who is idolized by many. She also has a dark secret that not even she knows about at first, for within her veins run the genes that hold the next step in the evolution of mankind. The same blood as the beastlike superhumans that terrorize the city. Unlike the rest of them, though, Jun has managed to hold a tenuous grip onto her humanity, and she is recruited by the mysterious Asuka Ran, member of a secret organization within the government, aimed at controlling, if not eliminating, these berserk destroyers of mankind. Jun, as Devilman Lady, must now exterminate her own kind, but how much longer can she keep her sanity in a situation she never chose in the first place?(Source: ANN)
Toushin Devilman ↗ ↖
Saint Fighter Devilman
Summary
The ruler of the demon world Zenon gives the order to kill the humans. One of the four heavenly demons Amon however did not view humanity to be as weak as the others believed. This caused unease within the rest of the ranks and Amon escaped them before encountering a junior high student named Kei Kamishiro. The two made an agreement to work together by fusing together as the new identity Devilman.(Source: Mangadex)
Devilman Memorial ↗ ↖
Summary
Summary of the 1972 Devilman series.Background
Originally released on VHS and Laser Disc in 1999 and has never been released on DVD. It was also included in the Devilman blu-ray box set.
Amon: Devilman Mokushiroku ↗ ↖
AMONデビルマン黙示録
Summary
Fear runs rampant throughout Tokyo with the revelation that demons in fact exist amongst us. Paranoia and the darker side of humanity boils onto the streets as people turn on one another, suspecting that anyone could in fact be a demon hiding in human clothing. Amidst the growing tensions, tragedy strikes Akira causing his mind to snap, retreating into his subconscious, allowing his Devilish alter-ego Amon to break free from Akira's cage of flesh and wreak havoc on both human and demons alike.Amon: Devilman Mokushiroku is a re-imagining of the last chapters of the original Devilman manga.
Background
Amon: Devilman Mokushiroku was published in Italian by D/Visual from April 14, 2005 to April 4, 2006. The series was later republished by Edizioni BD under the J-POP imprint from April 30, 2014 to December 20, 2014.
Neo Devilman ↗ ↖
Summary
Devilman's tribute manga series of original stories by various mangaka.
Amon: Devilman Mokushiroku ↗ ↖
AMON デビルマン黙示録
Summary
Panic and violence erupt in the streets when Ryou Asuka reveals that there are demons disguising themselves as humans in addition to the ones that are openly terrorizing humans. Anyone who fails to hunt demons runs the risk of being violently killed. When Akira Fudou witnesses the aftermath of this happening to those he cares for, the delicate balance between his psyche and that of Amon—a demon he has fused with in an effort to fight back—is broken, allowing the powerful Amon to roam Earth once more. As Amon slaughters everything in its path, it remains unclear whether Akira will ever regain control.[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Shin Violence Jack ↗ ↖
New Violence Jack
Summary
This brief resurrection of Go Nagai's Violence Jack character. OK, resurrection may be the wrong word since Jack didn't actually die when Nagai ended the original series in 1990 and he also didn't bite it in the 2001 stand-alone short story DEMONS IN A WAR-TORN land. But you get the idea.(Source: deadfrog)
Devilman vs Getter Robo ↗ ↖
Devilman Dai Getter Robo
Summary
Akira and Miki from Devilman are visiting the Getter Robo base when it happens to be attacked. But who are the attackers? The demon Silene has joined with the Dinosaur Empire! Will our heroes prevail?!
Devilman Grimoire ↗ ↖
Devilman G
Summary
When demons begin taking over the bodies of humans, only the strongest survive. When a practicing young witch named Miki Makimura asks her friend Akira Fudou for help with a ritual, the spell is interrupted and Akira is left on the brink of death. His body is overtaken by a powerful being named Amon. Now torn between his humanity and the demon within him, Akira uses his abilities to fight in the war between demons and humans for the future of the world itself!(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Background
Devilman Grimoire was published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment from October 31, 2017, to December 31, 2018. It was also released in Spanish by Editorial Ivrea from December 13, 2018, to October 3, 2019.
Devilman Tai Yami no Teiou ↗ ↖
デビルマン対闇の帝王 -DEVILMAN vs HADES-
Summary
After the world ended in the original Devilman, Akira Fudo is in hell, seeking the soul of his beloved Miki while at the same time Doctor Hell is beseeching the underworld for power in order to get his revenge upon the hated Mazinger. Akira sets in motion a chain of events that earn the enmity of Hades himself, who'll stop at nothing to avenge the slights Akira commits against him.Background
Devilman Tai Yami no Teiou was published in English as Devilman VS. Hades by Seven Seas Entertainment from March 13, 2018 to November 27, 2018.
Cutie Honey Tai Devilman Lady ↗ ↖
Cutie Honey vs. Devilman Lady
Summary
Fudou Jun (Devilman Lady) heads to St. Chapel School in order to track down a Devil Beast.(Source: MU)
Devilman Saga ↗ ↖
Summary
Set in 2025, a roboticist named Fudou Yuuki joins a project involving a large mural depicting humanity's true past as well as the ancient but advanced technology found in Antarctica.(Source: Devilman Wikia)
Devilman: Crybaby ↗ ↖
Summary
Devils cannot take form without a living host. However, if the will of an individual is strong enough, they can overcome the demon and make its power their own, becoming a Devilman.Weak and unassuming, Akira Fudou has always had a bleeding heart. So when his childhood friend Ryou Asuka asks for his help in uncovering devils, Akira accepts without hesitation. However, to Akira’s surprise, the place they go to is Sabbath: an immoral party of debauchery and degeneracy. Amidst bloodshed and death, demons possess the partiers, turning their bodies into grotesque monsters, and begin wreaking havoc. In a reckless attempt to save his best friend, Akira unwittingly merges with the devil Amon and becomes a Devilman, gaining the power to defeat the remaining demons.
Though it grants him great power, this new partnership awakens an insatiable and primeval part of Akira. Having the body of a devil but the same crybaby heart, Akira works alongside Ryou, destroying those that harm humanity and his loved ones.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
Devilman: Crybaby adapts the entire original manga while modernizing the setting.
Violence Jack 20XX ↗ ↖
Violence Jack: Jigoku Machihen ↗ ↖
Violence Jack: Evil Town