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Akira Fudou is just a regular kid in modern Tokyo, getting pushed around by bullies until his old friend Ryou shows up out of nowhere and pulls him out of it. They spend the afternoon catching up, and somehow that leads them to a nightclub party. Akira hates the noise, the crowd, all of it. Then a fight breaks out, and the people around him stop being people. Bodies twist, teeth grow, and suddenly the dance floor is full of demons. Amon, one of the great demons, steps in and takes hold of Akira's body. What walks out is Devilman: a thing with a demon's power and a human heart. Ryou has been digging into something bigger this whole time. Demons have been here since long before people, waging a quiet war for control of the world, and now Akira is caught in the middle of it. To stand a chance, he and Ryou go through with a dangerous ritual meant to create humanity's only real weapon. It works. It also costs Akira whatever normal life he had left. He wants to protect people. The thing inside him was born to destroy them. Which side of him wins when the fighting actually starts?
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Devilman: The BirthWatch
Devilman: Tanjou-hen
OVA · 1987 · ★ 7,2
Akira Fudou is just a regular kid in modern Tokyo, getting pushed around by bullies until his old friend Ryou shows up out of nowhere and pulls him out of it. They spend the afternoon catching up, and somehow that leads them to a nightclub party. Akira hates the noise, the crowd, all of it. Then a fight breaks out, and the people around him stop being people. Bodies twist, teeth grow, and suddenly the dance floor is full of demons.
Amon, one of the great demons, steps in and takes hold of Akira's body. What walks out is Devilman: a thing with a demon's power and a human heart. Ryou has been digging into something bigger this whole time. Demons have been here since long before people, waging a quiet war for control of the world, and now Akira is caught in the middle of it.
To stand a chance, he and Ryou go through with a dangerous ritual meant to create humanity's only real weapon. It works. It also costs Akira whatever normal life he had left. He wants to protect people. The thing inside him was born to destroy them. Which side of him wins when the fighting actually starts?