Demon Lord Dante

Demon Lord Dante
Cover of the second volume of the Italian release of Mao Dante, as published by d/visual in 2002
魔王ダンテ (Maō Dante)
Genre	Horror,[1][2] supernatural[3]
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Bokura Magazine
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	January 1971 – June 1971
Volumes	3
Manga
The True Demon Lord Dante[4]
Written by	Aki Fūga
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Comic Ran
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	1994 – 1998
Volumes	8
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Magazine Z
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	March 2002 – January 2004
Volumes	4
Anime television series
Directed by	Kenichi Maejima
Produced by	Hiroshi Murano
Written by	Shōzō Uehara
Music by	Hiroshi Motokura
Studio	Magic Bus
Licensed by	NA: Discotek Media
Original network	AT-X
Original run	August 31, 2002 – November 23, 2002
Episodes	13

Demon Lord Dante (Japanese: 魔王ダンテ, Hepburn: Maō Dante) is a manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. The series tells the story of Ryo Utsugi, a student who finds himself in the body of an ancient demon known as Dante and sees himself in the middle of a conflict between God and the devils. Nagai's main influence to create the work was Gustave Doré's illustrations of Dante's Divine Comedy. The series challenged the traditional view of God as good and Devil as bad and was created to provoke the critics of his previous works.

During 1971, Nagai wrote the original Demon Lord Dante manga, which was published in Kodansha's Bokura Magazine. The series ran from January to June, but it ended prematurely because of the magazine discontinuation. In 2002, the manga was officially revived by Nagai, and during the same year a 13-episode anime adaption was created and broadcast in Japan by AT-X. The anime was released in North America in DVD format by Geneon Entertainment in 2004 and re-released by Discotek Media in 2016.