Devil May Cry: The Animated Series

For the upcoming 2025 animated series, see Devil May Cry (TV series).

Devil May Cry: The Animated Series
North American DVD cover featuring Dante
デビル メイ クライ
(Debiru Mei Kurai)
Genre
Created byCapcom
Anime television series
Directed byShin Itagaki
Produced by
  • Takaya Ibira
  • Tatsuhiro Nitta
  • Daisuke Katagiri
  • Tetsurō Satomi
Written byToshiki Inoue
Music byrungran
StudioMadhouse
Licensed by
Original networkWOWOW
English network
Original run June 14, 2007 – September 6, 2007
Episodes12 (List of episodes)

Devil May Cry: The Animated Series (Japanese: デビル メイ クライ, Hepburn: Debiru Mei Kurai) is a Japanese anime series based on the video game series by Capcom. It is set sometime between Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 2. The show is produced by the anime studio Madhouse and directed by Shin Itagaki. It debuted on the WOWOW TV network in Japan on June 14, 2007, and ran 12 episodes.[4][5][6]

On June 30, 2007, at Anime Expo 07, it was announced that ADV Films had licensed the show. However, in 2008, it became one of more than 30 titles that were transferred to Funimation.[7] The series made its North American television debut on the Funimation Channel in September 2010[8][9][10][11] and it began airing on Chiller's Anime Wednesdays block on July 15, 2015.[12]

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  7. ^ "Funimation Picks Up Over 30 Former AD Vision Titles". Anime News Network. July 4, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2009.
  8. ^ Funimation Channel Schedule September 2010
  9. ^ http://www.funimationchannel.com/schedule/2_e037.htm [dead link]
  10. ^ "FUNimation launches anime HD channel". hd-report.com. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  11. ^ "FUNimation Channel Launches on AT&T U-verse in HD". funimation.com. September 30, 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  12. ^ "U.S. TV Channel Chiller Runs Anime Block on Wednesdays". Anime News Network. July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.