Crybaby also features a remix of the theme song for the 1970s anime, "Devilman no Uta", in a version performed by Queen Bee's Avu-chan as an insert song. The anime features "Man Human" by Denki Groove as its opening theme, while Takkyū to Tabibito performs a special ending theme song "Konya Dake" (lit. Kensuke Ushio composed Devilman Crybaby 's music. Japanese clothing brand Beams produced Devilman Crybaby-inspired street fashion, while Aniplex released polystone statues based on the anime.
An exhibit of the series called Sabbath Shibuya was held at Japanese music store chain Tower Records between May and June 2018. On May 30, 2018, Aniplex Japan released the complete series on Blu-ray Disc as part of a "complete box". The series was made available in 23 subtitled languages and seven spoken languages the dubbed languages include English, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, standard Spanish, and Castilian Spanish.
All episodes were released exclusively on Netflix on January 5, 2018, in 90 countries or territories. In August, its first trailer was released on Netflix Japan's YouTube channel and it was revealed that the anime would have ten episodes. The series was first announced in March 2017 to celebrate Nagai's 50th anniversary as a creator.
The series takes place in a universe in which the 1970s Devilman TV series exists, its theme song appears as a child's ringtone, and the bedroom of one of the children is filled with Devilman anime objects. On the good side, he mentioned people coming out as LGBT through social media and a greater "acceptance of different opinions and lifestyles". On the bad side, he cited people getting shot over a video game, police brutality towards African-Americans, the rise of nationalism in politics, and problems being blamed on foreigners. Yuasa commented that the technologies and social media's popularity made the 21st-century situation very close to the Devilman manga's violent scenario, as "people are a lot more connected, for good and bad". It features commentaries done through rapid text messages and social media to explore humans' reaction to demons. The director said he made this change because he believes "rappers are the people who speak what's on their minds today". These rap performances function as a type of narrator throughout the series.
Because of that, some episodes feature extended rap sequences performed by professional rappers. While the manga featured delinquents who bullied Akira, the anime uses rappers as substitutes for them. SettingĬrybaby updates the 1970s scenario of Nagai's manga on which it is based to a 21st-century setting. Yuasa also expressed his desire in creating a sequel to Crybaby, saying that if he did, he could explore the "different settings and ways of telling the story". The director commented that Nagai's later works were "even more extreme" and so he created Crybaby with the mindset of "If Nagai-sensei could have done as he pleased, he'd have gone this far". Yuasa did Crybaby aware that Nagai was probably restrained in the depiction of its sexual and violent content by having Devilman published in a shōnen (young boy's) magazine. It was Aniplex with whom he collaborated on Ping Pong the Animation (2014), that suggested a Devilman adaptation. Although Yuasa was a fan of the original Devilman, it was a project he never imagined he would work on. Ayumi Kurashima was the character designer, while Kiyotaka Oshiyama was responsible specifically for the demon's design. Yuasa directed the anime, Ichirō Ōkouchi wrote the script and Eunyoung Choi served as the animation producer. It was produced as a Netflix original series by Aniplex and Nagai's Dynamic Planning, and animated by Masaaki Yuasa's studio Science SARU. Development and staffĭevilman Crybaby is based on Go Nagai's manga Devilman. Production and release Devilman Crybaby is based on the manga by Go Nagai ( pictured) but director Masaaki Yuasa worked on the anime considering that Nagai was probably restrained by the demographics of a shōnen magazine.
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