Amon: Devilman Review

Across decades of media—from the original 1972 manga to the modern Devilman Crybaby on Netflix—Amon remains the symbol of the series' anti-war and nihilistic themes. He represents the capacity for violence inherent in all living things, serving as a reminder that the line between "human" and "demon" is often thinner than we hope.

"In the pantheon of anime anti-heroes, few are as tragic as Akira Fudo. A boy who cried for the fate of humanity, a pacifist forced to wield the claws of a beast. But we aren't here to talk about Akira. We are here to talk about the beast wearing his skin." amon: devilman

: Many viewers felt lost without prior knowledge of the manga or earlier films. It jumps into the middle of the apocalypse with very little context for why things are happening. Across decades of media—from the original 1972 manga

"But glass eventually breaks. When the human world betrays Akira, when they murder the one person he fought to save, the heart that held the demon back... stops. The pacifist dies. And the Warlord wakes up." A boy who cried for the fate of