its streaming catalog. Reception and legacy Nagai's biggest success in his early career, Demon Lord Dante attracted many people because of its gruesome contents. It even aroused a Toei Animation producer's attention, but the piece was considered too violent to be adapted for television. Still interested in pursuing a similar concept, Toei requested that Nagai create a human-like demon superhero; thus he created Devilman, which was greatly inspired by Demon Lord Dante. Although considered a "groundbreaking work", Demon Lord Dante "was forever eclipsed" by this decision. Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy wrote in The Anime Encyclopedia that the series "is undoubtedly a prototype, not just for Devilman but for all the apocalyptic tales that followed, particularly Nagai's later Shutendoji. However, in only being made into an anime 30 years after its publication, [the series] appears to all intends and purposes more like a poorman's Urotsukidoji". See also Devilman Lady Notes References Sources External links 1971 manga 1994 manga 2002 anime television series debuts 2002 manga AT-X (TV network) original programming Discotek Media Works based on the Divine Comedy Geneon USA Go Nagai Kaiju Horror anime and manga Kodansha manga Magic Bus (studio) Supernatural anime and manga Demons in popular culture