| Amon: The Darkside of The Devilman | |
Japanese cover of Amon: The Darkside of The Devilman Volume 1 |
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| AMONデビルマン黙示録 (AMON debiruman mokushiroku) |
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| Genre | Horror, Action |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Go Nagai |
| Illustrated by | Yu Kinutani |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Magazine Z |
| Original run | August 1999 – April 2004 |
| Volumes | 6 |
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| Amon: The Apocalypse of Devilman | |
| Directed by | Kenichi Takeshita Toyo Ashida (general supervision) |
| Written by | Ritsuko Hayasaka Yu Kinutani (manga) |
| Studio | Dynamic Planning Studio Live Sony Pictures Entertainment (distribution) |
| Released | May 24, 2000 |
| Runtime | 52 minutes |
| Manga | |
| Devilman Mokushiroku: Strange days | |
| Written by | Go Nagai |
| Illustrated by | Yu Kinutani |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Magazine Z |
| Original run | 2005 – 2005 |
| Volumes | 1 |
Amon: The Darkside of The Devilman (AMON デビルマン黙示録 AMON debiruman mokushiroku, translated and also known as Amon: The Apocalypse of Devilman) is an action/horror manga created by Yu Kinutani, based on the Devilman manga originally created by renowned manga author and artist Go Nagai. The first volume (tankōbon) was published on January 21, 2000, and the final volume was released on April 24, 2004.
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Fear runs rampant throughout Tokyo with the revelation that demons in fact exist amongst us. Paranoia and the darker side of humanity boils onto the streets as people turn on one another, suspecting that anyone could in fact be a demon hiding in human clothing. Amidst the growing tensions, tragedy strikes Akira causing his mind to snap, retreating into his subconscious, allowing his Devilish alter-ego Amon to break free from Akira's cage of flesh and wreak havoc on both human and demons alike.
Amon: The Darkside of The Devilman is a re-imagining of the last chapters of the original Devilman manga. Where in the original, Devilman faces Satan after seeing the slain friend Miki Makimura's decapitated head, Amon sees Akira lose control of himself, and due to his sadness and depression from not being able to protect Miki, allows Amon to gain control of Akira, and his powers again.
In Volume 2, we start to see the origins of both Amon, and Sirène, and see more of Earth under the demon's rule.
The manga was originally published in the Kodansha's Magazine Z, from issue August 1999 to issue April 2004.[1]
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | ||
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| 1 | January 21, 2000 | ISBN 4063490084 | ||
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| 2 | December 22, 2000 | ISBN 4063490408 | ||
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| 3 | September 21, 2001 | ISBN 4063490661 | ||
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| 4 | August 23, 2002 | ISBN 4063491048 | ||
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| 5 | July 23, 2003 | ISBN 4063491366 | ||
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| 6 | April 23, 2004 | ISBN 4063491692 | ||
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A sequel, titled Devilman Mokushiroku: Strange days (デビルマン黙示録 STRANGE DAYS)), was also published in the same magazine in 2005.
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
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| 1 | July 22, 2005 | ISBN 4063492141 |
On May 24, 2000, a loose adaptation of the first Volume of Amon: The Darkside of The Devilman was released. Being based on Volume 1 of the manga (no other Volumes were released at the time), it's much shorter than the manga, and branches off in an entirely different direction shortly after Amon gains control of Akira Fudo at the end of Volume 1.
In the OVA, once Amon gains control and emerges for the first time, Amon begins to slaughter all those in his path, enemy and ally alike. Shortly after, Satan uses his psychic abilities to help Akira awaken within Amon, where Akira (as Devilman) battles Amon, and eventually defeats him. The OVA ends with Akira and Ryo Asuka (whom is Satan in his human form) facing each other as if to fight (as they did in the original Devilman manga), as Akira slowly walks passed him.
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