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Netflix's Animated Devil May Cry Series Releases Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
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Netflix released a behind-the-scenes featurette for its upcoming animated series of CAPCOM's Devil May Cry video game franchise on Saturday.
The video features a sneak peek at some newly animated scenes and an interview with the showrunner, Adi Shankar (Castlevania). The executive producer apologized to fans for the delay in the production of the show.
Netflix streamed a trailer for the series in September.
Shankar and Alex Larsen (Yasuke) completed writing the scripts for the first season of the series as of November 2021. Studio Mir is animating the series, which will have multiple seasons.
Shankar announced his acquisition of the series in November 2018 and stated that the series "will join Castlevania in what we're now calling the bootleg multiverse."
The Devil May Cry game series previously inspired a 12-episode television anime series by Madhouse in 2007. ADV Films and later Funimation released the series on home video. Crunchyroll began streaming the anime in June 2017.
The Devil May Cry 5 game launched in March 2019 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The game received a special edition for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X in 2020.
The game series has also inspired novels, manga, and a stage play crossover with Sengoku Basara. A Devil May Cry: The Live Hacker stage play ran in Tokyo in March 2019.
