Debiruman (2004)

Debiruman: Directed by Hiroyuki Nasu. With Hisato Izaki, Yûsuke Izaki, Ayana Sakai, Ryûdô Uzaki. Based on Gô Nagai’s manga, about mild-mannered teenager Akira Fudô, who merges with a demon to fight other demons.

“Having no preconceived ideas about what this movie should be like I count myself fortunate or I would have found myself irritated and frustrated rather than merely confused and disappointed.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI have little idea about the actual plot of Devilman but this disjointed jumble of scenes was anything but smooth. While I finally understood the actual storyline by the end I think the only thing that really came across (and by no virtue of the terrible acting) was what my already somewhat fan-girl mind had conjured up at the beginning wasnu0026#39;t far from the mark.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWith the CGI, scenery, acting and plot coherency the only thing that buoyed this rating up was Susumu, and perhaps the end.”