As a part of Netflix’s Geeked Week, the streaming big has launched a brand new trailer for the upcoming Satan Could Cry anime, in addition to an April 2025 launch date.
Produced as a part of a collaboration between Netflix and Capcom, the anime options Dante (voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch) as he dashes by way of gunfire and lets lose a wide range of distinct Dante-style strikes. Massive sword, twin pistols, pizza. It is all there. It is being directed by Adi Shankar, who it’s possible you’ll know from Dredd, Castlevania, and Captain Laserhawk.
It is an attention-grabbing trailer to dig by way of for Satan Could Cry followers, particularly in relation to when precisely it takes place within the Satan Could Cry canon. Some followers have noticed scenes that seem like they arrive from the DMC3 prequel manga, particularly that mysterious rabbit that pops up on the finish of the trailer. So it appears to be like like this anime might come between DMC2 and DMC3, which curiously sufficient makes it a pseudo-sequel to the unique Satan Could Cry anime launched again in 2007.
Different attention-grabbing tidbits embrace Johnny Yong Bosch voicing Dante, which we already knew previous to this trailer, though that is the primary time we have heard him within the function. Funnily sufficient he’s the voice on Nero within the Satan Could Cry sequence, which makes him the voice of two members of the Sparta household. Johnny, for individuals who aren’t completely familar together with his profession, is a prolific voice actor who has labored on Akira, Like a Dragon, and Code Geass.
So far as preliminary impressions go, the trailer appears to be like good! It is being animated by Studio Mir (The Legend of Korra) and Shankar Animation (Adi Shankar’s personal animation firm) and sure hits the visible bar followers had set for it. April cannot come quickly sufficient, it appears.