Two episodes into Netflix's Devil May Cry anime adaptation, Dante suddenly takes a shotgun blast to his abs after dispatching multiple assassins with Ebony and Ivory in hand. But anyone even remotely familiar with Capcom 's premier demon hunter knows that this won't slow him down — and sure enough, the wound closes almost immediately.

Devil May Cry series on Netflix by Adi Shankar brings non-stop action, capturing Dante's cool personality. The animation in the series, especially in Episode 6, is outstanding and emotionally powerful. While the narrative takes a detour from the games, the story base is solid, with well-written characters and intriguing backstories.

"I wanted the show to be really dark, very noir, a lot of shadows, like every '90s anime that went too hard," Shankar told Animation Magazine about developing the Netflix series,