Devil May Cry 5 Game Tops 10 Million in Sales
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 animated series premiered on April 3 with eight episodes. The first season features the characters Dante, Vergil, and Lady.The first season debuted at #4 on Netflix's global top 10 "English Shows" list with 5.3 million views in its first three days. The show was also in the top 10 in 87 countries.The staff had planned multiple seasons since 2021. Netflix confirmed on April 8 that the animated series is getting a second season. Adi 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.The opening sequence features Limp Bizkit's song "Rollin'." An alternate version of Evanescence's new song "Afterlife" plays throughout the series.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 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.Source: CAPCOM's website via Polygon
