DevilMan TV Series

The Devilman manga was first produced in 1972. It lasted over 5 volumes and 1352 pages. This extremely violent manga with a story stood out and was an instantaneous hit. The manga was so popular that it became its own anime series in that same year. The television series aired from July 1972 to March 1973.

Devilman (1972) episode guide w/ monster(s)

1) Rebirth of the Devil clan "akuma zoku fukkatsu" July 8, 1972 (Lord Demon [Zenon], Rerasu, Daruni, Henka)

2) Monster SILENE "yōjū shirēnu" July 15, 1972 (Zenon)

3) Monster GERUGE "yōjū geruge" July 29, 1972 (Zenon)

4) The devil general ZANNIN "mashōgun zannin" August 5, 1972 (Zenon, Bedora)

5) The Sleeping beauty ZORUDOBA "nemureru bijo zorudoba" August 12, 1972 (Zenon, Zannin, Rita)

6) ROKOFURU'S head "rokuferu no kubi" August 19, 1972 (Zenon, Zannin)

7) The horrible puppet master ZOOL "kyōfu no ningyō dukai zūru" August 26, 1972 (Zenon, Zannin, Abiru)

8) IYAMON and BAUU "iyamon to baū" September 2, 1972 (Zenon, Zannin)

9) The brainwave monster GONDOROMA "nōha yōjū gondorōma" September 9, 1972 (Zenon, Zannin)

10) The monster GANDE, the walking eye "yōjū gandē me ga aruku" September 16, 1972 (Zenon, Zannin)

11) The red monster flower LAFLELU "shinku no yōka rafurēru" September 23, 1972 (Zenon, Zannin)

12) The fire monster FAIAM "kaen yōjū faiamu" September 30, 1972 (Zenon, Zannin, Akyura)

13) The arrogant MERMAIM "hokori takaki māmeimu" October 7, 1972 (Zenon, Zannin)

14) Challange at the Ice Kingdom "kōri no kuni e no chōsen" October 14, 1972 (Zenon, Zannin, Hiruma)

15) The monster EBAIN, having a thousand hands "yōjū ebain senbon no ude" October 21, 1972 (Muzan)

16) The monster GENIE, living in the dark "yami ni sumu yōjū jienī" October 28, 1972 (Muzan)

17) The stamp monster DAGON "kitte yōjū dagon" November 4, 1972 (Muzan)

18) The silver MAYAKO "giniro no mayako" November 11, 1972 (Muzan)

19) The monster ADAL, the dummy project "yōjū adaru ningyō sakusen" November 18, 1972 (Muzan)

20) Goodbye, the monster DRANGO "saraba yōjū dorango" November 25, 1972 (Muzan)

21) The monster DORO likes humans "yōjū dorō wa ningen ga suki" December 2, 1972 (Muzan)

22) The monster MUGAL, the illusionist magician "yōjū mugāru genei no majutsushi" December 9, 1972 (Muzan)

23) The monster BERA, the Tibetan spirit "yōjū bera chibetto no kai" December 16, 1972 (Muzan)

24) The monster JAKON, the living ghost "yōjū jakon iki teiru yūrei" December 23, 1972 (Muzan)

25) The devil general MUZAN, the attack of the school "yōshōgun muzan gakuen dai shūgeki" December 30, 1972

26) The silver monster LALA "hakugin no yōjū rara" January 6, 1973 (Zenon, Dodo)

27) The monster JEWEL, the desires beyond the limits "yōjū jueru hate naki yokubō" January 13, 1973 (Zenon, Lala, Reikoku)

28) The monster MINION, the devil's locket "yōjū miniyon akuma no pendanto" January 20, 1973 (Reikoku, Lala)

29) The monster KENETOS, the secret necklace "yōjū kenetosu nazo no nekkuresu" January 27, 1973 (Reikoku, Lala)

30) The monster FAIZEL, the crazy shadow "yōjū faizeru kage ni kurū" February 3, 1973 (Reikoku, Lala)

31) The monster KILSKI, the pure red tornado "yōjū kirusukii shinku no senpū" February 10, 1973 (Reikoku, Lala)

32) The monster AURORA "yōjū ōrora" February 17, 1973 (Reikoku, Lala)

33) The monster WEATHERS, the sun's rebellion "yōjū uezāsu taiyō no hanran" February 24, 1973 (Reikoku, Lala)

34) The monster ALRON, the horrible dress "yōjū aruron kyōfu no makishi" March 3, 1973 (Reikoku, Lala)

35) The Devil Marshal REIKOKU, the frozen school "yōgensui reikokku kōre ru gakuen" March 10, 1973 (Lala)

36) The monster MAGDORA, the flying lava "yōjū magudorā sora tobu yōgan" March 17, 1973 (Lala)

37) The monster WUDUU, the angry forest "yōjū uddodō okoreru midori" March 24, 1973

38) The monster DORIMOON, the moon is the hell! "yōjū dorimūn tsuki wa jigoku da !" March 31, 1973 (Zenon)

39) The monster GOD, the God's miracle "yōjū goddo kami no kiseki" April 7, 1973 (Zenon)

Lyrics to the 1972 series theme song "Devilman no uta"

Are wa dareda dareda dareda (Tell me who is it? who is it? who is it? )

Are wa debiru (Is it devil?)

DEBIRUMAN DEBIRUMAN (Devilman Devilman)

Uragiri modono na ou kede (He is called the betrayer)

Subete osutete tatakara otoko (Gives up all he has to fight)

DEBIRU ARROW wa choonpa (Devil arrow is supersonic wave)

DEBIRU EAR wa jigokumimi (Devil ear is the ear of hell)

DEBIRU WING wa sorao tobi (Devil wing can fly)

DEBIRU BEAM wa netsukoasen (Devil beam is the heated light wave)

Akuma no chikara minitsuketa (He has the power of a devil)

Seigino hero (Hero of justice)

DEBIRUMAN DEBIRUMAN (Devilman Devilman)

The anime series was 39 episodes long and ran from July 8, 1972 to March 31, 1973 on NET (now TV Asahi), although in reality the series ended in April 7, 1973 in local stations. The series sported some differences from the manga (the character of Ryo Asuka wasn't created until Go started working on the manga after he finished working on the anime). Staff and production notes

Airtime: Saturday, 20:30 - 21:00

Network: NET (now TV Asahi)

Production: Dynamic Production, Toei Animation

Producer: Ken Ariga, Yoshifumi Hatano

NET Producer: Shinichi Miyazaki

Production manager: Masaharu Eto

Original work: Go Nagai

Series director: Masayuki Akihi, Tomoharu Katsumata

Script: Masaki Tsuji, Susumu Takaku, Tadaki Yamazaki, Toyohiro Shimokawa

Animation director: Hajime Tsuno, Kazumi Amadera, Kazuo Komatsubara (ep 1,7,13,18,21,25,31,37), Kazuo Nakamura, Makoto Kunihara, Masamune Ochiai (ep 10, 27, 33), Shingo Araki, Takeshi Shirado, Toshio Mori (ep 4,6,12,16,20,24,30,36)

Art director: Geki Katsumara, Hidenobu Shin, Isamu Tsuchida, Mataharu Urara, Saburo Yokoi, Shigeyoshi Endo, Tadanao Tsuji, Tadaumi Shimokawa, Tomoo Fukumoto

Music: Go Misawa

Theme songs:

Devilman no Uta (fr}ﾌ､ｽ, debiruman no uta^?^{, Devilman's Song) (Opening) lyrics by}^{Yu Aku}^{, composition and arrangement by Go Misawa, vocals by}^{Keizo Toda}^{, backing vocals by}^{Vocal Shop}

Kyo mo Dokoka de Devilman (｡ﾇｱｩﾅfr}, kyō modokokade debiruman^?^{, Devilman is Somewhere Today) (Ending) lyrics by Yu Aku, composition by}^{Shunichi Tokura}^{, arrangement by}^{Nozomi Aoki}^{, song by Keizo Toda}

Voice Cast: ^{Ryoichi Tanaka}^{(Akira Fudo/Devilman),}^{Sumie Sakai}^{(Miki Makimura),}^{Keiko Yamamoto}^{(Kensaku Makimura),}^{Michiko Nomura}^{(Miyo Momoyama), Taimei Suzuki (Kosaku Makimura), Natsuki Sakuma (Mrs. Makimura),}^{Ichiro Nagai}^(Alphonne),^{Joji Yanami}^(Pochi),^{Hidekatsu Shibata}^{(Demon Lord Zenon)}