Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth (1987)
Akira is just another normal kid in modern-day Tokyo, until an old friend of his, Ryo, shows up and turns his world upside down. Akira learns that there is an upcoming war of demons on humanity and he has just been enlisted for a major tour of duty. But the only way to fight a demon is with their power, so Akira and Ryo risk a dangerous ceremony in an attempt to create humanity's only hope: the powerful Devilman.
Director:
Umanosuke Iida
Writers:
Go Nagai, Umanosuke Iida.
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Show Hayami as Akira Fudou (voice) |
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Yu Mizushima as Ryo (voice) |
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Jun Konomaki as Miki Makimura (voice) |
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Mikio Terashima as Professor Asuka (voice) |
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Masako Ikeda as Sumiko Fudou (voice) |
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Tessyo Genda as Thug (voice) |
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Sukekiyo Kameyama as Thug (voice) |
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Naoya Uchida as Thug (voice) |
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Mahito Tsujimura as Additional Voices |
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Sakiko Tamagawa as Additional Voices |
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Teiyu Ichiryusai as Tare Makimura (voice) |
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Kiyoko Kobayashi as Additional Voices |
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Minami Takayama as Additional Voices |
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Keiichi Ando as Walla (voice) |
| Writing | Go Nagai | Author |
| Sound | Kenji Kawai | Music |
| Directing | Umanosuke Iida | Director |
| Art | Takamura Mukuo | Art Direction |
| Production | Laurence Guinness | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Etsuji Yamada | Sound Director |
| Production | Koichi Murata | Producer |
| Production | Katsuhisa Kato | Executive Producer |
| Production | Katsuhiko Hasegawa | Producer |
| Production | Jill Wilmot | Casting |
| Sound | Nakano Tooru | Sound |
| Crew | Yukitaka Shishikai | Special Effects |
| Writing | Go Nagai | Screenplay |
| Production | Ryohei Suzuki | Producer |
| Sound | Masayuki Aihara | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Michiyoshi Minamisawa | Sound |
| Editing | Takeshi Seyama | Editor |
| Directing | Shigeto Makino | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Yoshiyuki Tamagawa | Cinematography |
| Sound | Kazutoshi Sato | Sound Effects |
| Writing | Umanosuke Iida | Screenplay |
| Production | Toshio Tanaka | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Masahiro Ando | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yoshinori Kanada | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Osamu Nabeshima | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kyoko Matsubara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Noriko Moritomo | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tsutomu Yabuki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hirotsugu Kawasaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Makiko Futaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masaaki Endou | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Katsuya Kondo | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Toshio Kawaguchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shinji Otsuka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazuo Komatsubara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masahiro Ando | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Kazuo Komatsubara | Character Designer |