Shankar is probably best known for his work as showrunner on Netflix's Castlevania series.
There's not much to say about the series based on the trailer, which is a brief 44 seconds long and doesn't showcase much beyond about four seconds of Dante dodging blades, firing guns akimbo, and doing some agile backflips that I bet will absolutely kill at the Paris Olympics. say that this looks to be DMC with a capital 'M'. That is, it's a series based on the longer-running, Capcom-developed version of the games rather than the controversial Ninja Theory reboot from 2013.
And, well, that's pretty much your lot for now, besides a statement from Shankar saying how excited he is to be working on DMC:"I'm honored that Netflix and Capcom have entrusted me to shepherd the Devil May Cry franchise," said the showrunner, continuing that"Alex Larsen and I love these characters, we are part of the fandom, and vow to surpass the exceptionally high bar we set for ourselves.
There will, presumably, be some crossover between Netflix's Castlevania series and this. Shankar has said in the past that his DMC anime will"join Castlevania in what we're now calling the bootleg universe." There's no evidence of that in this incredibly short teaser, though, so your guess is as good as mine about what that means.
To be fair, I'm taking Shankar seriously when he says he's a fan. Back when he revealed to IGN that he was working on a DMC series all those years ago, he remarked that he had"acquired these rights myself so the jabronis in Hollywood don't fuck this one up too." Fair play, the man seems to genuinely love his Dante.Sign up to get the best content of the week, and great gaming deals, as picked by the editors.
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