About
Satan Could Cry is a 2025 anime-influenced animated adaptation of the Satan Could Cry action-adventure online game franchise. The primary season of the sequence, created by Adi Shankar, premiered on Netflix on April third, 2025. The variation drew some criticism from followers of the sequence as a consequence of perceived mischaracterization of key characters, altering the connection between the human and demon realms, and seemingly compelled references to fandom memes comparable to I Am the Storm That Is Approaching.
Historical past
In October 2018, American producer and showrunner Adi Shankar revealed that he engaged on an adaptation of an “iconic Japanese online game sequence”, later revealed to be Satan Could Cry. In September 2024, it was introduced that Johnny Yong Bosch, the voice actor for Nero within the video games, could be voicing Dante, the primary character of the sequence. On September nineteenth, 2024, the official teaser trailer for Satan Could Cry premiered, gaining practically 2.6 million views in seven months.
On January thirtieth, 2025, the opening credit of the sequence, set to “Rollin'” by Limp Bizkit, premiered on YouTube, garnering over 3.8 million views in three months.
On April third, 2025, season one of many sequence, consisting of eight episodes, premiered on Netflix.
Reception
Season one of many sequence garnered constructive opinions from critics and audiences, though some followers expressed criticism over perceived mischaracterization of Dante and different characters, in addition to the present humanizing demons and presenting them as victims in some scenes.
On Rotten Tomatoes, season on of the variation had a 95% critic approval score based mostly on 20 opinions, and a 64% viewers approval score as of April seventh, 2025. On IMDb, the sequence had a 7.7 common consumer rating.
On-line Reactions
In early April 2025, following the sequence premiere on April third, Satan Could Cry turned a viral topic of discussions on social media, with its writing, themes, and characterization of key characters drawing criticism. For instance, on April third, 2025, X consumer @GWarning89 made a publish a few scene by which america invades the Underworld and bombs the demon inhabitants, set to “American Fool” by Inexperienced Day. The publish (proven under) acquired over 1,800 reposts and 11,000 likes in 4 days.
Afterward April third, 2025, X consumer @ToastyHaymaker made a publish essential of demons being humanized within the present. The publish (proven under) gained over 930 reposts and 11,000 likes in 4 days.
Additionally on April third, 2025, X consumer @DrakeVagabond in contrast the writing of Dante, the cocky and self-sure however extraordinarily expert protagonist of most video games within the sequence, to that of Deadpool. The publish (proven under) acquired over 6 million views, 4,100 reposts and 88,000 likes in 4 days.
Th… That is Deadpool. They wrote Deadpool as a substitute of Dante. https://t.co/sr4nJOeUFR
— Drake JoJo 👁️ (@DrakeVagabond) April 4, 2025
A number of customers who had been dissatisfied with the sequence put the blame on the sequence’ showrunner Adi Shankar, who additionally created the animated adaptation of Castlevania online game sequence (instance publish proven under).
On April sixth, X consumer @Octavius_DP posted a scene containing a seemingly out-of-character reference to the
I Am the Storm That Is Approaching meme, commenting, “Is Adi Shankar solely publicity to DMC reddit and memes? That is embarrassing omg”. The publish (proven under) gained over 1,200 reposts and 20,000 likes in someday.
Is Adi Shankar solely publicity to DMC reddit and memes? That is embarrassing omg https://t.co/4MQmz2ceOw
— Octavius_DP – COMMISSIONS OPEN (@Octavius_DP) April 6, 2025
