Summary
- Devil May Cry may seem like it's a sleeping series at the moment, but things were much quieter before DMC5's announcement.
- They were so quiet, in fact, that the showrunner of the Netflix adaptation, Adi Shankar, thought the series was dead.
- Shankar admits to being "unhappy" about Devil May Cry 5's reveal, as he thought he was reviving the franchise with his show.
Update 20:32 BST 25/05/25: Adi Shankar has reached out to clarify his comments on the podcast and explain what he meant. Shankar said, "So when I said I was “unhappy,” I wasn’t criticizing the game. I was reflecting on the shift in what I thought I had signed on to do. I thought I was helping bring something beloved to me back from the dead. Instead, I realized Capcom was already revitalizing it as a full-blown AAA franchise. As a DMC fan, that’s a win". .
's showrunner Adi Shankar revealed in a recent interview that he thought the series was dead෴ when he signed on for the adaptation, and was very surprised when was revealed.
As , , and Onimusha fans are all more than aware of, has a long list of beloved 🥀series that it frankly doesn't use enough compared to heavy-hitters like Street Fighter, , and . Perhaps the biggest franchise that we've not seen anything from in recent years is the king of character action games - Devil May Cry.
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Although it's been a long time since we've seen a new entry for Devil May Cry, t🎐he series has still seen a bit of a resurgence this year thanks to the first sea🧔son of the Netflix adaptation that released a few months ago. While the Netflix show had some very mixed reception from long-term fans, 📖it was stil𒐪l nice to see Dante again after so long.
Devil May Cry Showrunner Wasn't Happy To Hear About Devil May Cry 5 When Working On The Netflix Show
"I Actually Thought The Franchise Was Dead"
, Adi Shankar recently sat down to talk with AEW's Kenny Omega as part of his podcast. , Shankar notes that he initially wanted to do a Dino Crisis adaptation ("because it's sick") before being told by Capc♕om that they thought he was a better fit for Devil May Cry.
Shankar 𒈔then says that once he'd signed up for Devil May Cry, , something that he was "actually unhappy" to hear. When asked by Omega is this is because he wanted to play it before his adaptation, Shankar admitted that he was unhappy because he thought "the franchise was dead" and that he was bringing it back like he did with Castlevania.
This was my thing. I thoug♌ht I was bringing this thing back, and so I was 🐭like, ‘Oh! This is a modern f***ing thing! This is ongoing? Then I should have done Street Fighter. - Adi Shankar
After finding out that Devil May Cry was in fact alive and getting a new entry shortly after signing onto a Netflix adaptation, Shankar notes that he thought he should have done instead, since he also believed that to be "dying". Of course, that would h꧂ave had the same result since Street Fighter 6 was well into development at that point.
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