Devilman Crybaby (Season 1)

Devilman Crybaby (2018) is the Science SARU anime series you can watch online on iFILM. Ten episodes, one season, and a soft-hearted teenager named Akira Fudo who ends up with a demon's body and his own human soul still intact.

It all starts with his old friend Ryo Asuka. Demons are waking to take Earth back, and Ryo talks Akira into fusing with one so humanity stands a chance. The fusion only half works the way it should: Akira becomes Devilman, but every monster he tears apart deepens the public's panic. Neighbors start seeing demons in each other, and the hunt for the inhuman curdles into a hunt among the living. Underneath the carnage it's a story about love, loyalty, and how mob fear bites harder than any fang.

Director Masaaki Yuasa dragged Go Nagai's 1972 manga into the present and refused to soften it — explicit sex, gushing blood, elastic psychedelic animation, and an ending that doesn't let you off the hook. Not for the squeamish, and not for kids. If you like auteur-driven anime and you're tired of safe, sanded-down shows, start here. Stream every episode of Devilman Crybaby (2018) online on iFILM.