is a Japanese
manga series written and illustrated by
Go Nagai which originally started as an
anime adaptation of the concept of Nagai's previous manga series,
Demon Lord Dante. A 39 episode anime series was developed by Toei in 1972 and Nagai began
Devilman as a manga in
Kodansha's
Weekly Shonen Magazine, barely a month before the anime series started. The series has since spawned numerous
OVAs, manga, novels, and films.