Title:
Mao Dante (魔王ダンテ)
Other names:
Maou Dante ;
Demon Lord Dante (us,br);
Dante, seigneur des démons (fr),
Dante, Señor de los Demonios (Latin America)
Type: TV series
Genre: action, horror, supernatural
Studio: Dante Project, Dynamic Planning
Original run: 2002-08-31 ~ 2002-11-23
Episodes: 13
Length: 30 minutes
Network: AT-X
Airtime: Saturday, 09:30 ~ 10:00
Original work: Go Nagai
Director: Kenichi Maejima
Series organization/scenario: Shozo Uehara
Supervision: Dynamic Planning
Planning/Produce: Tsuburaya Eizo
Character design: Toshimitsu Kobayashi
Creature design: Keizo Shimizu
Chief animation director: Yukari kobayashi
Colour design: Kazumi Morishima
Art director: Yaoki Kakimoto
Director of photography: Hideo Okazaki (ep.1-8), Naoyuki Taniguchi (ep.9-13)
Sound director: Hideo Takahashi
Sound work: Movie Television
Music: Hiroshi Motokura
Storyboards: Kenichi Maejima (ep.1,12-13), Hiroshi Hara (ep.2,7), Shigeharu Takahashi (ep.3), Kiyoshi Egami (ep.4,8), Kunitoshi Okajima (ep.5,10), Tsuneo Tominaga (ep.6), Hiromitsu Morita (ep.9), Hideki Tonokatsu (ep.11)
Episode direction: Mitsutaka Noshitani (ep.1,6), Shinya Hanai (ep.2,7,12), Shigeharu Takahashi (ep.3), Kiyoshi Egami (ep.4,8), Kunitoshi Okajima (ep.5,10), Osamu Kamijou (ep.9), Akira Tsuchiya (ep.11), Fumihiro Ueno (ep.13)
Animation supervisor: Mitsuo Shindo (ep.1,6,11), Masaki Hyuga (ep.2,7,12), Eiji Ishimoto (ep.3,8), Minoru Yamasawa (ep.4,9), Fumiko Kon (ep.5,10), Shinichi Suzuki (ep.13)
Art: Yaoki Kakimoto
Producer: Hiroshi Murano
Animation work: Magic Bus
Production: Mao Dante Production Committee (aka Dante Project)
Cast:
Susumu Chiba - Ryo Utsugi (宇津木 涼)
Sanae Kobayashi - Saori Utusugi (宇津木 沙織)
Rie Ishizuka - Saeko Kodai/Medusa (古代冴子/メドッサ)
Takehiro Koyama - Kosuke Utsugi (宇津木 康介)
Rei Igarashi - Tamiko Utsugi (宇津木 民子)
Takahiro Sakurai - Sosuke Oshiba (大柴 壮介)
Hiroya Ishimaru - Narration/God (ナレーション/神)
Atsushi Ii - Beel Zebub (ベール・ゼブブ)
Shigeru Shibuya - Zenon (ゼノン)
Daisuke Hirakawa - Tsunoda (角田)
Go Shinohara - Osato (大郷)
Rumi Ochiai - Lamia (ラミア)
Yoshiro Matsumoto - Pico (ピコ)
Kimiyoshi Kibe - Gusion (グシオン)
Mitsuru Ogata - Samael (サマエル)
Yoshikazu Nagano - Carne (カーネ)
Takashi Nagasako - Shea (シー)
Jiro Saito - Sakushi (サクシ)
Toshitaka Shimizu - Kujinba (クニンバ)
Jun Karasawa - Ura (ウーラ)
Nachi Nozawa - Satan (サタン)
Rie Saito - Flame God (火炎神)
Katsuhiro Kitagawa - The keeper of God (神の番人)
Theme songs:
-Opening-
VIDEO ·Release your mind (vocals: Tomokazu Seki, lyrics: Kaji Katsura, composition: Hiroshi Motokura, arrangement: Amazeus)
-Ending-
VIDEO ·Heal (vocals: Asuka Kuroki, lyrics: Asuka Kuroki, composition: Asuka Kuroki, arrangement: Asuka Project)
Home video:
-DVD-
(ja)
2002-11-25; Mao Dante #1 (regular edition), 1 disc, KenMedia (ケンメディア), GSTN-29044, JAN:4539373002848
http://www.kenmedia.jp/pb/detail.php?id=164 http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2032408/s/ http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00006RTSW http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=151002 2002-11-25; Mao Dante #1 (limited edition, trading card), 1 disc, KenMedia, GSTC-29044, JAN:4539373003128
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2032401/s/ http://www.7netshopping.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/1400032194 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00006RTSU http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=150616 2002-11-25; Mao Dante #1 (limited edition, trading card, T-shirt), 1 disc, KenMedia, GSTT-29044, JAN:4539373003135
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2032413/s/ http://www.7netshopping.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/1400032195 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00006RTT2 http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=150618 2002-11-25; Mao Dante #2 (regular edition), 1 disc, KenMedia, GSTN-29045, JAN:4539373002862
http://www.kenmedia.jp/pb/detail.php?id=165 http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2032409/s/ http://www.7netshopping.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/1400051212 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00006RTSX http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=151003 2002-11-25; Mao Dante #2 (limited edition, trading card), 1 disc, KenMedia, GSTC-29045, JAN:4539373003142
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2032402/s/ http://www.7netshopping.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/1400032197 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00006RTSV http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=150617 2002-11-25; Mao Dante #2 (limited edition, trading card, T-shirt), 1 disc, KenMedia, GSTT-29045, JAN:4539373003159
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2032414/s/ http://www.7netshopping.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/1400032196 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00006RTT3 http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=150619 2002-12-20; Mao Dante #3 (regular edition), 1 disc, KenMedia, GSTN-29046, JAN:4539373002886
http://www.kenmedia.jp/pb/detail.php?id=166 http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2051414/s/ http://www.7netshopping.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/1400039618 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00007B97C http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=153224 2002-12-20; Mao Dante #3 (limited edition, trading card), 1 disc, KenMedia, GSTC-29046, JAN:4539373003166
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2051412/s/ http://www.7netshopping.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/1400039620 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00007B97A http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=153223 2002-12-20; Mao Dante #3 (limited edition, trading card, T-shirt), 1 disc, KenMedia, GSTT-29046, JAN:4539373003173
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=GSTT-29046 http://www.7netshopping.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/1400039621 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00007B97G http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=153222 2002-12-20; Mao Dante #4 (regular edition), 1 disc, KenMedia, GSTN-29047, JAN:4539373002909
http://www.kenmedia.jp/pb/detail.php?id=167 http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2051417/s/ http://www.7netshopping.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/1400039622 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00007B97D http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=153227 2002-12-20; Mao Dante #4 (limited edition, trading card), 1 disc, KenMedia, GSTC-29047, JAN:4539373003180
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2051415/s/ http://www.7netshopping.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/1400039623 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00007B97B http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=153226 2002-12-20; Mao Dante #4 (limited edition, trading card, T-shirt), 1 disc, KenMedia, GSTT-29047, JAN:4539373003197
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2051418/s/ http://www.7netshopping.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/1400039624 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00007B97H http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=153225 2003-01-25; Mao Dante #5 (regular edition), 1 disc, KenMedia, GSTN-29048, JAN:4539373002923
http://www.kenmedia.jp/pb/detail.php?id=168 http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2067471/s/ http://www.7netshopping.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/1400020824 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00007K4VV http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=156349 2003-01-25; Mao Dante #5 (limited edition, trading card), 1 disc, KenMedia, GSTC-29048, JAN:4539373003203
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2067467/s/ http://www.7netshopping.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/1400020828 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00007K4VS http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=156348 2003-01-25; Mao Dante #5 (limited edition, trading card, T-shirt), 1 disc, KenMedia, GSTT-29048, JAN:4539373003210
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2067479/s/ http://www.7netshopping.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/1400020829 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00007K4W3 http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=156337 2003-01-25; Mao Dante #6 (regular edition), 1 disc, KenMedia, GSTN-29049, JAN:4539373002947
http://www.kenmedia.jp/pb/detail.php?id=169 http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2067470/s/ http://www.7netshopping.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/1400020825 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00007K4VW http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=156352 2003-01-25; Mao Dante #6 (limited edition, trading card), 1 disc, KenMedia, GSTC-29049, JAN:4539373003227
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2067469/s/ http://www.7netshopping.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/1400021064 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00007K4VT http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=156351 2003-01-25; Mao Dante #6 (limited edition, trading card, T-shirt), 1 disc, KenMedia, GSTT-29049, JAN:4539373003234
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2067478/s/ http://www.7netshopping.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/1400021066 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00007K4W4 http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=156350 2003-01-25; Mao Dante #7 (regular edition), 1 disc, KenMedia, GSTN-29050, JAN:4539373002961
http://www.kenmedia.jp/pb/detail.php?id=170 http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2067473/s/ http://www.7netshopping.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/1400020826 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00007K4VX http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=156328 2003-01-25; Mao Dante #7 (limited edition, trading card), 1 disc, KenMedia, GSTC-29050, JAN:4539373003241
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2067468/s/ http://www.7netshopping.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/1400021067 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00007K4VU http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=156354 2003-01-25; Mao Dante #7 (limited edition, trading card, T-shirt), 1 disc, KenMedia, GSTT-29050, JAN:4539373003258
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2067481/s/ http://www.7netshopping.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/1400021068 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00007K4W5 http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=156353 (ja rental)
2005-06-24; Mao Dante #1, Medianet Pictures (メディアネットピクチャーズ), MNPR-56, JAN:4524106200561
http://posren.livedoor.com/detail-31299.html http://www.dmm.com/rental/-/detail/=/cid=n_864mnpr56/ http://global.rakuten.com/surugaya-a-too/1335485-1/ 2005-06-24; Mao Dante #2, 1 disc, Medianet Pictures, MNPR-57, JAN:4524106200578
http://posren.livedoor.com/detail-31300.html http://www.dmm.com/rental/-/detail/=/cid=n_864mnpr57/ http://item.rakuten.co.jp/surugaya-a-too/1335486-1/ 2005-06-24; Mao Dante #3, 1 disc, Medianet Pictures, MNPR-58, JAN:4524106200585
http://posren.livedoor.com/detail-31301.html http://www.dmm.com/rental/-/detail/=/cid=n_864mnpr58/ http://item.rakuten.co.jp/surugaya-a-too/1335487-1/ 2005-06-24; Mao Dante #4, 1 disc, Medianet Pictures, MNPR-59, JAN:4524106200592
http://posren.livedoor.com/detail-31302.html http://www.dmm.com/rental/-/detail/=/cid=n_864mnpr59/ http://item.rakuten.co.jp/surugaya-a-too/1335488-1/ 2005-06-24; Mao Dante #5, 1 disc, Medianet Pictures, MNPR-60, JAN:4524106200608
http://posren.livedoor.com/detail-31303.html http://www.dmm.com/rental/-/detail/=/cid=n_864mnpr60/ 2005-06-24; Mao Dante #6, 1 disc, Medianet Pictures, MNPR-61, JAN:4524106200615
http://posren.livedoor.com/detail-31304.html http://www.dmm.com/rental/-/detail/=/cid=n_864mnpr61/ http://item.rakuten.co.jp/surugaya-a-too/1335490-1/ 2005-06-24; Mao Dante #7, 1 disc, Medianet Pictures, MNPR-62, JAN:4524106200622
http://posren.livedoor.com/detail-31305.html http://www.dmm.com/rental/-/detail/=/cid=n_864mnpr62/ http://item.rakuten.co.jp/surugaya-a-too/1335491-1/ (fr)
2004-02-25; Dante, seigneur des démons, 3 discs, Kaze, EAN:3700091001760
http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B000BU9QAY http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/volume_dvd/Dante-Seigneur-des-Demons/ http://www.dvdfr.com/dvd/f14959-dante-seigneur-des-demons.html http://www.discountmanga.com/DVD+Anime/Dante++Seigneur+des+Demons,p410903.html (us)
2004-05-25; Demon Lord Dante #1, 1 disc, Geneon [Pioneer], UPC:013023218697
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001US6PK http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/releases.php?id=2516 2004-05-25; Demon Lord Dante #1 + Artbox, 1 disc, Geneon [Pioneer], UPC:013023218598
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001US6PU http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/releases.php?id=2517 2004-07-27; Demon Lord Dante #2, 1 disc, Geneon [Pioneer], UPC:013023218796
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00020HBBY http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/releases.php?id=2705 2004-09-28; Demon Lord Dante #3, 1 disc, Geneon [Pioneer], UPC:013023218895
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002CHJ0K http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/releases.php?id=2866 2004-11-30; Demon Lord Dante #4, 1 disc, Geneon [Pioneer], UPC:013023218994
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002Q9VU2 http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/releases.php?id=3064 2005-01-01; Demon Lord Dante Limited Edition Set, 4 discs, Geneon [Pioneer], UPC:013023254091
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000A7DWBC http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/releases.php?id=17021 (it)
2007-09-19; Mao Dante Complete Box Set, 4 discs, Dynit, EAN:8019824906834
http://www.amazon.it/dp/B00423B6KE http://www.leggere.it/?e=8019824906834 http://www.terminalvideo.com/tvweb/applications/dettaglio.aspx?ART_Id=256278 2010-06-03; Mao Dante Complete Box Set, 3 discs, Dynit, EAN:8019824902454
http://www.amazon.it/dp/B00423BDY8 http://www.leggere.it/?e=8019824902454 http://www.terminalvideo.com/tvweb/applications/dettaglio.aspx?ART_Id=312015 http://www.ibs.it/dvd-film/mao-dante-serie/kenichi-maejima/8019824902454_.html -VHS-
2002-11-25; Mao Dante #1, 1 tape, KenMedia, GSTN-36044, JAN:4539373002831
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2038962/s/ http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00006RTSY http://www.buyuru.com/item_782210_1.html 2002-11-25; Mao Dante #2, 1 tape, KenMedia, GSTN-36045, JAN:4539373002855
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2038963/s/ http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00006RTSZ http://www.buyuru.com/item_782211_1.html 2002-12-20; Mao Dante #3, 1 tape, KenMedia, GSTN-36046, JAN:4539373002879
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2053964/s/ http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00007B97E http://www.buyuru.com/item_782229_1.html 2002-12-20; Mao Dante #4, 1 tape, KenMedia, GSTN-36047, JAN:4539373002893
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2053965/s/ http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00007B97F http://www.buyuru.com/item_782230_1.html 2003-01-25; Mao Dante #5, 1 tape, KenMedia, GSTN-36048, JAN:4539373002916
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2067472/s/ http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00007K4VY http://www.buyuru.com/item_782245_1.html 2003-01-25; Mao Dante #6, 1 tape, KenMedia, GSTN-36049, JAN:4539373002930
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2067475/s/ http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00007K4VZ http://www.buyuru.com/item_782246_1.html 2003-01-25; Mao Dante #7, 1 tape, KenMedia, GSTN-36050, JAN:4539373002954
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/2067474/s/ http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00007K4W0 http://www.buyuru.com/item_782247_1.html Music:
2002-09-04; Mao Dante Original Soundtrack, 1 CD, HiBOOM [Avex Marketing (エイベックス・マーケティング)], IOCD-11023, JAN:4544738110236
Artist: Tomokazu Seki, Asuka Kuroki
Composer: Hiroshi Motokura, Yasumichi Shinto
Tracks: 25
http://anison.info/data/source/8953.html http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00006C1OK http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/1999145/s/ http://www.7netshopping.jp/cd/detail/-/accd/1300182825 Videos:
Images:
The original demon story that is the origin of
Devilman and, to a lesser extent,
Mazinger Z . This is a personal favorite of mine. In fact, I prefer it over all other animated demon works with the exception of all Enma. One of the nice things is that it follows the original manga closely and gives to the original story a proper ending. I conceptually like it more than
Devilman because the enemy here is not Satan but God itself. I particularly like how Medusa is portrayed and the sacrifices she has to make, even giving her life to restore Satan. And I also like how all of Dante's struggle was all part of the plan of God since the beginning. Like
Devilman , the story ends with the total destruction of humanity and demons, but with a clear cut new beginning, fulfilling the Adam and Eve prophecy with a future that is neither divine nor demonic, but something entirely different and stronger than God.
Anyway, this is a particularly well distributed TV series, so it is not difficult to watch. But many might have only seen the censored version thanks to the first foreign distributor from which most other distributors purchased the series. I recommend watching the uncensored version. The Italian, Spanish and Portuguese dubs are good in my opinion, but avoid the English dub, which is by far the weakest.
Links:
http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://www.mao-dante.com/ http://www.at-x.com/program/detail/1183 http://www.showtime.jp/animation/b-ch/dante/ http://anidb.net/a731 http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/yashiki_yashiki/eidantedvd.html http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/魔王ダンテ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_Lord_Dante http://anison.info/data/program/5579.html http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1266 http://www.animeclick.it/anime/Mao+Dante http://www.animeka.com/animes/detail/maou-dante.html http://www.mania.com/mao-dante-edited_article_62845.html http://gonagaifanclubitaly.blogspot.mx/2009/03/go-anime-mao-dante.html http://devilman420.tripod.com/id12.html http://www.anime-fanservice.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=422 http://www.animecharactersdatabase.com/jp/source.php?id=102530