Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth

Devilman: The Birth (1987) — the original OVA you can watch online on iFILM — adapts Go Nagai's landmark manga with a rawness that caught many viewers off guard. Directed by Umanosuke Iida, it follows Tokyo teenager Akira Fudo, whose life falls apart when a childhood friend named Ryo reappears with an alarming secret.

Demons are real. They have waged a shadow war against humanity since before recorded history, and the odds are not close. The only way to fight one is to become one — so Akira and Ryo perform a dangerous fusion ritual that produces Devilman: demonic power, human soul. Part one of a two-OVA 1987 adaptation; darker and less filtered than most of its era. Stream Devilman: The Birth online on iFILM.