Netflix’s Satan Might Cry Anime Introduced E...

Within the lead as much as the premiere of the latest anime adaptation for Capcom’s hack-and-slash motion sequence, Devil May Cry, Netflix launched a music video that includes a brand new tune from famed goth various steel band, Evanescence.

The tune, “Afterlife” was teased forward of its official launch with a cryptic video tease of frontwoman Amy Lee posting a video of herself on X/Twitter doing a countdown earlier than throwing up demon head hand indicators. People shortly sussed out it had one thing to do with Satan Might Cry the second the Netflix sequence govt producer Adi Shankar quote retweeted it with a shocked face emoji. Which brings us to immediately the discharge of the lyric video with unique clips from the sequence that performs like a mid-aught YouTube AMV.

Truthful warning: The music video exhibits off a lot of footage from the sequence, so in case your must get your repair for 2000s-era steel band anime music movies trumps your aversion to spoilers, by all means, indulge.

If the above music video has you feeling nostalgic for the halcyon days of your edgy teenage youth (be actual, all of us had that part), that was by design. Talking on X/Twitter, Shankar teased that the anime was meant to to be formed by totally different aesthetics, reflecting the instances every sport within the sequence was set in.

“In my DMC Universe every season may have a unique really feel to emulate the best way every sport has a unique really feel. Which means a unique theme tune every season and a totally totally different title design every season,” Shankar tweeted. “My DMC Universe is ready in a late ’90s/early 2000s PS2 period of the world. It’s not set in trendy instances. It’s set in my reminiscence of the world, pre- and post-9/11. My music decisions replicate this. My sequence options a mixture of hits from that period and best musical hits from the DMC franchise (reimagined by @powergloveaudio).”

He continued, including, “You aren’t ready for this soundtrack. Anime will not be ready for this soundtrack. Jackpot motherfuckers!”

As we’ve seen with the stupidly acceptable use of Limp Bizkit’s “Rolling” as its opening theme tune and Papa Roach’s “Last Resort” in its official trailer, Satan Might Cry is poised to play all of the hits of the early 2000s. Figuring out Evanescence cooked up a brand new observe for the anime versus licensing out songs like “Carry Me To Life” as a substitute solely goes to indicate that Satan Might Cry‘s soundtrack didn’t come to play. Let’s hope the eight-episode anime lives as much as the hype of its musical accompaniment when it premieres on Netflix on April 3.

Need extra io9 information? Try when to anticipate the newest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s subsequent for the DC Universe on film and TV, and every little thing it’s essential learn about the way forward for Doctor Who.