Demon hunter Dante, sporting a stylish red coat, two pistols, and a massive sword, is always ready to take on demons in the Devil May Cry games. But, despite the chaos they cause as they break through into our world, the incursions always find a reason as to why the high-octane action takes place somewhere mostly devoid of humans. If regular people were present, they've already been slaughtered before most of the action begins, evacuation zones in place. Not replicating this from the games and going completely the other way, however, might be the greatest strength of the Netflix Devil May Cry anime.
Following a similar approach to the Netflix Castlevania series, on which Adi Shankar also serves as showrunner and executive producer, Devil May Cry is set in its own continuity, adapting the long-running game series rather than being set in its universe. Rather than taking place in the middle of nowhere like the first game's Mallet Island, or a quarantined Red Grave City, it's set in New York City where people are actually living their lives.
