Devilman Lady came about when Go-san wondered what the story for Devilman would have been like if the main characters were women rather than men. The manga began it's publication run in 1997 and was developed into the anime series a year later. As is the case with most adaptations, it has some notable differences. The manga is full of violence and sex, but what Go Nagai manga isn't?, whereas the anime series is toned down considerably. (It's my understanding that Devilman Lady was shown on prime-time television in Japan). Both are very well written, and beautiful to look at, a must for any anime collection. The anime actually stands up and holds it's own with the best in the horror genre.

In the original manga Jun is a teacher, and while on a outdoor excursion with a group of students, is attacked by a group of demons. In the midst of her rape, she experiences the transformation into a demon and kills her attackers. A woman named Ran Asuka appears and tells Jun it was she who awakened the demon within. According to Jun's father, the rash of demonic transformation is really the next evolutionary step for mankind, and that some humans have been altered to retain human conciousness of which Jun is one.

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Episode Guide

Episode I- Beast
We are introduced to Jun Fudo, a beautiful young fashion model who has a strong suspicion that she is being followed by a mysterious blonde woman. One evening, she sees a ghostly face outside her balcony. As soon as the face disappears, her doorbell rings. She opens the door to find the blonde woman, Ran Asuka, demanding she go with her. Reluctantly Jun does and is taken to an empty warehouse. Jun is locked in the warehouse with a man who has been chained to a chair. The man transforms into a demon, and attacks Jun. As Ran watches from a video camera, Jun is attacked and in the height of her fear, transforms into demon herself. Devilman Lady kills the demon, and a clean up crew comes in a packs the creature into a truck. Ran re-emerges and tells Jun of her destiny. That she has evolved into a demon and has been chosen to hunt other demons. While Jun is coming to grips with this, the not so dead demon in the truck comes back, and grows to a giant size. The demon breaks back into the warehouse and attacks Jun again. two soldiers clear Ran out of the building and as she watches, Devilman Lady grows to giant size, and the two demons have it out. this ends the first episode.

Episode II- Blood
Picking up right at the end of the first episode, Devilman Lady has killed the demon, and Jun wakes up in her bed thinking it was a bad dream. She finds her bloody clothes on the floor and realizes it wasn't. She tries to kill herself with a piece of glass but looses her nerve. During dinner with her friend Kzaumi, Ran shows up and takes her to a nightclub where a demon lies in wait, and sets Jun loose on it. We learn in this episode of the "Human Alliance", and their mission to stop the growing demon problem on Earth.

Episode III- Wing
Jun is torn and depressed about the sudden change her life has gone into. Kazumi tries to contact her, but Jun tells her she can no longer see her. While walking the city alone, she encounters a man who asks her out for a drink. She goes with him to a bar, only to see Ran appear out of nowhere. Ran tells her that is useless to fight the destiny that has been chosen for her, and if she tries to, Ran will have her shot on sight. Frightened, Jun runs away and runs into a little boy who threatens to kill Kazumi, turns into a butterfly and floats away. Realizing the boy was a demon, she hurries over to Kazumi's home to save her. The demon that has infiltrated Kazumi's house has killed her family and is going for her, when Devilman Lady arrives. Hijinks ensue, she kills the demon, but while she is recovering from the first fight, a demon, who is somewhat similar to Silene, attacks her from above. She drags Devilman Lady into the air, and the two fight airborne. In the end Jun comes out on top.

Episode IV- Embryo
Jun is still floating in the sky following her battle in Ep. 3, and Ran watches from a nearby helicopter. Jun passes out and plummets to the ground below. She wakes up in a hospital room, hooked up to an iv unit, and being watched by a video camera. Sensing Ran behind the lense, she gives a soulful confession of her life. shortly after, Ran appears, gives her some clothes, and takes her to see a high ranking official with Human Alliance. Jun takes Kazumi in after losing her family, meanwhile in an officie building a couple who are working a little late, and decide that the best thing to get work off your mind is to get it on. Afterward, the man is straightening humself up, when the woman comes up behind him and transforms into a large plant like demon and eats him. Ran takes Jun into the building to combat the creature, and is quite surprised to find that Jun has learned to control her demon side alot sooner than expected.