Satan (サタン Satan?), also known as Lucifer (ルシファー Rushifā?) based on the Biblical figure of the same name, is an angel who appears in several versions of the Devilman franchise, usually as the main antagonist. Satan spends most of the original manga and its direct adaptations in the disguise of the human named Ryo Asuka (飛鳥了 Asuka Ryō?). Satan is the most notable manga character not to be included in the 70s anime, but does have a counterpart in the form of Iwao Himura. The two are sometimes combined in later retellings of the story.
As Satan/Ryo Asuka[]
Manga[]
- Satan (Manga): After rebelling against God, he sent himself into a new body, and became Ryo Asuka. He becomes friends with the weak willed human boy, named Akira Fudo, and it is because of him that he becomes Devilman.
- Lucifer: The Prince of Earth and the origin of half of Satan in Akuma Kishi. Fused together with the girl Yuria and a Pegasus experiment during a battle, he became Satan.
- Ryo Asuka: Professor Fikira's real son. who died in a car crash at a young age.
- Satan (Amon): One of the main characters, this incarnation seems to have Satan suffer some kind of mental breakdown as the series progresses.
- Satan (Devilman vs Hades): Now more masculine than before, Satan makes a short cameo in the opening of the manga series.
- Satan (Grimoire): Only a minion of a greater evil named Muzan, Satan is sent alongside Faim and Medoc to try and defeat Amon.
- Satan (Gekiman): Following the original manga with a few added changes.
Anime[]
- Satan (OVA): Following the same story as the manga, Satan was an Angel who rebelled for the sake of the demon race and years later, was responsible for the birth of the Devilman.
- Ryo Asuka (OVA): Human guise of the fallen Angel Satan.
- Satan (Amon OVA): An antagonist of the OVA, is responsible for the downfall of humanity.
- Satan (CB Chara): A Chibified version of Satan, here he is quick to anger and even quicker to retaliate.
- Satan (009 vs. Devilman): Assists Akira against the combined threat of Black Ghost and Atun.
- Satan (Crybaby): The main antagonist of the anime series. The version exhibits far stronger sociopath-like attitude while as Ryo then earlier versions.
Movie[]
- Satan (Film): Satan is the main antagonist of the 2004 live action Devilman film.
As Iwao Himura/Himmler[]
- Himmler: A demon sent by his leaders Zannin and Zennon to spy on and attempts to humiliate the traitor Devilman.
- Himmler (Grimoire): The devil returns, to his prior human alias and serves here only as a minor character.
- Asuka Himura: A supporting protagonist, originally young gang member. His appearance is based on the original Satan's human disguise, his clothing is like the original Himura's, and his Devilman form is that of Zannin his original leader.
- Iwao Himura (Hiruta): Seemingly just a normal human in this version, though a pretentious one at that.
In Dante[]
- Satan (Dante Anime): A version of Satan not matching neither Ryo nor Himura.
See Also[]
- Udoa Kira: The main antagonist of the manga series of Devilman: Strange Days as Kasuka was a Devilman that turned against humanity after seeing the atrocities they had committed.