Devil May Cry producer hopes new Netflix anime inspired by Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy will show fans that "the villain of your story is the hero of their own story"

Devil May Cry producer Adi Shankar has shared his hopes for the new Netflix anime and what viewers might get out of it, whether they're long-time fans or newcomers to the franchise.

"The same thing for both – unity, harmony," Shankar tells GamesRadar+ in a new interview.

"You know, it’s really just an understanding that we are, as adults, attempting to reclaim what it is that we lost as children. And realize that we’re all doing that. All whatever billion of us on the planet – we’re all doing that, we’re all attempting to regain what we lost as children, and some of us are more conscious of it than others," he continues.

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"But this is something that should bring us together as a species. Like, we’re all going through this same thing. It’s just, you know, treat each other with kindness. Because the villain of your story is the hero of their own story."

And Conroy isn't the show's only link to the Dark Knight, either. "[The show] was inspired by Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, because it's Batman – it's the Batman you know, [Nolan] didn't, like, make any wild changes or anything," Shankar told GamesRadar+. "But he's setting it in the real world, right? It's not in this, like, Tim Burton world. It's not in this Joel Schumacher world. It's not in a cartoon world. It's in the real world."