Kennedy, a character Kamiya created for Resident Evil 2, who wears blue clothes. Dante wears red clothing-the traditional Japanese color for a heroic figure-in contrast to Leon S. To give the character's 'stylishness' he dressed him in a long coat to make him 'showy' and made him a non-smoker Kamiya saw that as 'more cool'. According to Kamiya, the title character of Buichi Terasawa's Cobra manga series was the basis of Dante's personality. His early name, Tony Redgrave, served as a reference to one of the characters from Resident Evil, Chris Redfield. He was originally going to be a Western policeman. Series creator Hideki Kamiya rewrote the story, taking it from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Comparatively, his redesign and characterization in DmC: Devil May Cry was highly controversial for the drastic change of his appearance, most notably his iconic white hair.Įarly sketch of Dante by Makoto Tsuchibayashi for the scrapped Resident Evil game.ĭante debuted in Devil May Cry, a game originally intended as part of Capcom's Resident Evil franchise. Reuben Langdon's voice acting that started in Devil May Cry 3 has also been the subject of praise due to the tone he gives to the character. Capcom handles the character in the main Devil May Cry series, while Ninja Theory oversaw his persona in DmC: Devil May Cry.ĭante's characterization as a cocky demon hunter with supernatural abilities has turned him into one of the most iconic protagonists in gaming ever since his introduction. Devil May Cry 3 features a young, cocky Dante, and in the following games an older yet still cocky Dante.

Dante has been modified in response to criticism in his role in Devil May Cry 2 as his personality changed making him more serious and less talkative, drifting away from his original persona. Named after the Italian poet Dante Alighieri, the character was designed to fit Devil May Cry game designer Hideki Kamiya's vision of a 'cool and stylish' man his personality was based on the title character of the Cobra manga series. Dante has also made multiple guest appearances in crossover games. The character also appears in several Devil May Cry novels and manga volumes and is featured in the 2007 anime television series. After returning to the Demon World, he along with his brother Vergil are the current undisputed rulers of demon world. He is the son of Sparda, inheriting demonic powers which he uses with a variety of weapons in the games. Introduced as the protagonist of the 2001 game with the same name, Dante was a former devil hunter dedicated to exterminating them and other supernatural foes in revenge for losing his mother Eva and having his twin brother, Vergil, lost.

Dante ( Japanese: ダンテ), also known under the alias of Tony Redgrave ( トニー・レッドグレイブ, Tonī Reddogureibu), is a fictional character in the video game series Devil May Cry, created and published by Capcom.

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