"There is no justice in war, any war," wrote Nagai, "nor is there any justification for human beings killing one another. "Devilman" carries a message of warning, as we step toward a bright future." The manga was originally published by Kodansha from , to , in "Shōnen Magazine". The series has been published in "tankōbon" format several times, most of them by Kodansha. Starting with the 1987 publishing, most Kodansha editions include "Shin Devilman", which originally was not meant to be included in the canon of the original series, as a part of the volumes. The manga has been translated into English in a series of five bilingual manga volumes published by Kodansha. The manga has also been published along with "Cutie Honey" in the magazine published by JIVE during 2004 in order to take advantage of the release of the live-action films of both series. A one-shot, which is not originally part of "Shin Devilman", but that has always been compiled along with the series in "tankōbon", was published in the magazine "Variety" by Kadokawa Shoten. This 16-page story does not have any text and it presents the moments of Akira after the death of Miki in the original series, but before the battle with Satan, as he buries the remains of Miki and encounters Ryo. Seven Seas Entertainment announced the publication of the original manga for 2018. The anime television series was 39 episodes long and ran from , to , on NET (now TV Asahi). Outside Japan, the TV series was broadcast in Italy in 1983 and enjoyed great popularity there. A DVD box set of the series was released in Japan on September 21, 2002. The TV series has been licensed for the first time in North America by Discotek Media who released the series on DVD in 2014. Both were directed by Umanosuke Iida (credited under his birth name, Tsutomu Iida) and were closely developed in conjunction with Nagai himself. The OVAs' plot revolves around Akira's transformation into Devilman up until his battle with Sirène. Besides a few minor alterations, the OVAs are faithful to the original manga. Both OVAs were released on Laserdisc and on a single DVD by Bandai Visual in . The two OVAs were also the only "Devilman" anime to have been commercially released in the United States (by Manga Entertainment) prior to 2014.