In Devil May Cry: The Animated Series, Dante is half human, half demon, and runs a "odd jobs" agency called Devil May Cry.  These "odd" jobs usually involve supernatural beings, called Devils.

Highlights

Dante is good at what he does, dealing with devils, but he has two thing he's not so good at:  getting paid, and getting along with women.  Patty Rowell is a great example of both.  She is constantly reminding Dante about is shortcomings.   Patty was an orphan living at an orphanage in town.  It turns out that her father had a good amount of money, and that when he died, he left it to Patty.  Of corse, nobody knew where Patty was, all except Dantes and his liaison, Morisson.  Dante was then the proud protector of a girl who's three uncles wanted her dead, so they would inherit the fortune.  Well, I turns out that one of the "uncles" is actually a devil.  This turns out to be a plus for Dante.  He takes this devil down, and at the same time, helps Patty get her inheritance.  After all of this, Patty ends up hanging out with Dante every day.  Mostly she cleans the DMC building.  

Trish and Lady are Dante' other female companions.  Trish is a demon who used to work with Dante.  Now, Trish follows rumors about devils to find jobs. She doesn't appear much in the series, only being in three episodes.  Lady on the other hand, is in just about every episode, except for the first.  She is a human devil hunter who likes to bother Dantes about his debts to her.  Patty looks up to her as her role model, which explains the constant picking on Dantes. 

Then there is Sid. He's a devil that is trying  to become the Devil King.  There's just one problem, Sid, is well, weak and pathetic.  He's not even considered a threat by Dante. So, Sid devised a plan that includes using Dante's power.  In other words, Sid is also picking on Dante.  With each new mission, Dante is confronted by a devil that Sid has hired.  With each mission completed, Dante uncovers another piece of the puzzle that Sid has put together. 

Overall

Devil May Cry: The Animated Series is based off the Manga, which is based off the Video games.  I've personally never read the Manga, or play any of the game, but, this series has intrigued me to look into them. As for the series itself, it was very dark.  Definitely  not for the light hearted, DMC has lots of blood action and depressing themes, as well as language.  At times the story is confusing, I found myself thinking "what did that accomplish?", but, in the end it mostly made sense.  There were still something that were never explained, but I realized they weren't important to the series. I really like the ending of the series.  The final battle was a little lacking, but in general, it fit what a final episode should be.  In the last couple minutes it brings the series to a nice closure, so the watcher doesn't have any regrets left.  

The plot was solid, the character were concrete and developed nicely, and the animation is smooth.  I'd recommend this to any fan of darker series, 16 and older.  Plot wise, it's not morally challenging, but when it comes to more exact events, most of the time it's pretty blunt when it comes to killing the devils. 

This series was interesting enough to keep me watching and in the end, enjoyable.  This is a good addition to most collection, even non-anime ones.  If you like Gungrave, Darker than Black, Baccano!, and/or Claymore, then I believe that DMC is a series you should give a chance.  

ComicsOnline gives Devil May Cry: The Animated Series, The Complete Collection, 4 out of 5 Strawberry Sundays.