{"id":1933524,"date":"2026-05-13T16:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1933524"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:18:09","slug":"netflix-misspells-a-lead-devil-may-cry-characters-name-and-has-to-recall-official-merchandise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1933524","title":{"rendered":"Netflix misspells a lead Devil May Cry character&#8217;s name and has to recall official merchandise"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a 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1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-05-13T16:18:09+00:00\">May 13, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/netflix-devil-may-cry-season-2-merch?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          2 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"eb1db363-5bc7-45e5-9046-eb221ec01815\" data-name=\"Devil May Cry 5\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Devil May Cry 5\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Devil May Cry 5\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Devil May Cry 5\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Devil May Cry 5\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Devil May Cry 5\" title=\"Follow Devil May Cry 5\"><br \/>\n  Follow Devil May Cry 5<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>They say the Devil is in the details, but it seems someone missed that memo, as Netflix has had to remove a Devil May Cry T-shirt from its official storefront, after misspelling Vergil&#8217;s name.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/devil-may-crys-animated-netflix-series-gets-april-release-date-and-a-limp-bizkit-opener\">The first season of Netflix&#8217;s Devil May Cry animated series<\/a>, which is based on Capcom&#8217;s games of the same name, arrived on the service in April last year. It was enough of a hit that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/netflixs-devil-may-cry-animated-series-gets-positive-update-one-week-after-debut\">a second Devil May Cry season was given the greenlight<\/a> just a week after the first season debuted. However, there were those who felt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/DevilMayCry\/comments\/1jrpysb\/my_honest_unbiased_reaction_to_netflixs_dmc_as_a\/\">Netflix hadn&#8217;t done some of the Devil May Cry characters justice in the show<\/a> and  didn&#8217;t understand the source material.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix probably hasn&#8217;t done itself any favours boosting confidence within certain Devil May Cry circles by advertising and then quickly yoinking a T-shirt from sale that misspelled the name of one of the series&#8217; main characters.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Devil May Cry 5 - Vergil DLC Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d1YKIsrUOZo?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/d1YKIsrUOZo\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Devil May Cry 5 &#8211; Vergil DLC Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Devil May Cry 5 &#8211; Vergil DLC Launch Trailer. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d1YKIsrUOZo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The T-shirt in question displays artwork of Devil May Cry&#8217;s lead character Dante alongside an image of his brother &#8211; and franchise antagonist &#8211; Vergil. The two characters&#8217; names are written on the shirt, except Vergil&#8217;s name has been spelled &#8216;Virgil&#8217;. This is official merchandise from Netflix.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The company evidently realised its error and quickly removed the T-shirt from the Netflix store. But because the internet sees everything, evidence of the spelling slip is now out there. Devil May Cry fan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/vergildearest\">@vergildearest<\/a> was upset on X and exclaimed, &#8220;THEY SPELLED HIS NAME WRONG ON THIS OFFICIAL SHIRT BROTHER WHAT.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShinEyeZehUhh\">@ShinEyeZehUhh <\/a>added, &#8220;Netflix spelling Vergil&#8217;s name wrong on official Devil May Cry merch about sums everything up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Official Devil May Cry T-shirt from Netflix with Vergil's name spelled incorrectly\" height=\"1133\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Offical-Devil-May-Cry-T-shirt-from-Netflix-with-Virgel's-name-spelled-incorrectly.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.7502206531332745\" width=\"850\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Official Devil May Cry T-shirt from Netflix with Vergil's name spelled incorrectly\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Offical-Devil-May-Cry-T-shirt-from-Netflix-with-Virgel's-name-spelled-incorrectly.jpg\" height=\"1133\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.7502206531332745\" width=\"850\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Netflix via @vergildearest<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite what some others thought, we here at Eurogamer were rather taken by the first season of Netflix&#8217;s Devil May Cry series. &#8220;Netflix&#8217;s long-gestating animated adaptation of Capcom&#8217;s venerable hack-em-up gives Dante his blockbuster action hero moment,&#8221; reads <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/devil-may-cry-season-1-review\">Eurogamer&#8217;s four star review of season one<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe second season of Devil May Cry is out now on Netflix. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>They say the Devil is in the details, but it seems someone missed that memo, as Netflix has had to remove a Devil May Cry T-shirt from its official storefront, after misspelling Vergil&#8217;s name.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/devil-may-crys-animated-netflix-series-gets-april-release-date-and-a-limp-bizkit-opener\">The first season of Netflix&#8217;s Devil May Cry animated series<\/a>, which is based on Capcom&#8217;s games of the same name, arrived on the service in April last year. It was enough of a hit that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/netflixs-devil-may-cry-animated-series-gets-positive-update-one-week-after-debut\">a second Devil May Cry season was given the greenlight<\/a> just a week after the first season debuted. However, there were those who felt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/DevilMayCry\/comments\/1jrpysb\/my_honest_unbiased_reaction_to_netflixs_dmc_as_a\/\">Netflix hadn&#8217;t done some of the Devil May Cry characters justice in the show<\/a> and  didn&#8217;t understand the source material.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix probably hasn&#8217;t done itself any favours boosting confidence within certain Devil May Cry circles by advertising and then quickly yoinking a T-shirt from sale that misspelled the name of one of the series&#8217; main characters.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Devil May Cry 5 - Vergil DLC Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d1YKIsrUOZo?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/d1YKIsrUOZo\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Devil May Cry 5 &#8211; Vergil DLC Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Devil May Cry 5 &#8211; Vergil DLC Launch Trailer. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d1YKIsrUOZo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The T-shirt in question displays artwork of Devil May Cry&#8217;s lead character Dante alongside an image of his brother &#8211; and franchise antagonist &#8211; Vergil. The two characters&#8217; names are written on the shirt, except Vergil&#8217;s name has been spelled &#8216;Virgil&#8217;. This is official merchandise from Netflix.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The company evidently realised its error and quickly removed the T-shirt from the Netflix store. But because the internet sees everything, evidence of the spelling slip is now out there. Devil May Cry fan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/vergildearest\">@vergildearest<\/a> was upset on X and exclaimed, &#8220;THEY SPELLED HIS NAME WRONG ON THIS OFFICIAL SHIRT BROTHER WHAT.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShinEyeZehUhh\">@ShinEyeZehUhh <\/a>added, &#8220;Netflix spelling Vergil&#8217;s name wrong on official Devil May Cry merch about sums everything up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Official Devil May Cry T-shirt from Netflix with Vergil's name spelled incorrectly\" height=\"1133\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Offical-Devil-May-Cry-T-shirt-from-Netflix-with-Virgel's-name-spelled-incorrectly.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.7502206531332745\" width=\"850\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Official Devil May Cry T-shirt from Netflix with Vergil's name spelled incorrectly\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Offical-Devil-May-Cry-T-shirt-from-Netflix-with-Virgel's-name-spelled-incorrectly.jpg\" height=\"1133\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.7502206531332745\" width=\"850\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Netflix via @vergildearest<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite what some others thought, we here at Eurogamer were rather taken by the first season of Netflix&#8217;s Devil May Cry series. &#8220;Netflix&#8217;s long-gestating animated adaptation of Capcom&#8217;s venerable hack-em-up gives Dante his blockbuster action hero moment,&#8221; reads <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/devil-may-cry-season-1-review\">Eurogamer&#8217;s four star review of season one<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe second season of Devil May Cry is out now on Netflix. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Devil May Cry 5 Netflix misspells a lead Devil May Cry character&#8217;s name and has to recall official merchandise Upping the Dante. 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