Although memorial services’ frequency can vary from region to region, the next Devilman memorial will likely be held in 2020.
And speaking of huge piles of crap, it was also the year the live-action movie version of the long-running anime and manga franchise Devilman was set to be released.
And so, manga and anime fans were much less jaded back then and still had hope that a live-action version of anything would pan out.
By the way, although the hashtag calls this the 12-year memorial service, it is actually the 13th since Buddhist tradition counts the year of death as “year-one.”