also known simply as or is a Japanese

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series written by Shu and illustrated by Yoshinori Shizuma. The series originally began as a web novel in April 2017 on the user-generated novel publishing website

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when it was later acquired by

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, which officially began to publish it in March 2018. A

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adaptation by Kayaharuka was serialized online from July 2018 to July 2021, when it ended due to the author's death. An

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television series adaptation by

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aired from July to September 2020. A second season will premiere in January 2023.

Plot

After 2,000 years of countless wars and strife, the demon king Anos Voldigoad made a deal with the human hero, Kanon, to sacrifice his own life to ensure peace could flourish. Reincarnating 2,000 years later, Anos finds that royal demons now harshly rule over lower class hybrid demons in a society that values Anos's pureblood descendants over the demons who interbred with other species, such as humans and spirits. Finding that magic as a whole has begun to decline and his descendants weaker as a result of the peace he created, Anos, now technically a hybrid himself, decides to reclaim his former title of Demon King, but first, he must graduate from the Demon King Academy where he is labeled a total misfit.

Characters

; : :Anos is a reincarnated demon king who existed 2,000 years prior to the start of the series. ; : :Misha's elder twin sister. She is the original descendant of Ivis Necron (one of the seven Elder Demon Emperors) and known as the Witch of Destruction due to her Demon Eyes of Destruction. ; : :A girl who had met Anos in the day of Demon King Academy's entrance exam, then made friend with him. She is younger twin sister of Sasha, who is a descendant of Ivis Necron, but Misha is not considered as a noblewoman like her sister. ; : :A transfer student who is a member of the Generation of Chaos. ; : :A classmate of Anos' who is a Unitarian. ; : :A demon duke from the Indu Family and brother of Leorig. ; : :One of the Demon Lords and the heir of the Indu Family. ; : :A hero who existed 2,000 years prior to the start of the series. ; : :Anos's former homeroom teacher who was a pureblood royal and daughter of Elio Ludowell, one of the Demon Emperors. She was later killed and reincarnated into a half-demon. ; : :A swordsman who was Anos' right-hand man 2,000 years prior to the start of the series. ; : :An exchange student from the Hero Academy who belongs to the Selection Class "Jerga Kanon" in the academy.

Media

Light novels

The series was first published online as a web novel in April 2017 on the user-generated novel publishing website

by Shu. It was later acquired by

, who published the first volume as a light novel under their

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imprint in March 2018. Twelve volumes have been released as of October 2022. The light novel is licensed in North America by

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. At

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2022, J-Novel Club announced that the light novel will be released in print by

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Manga

adaptation with art by Kayaharuka was serialized online via

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's '' Manga UP!'' website from July 2018 to July 2021 and was collected in four ''

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'' volumes. Square Enix published the manga in English. On July 10, 2021, it was announced that the manga adaptation was cancelled due to Kayaharuka's illness as it was previously claimed they were undergoing treatment. It was later announced on July 13 that Kayaharuka passed away on July 6 from pancreatic cancer.

Anime

television series adaptation was announced at the "Dengeki Bunko Aki no Namahōsō Festival" event on October 6, 2019. The anime was originally set to premiere in April 2020, but it was delayed until July 2020 due to production complications resulting from the

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. The series was animated by

and directed by Masafumi Tamura, with

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serving as chief director. Jin Tanaka handled the series composition, while Kazuyuki Yamayoshi designed the characters, and

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composed the music. The 13-episode anime aired from July 4 to September 26, 2020. Civilian performed the opening theme , while

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performed the ending theme .

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streamed the series. On September 4, 2020,

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announced that the series would receive an English dub, which premiered the following day. On March 6, 2021, it was announced that the series would receive a second split-cour season with the staff and cast reprising their respective roles. Yūichirō Umehara is replacing

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as the voice of Anos Voldigoad for the second season. The first cour will premiere on January 8, 2023. The opening theme is "Seien" by Lenny code fiction, while the ending theme is by Momosumomosu.

References

Notes

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