Nurarihyon no Mago: Sennen Makyou

Add to My List

Add to Favorites

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Nurarihyon no Mago 2, The Grandson of Nurarihyon 2, Grandchild of Nurarihyon 2

Japanese: ぬらりひょんの孫千年魔京

More titles

Information

Type: TV

Episodes: 24

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 3, 2011 to Dec 18, 2011

Premiered: Summer 2011

Broadcast: Sundays at 17:30 (JST)

Producers: Yomiuri Telecasting, Yomiko Advertising, Pony Canyon, TOHO, Shueisha, BS11, Imagine

Licensors: VIZ Media

Studios: Studio Deen

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Supernatural

Theme: Mythology

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.94¹ (scored by 83,872 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #723²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #1435

Members: 163,495

Favorites: 643

Available At

Official Site

Resources

AniDB

ANN

Synopsis

Long before Rikuo Nura was born, the legendary youkai Nurarihyon, leader of a "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons," fell in love with a human woman. Though the two would initially find happiness, a threat from the terrifying fox-demon Hagoromo Gitsune would get in the way of their relationship.

In the present, Rikuo has taken his rightful place as the heir to the Nura Clan. While he has accepted his youkai side, he must continue to maintain the secret of youkai, a difficult task when faced with the Keikain onmyouji clan and his youkai-obsessed friend, Kiyotsugu. Even so, Rikuo will do what he must to protect those important to him.

The reappearance of the sinister Hagoromo Gitsune marks the start of Rikuo's most fearsome trial yet. The frightening creature bears a personal vendetta against his family and will stop at nothing to see her dream come to fruition. The world stands at a precipice, an all-out war that will drag Rikuo centerstage.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Edit

Background

VIZ Media released the TV broadcast version of Nurarihyon no Mago: Sennen Makyou on Blu-ray and DVD in North America. They later explained this was the version the Japanese licensors provided them with, and it wasn't possible to obtain the uncut home video version.

Edit

Related Anime

Adaptation:	Nurarihyon no Mago
Prequel:	Nurarihyon no Mago
Summary:	Nurarihyon no Mago: Sennen Makyou Recaps
Other:	Nurarihyon no Mago OVA

More characters

Characters & Voice Actors

Nura, Rikuo

Main

Fukuyama, Jun
Japanese

Oikawa, Tsurara

Main

Horie, Yui
Japanese

Keikain, Yura

Main

Maeda, Ai
Japanese

Nura, Rihan

Supporting

Fujiwara, Keiji
Japanese

Gitsune, Hagoromo

Supporting

Noto, Mamiko
Japanese

Nurarihyon

Supporting

Yusa, Kouji
Japanese

Kubinashi

Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro
Japanese

Kappa

Supporting

Yabe, Masahito
Japanese

Kurotabou

Supporting

Toriumi, Kousuke
Japanese

Zen

Supporting

Sugita, Tomokazu
Japanese

More staff

Staff

Oowada, Tomoyuki

Producer

Takatori, Masashi

Producer

Fukuda, Michio

Director

Gouda, Hozumi

Sound Director

Edit

Opening Theme

	1: "Hoshi no Arika (星の在処。－ホシノアリカ－)" by LM.C (eps 1-12)
	2: "The LOVE SONG" by LM.C (eps 13-24)

Edit

Ending Theme

	1: "Orange Smile" by Katate☆SIZE (eps 1-12)
	2: "Departure" by Katate☆SIZE (eps 13-23)

Reviews

Jul 26, 2011

SerB3128

Recommended

After finishing the first series of Nurarihyon no Mago, I was a bit reluctant to watch the second series "Nurarihyon no Mago: Sennen Makyou" because the first series seemed to lack a lot of intensity, creativity and overall story. From the beginning I had thought NnM had a lot of potential, but it really disappointed me in the end.

But even so, I decided to watch this new series, the sequel to the first show. And dear god it has surpassed the first series by a thousand miles! I couldn't be happier with it! This new show is definitely more exciting, productive and interesting than ...

Open

Gift

Mar 14, 2017

KingBaloo

Mixed Feelings

I really got into this anime because I was looking for something short to watch that was on Netflix. After having seen all the other good ones that Netflix had to offer, I kinda fell to this one as a last resort, and it is just fine (6/10) - nothing too special, nothing too bad either.

The story is all over the place - The overall plot follows Rikuo Nurarihyon, a young yokai leader, who tries to bring his demon clan (who actually helps people rather than hurt them) to overcome the evil Hagorome Gitsune, the evil leader of the Tokyo demon clan. The story ...

Open

Gift

Oct 20, 2019

icedome

Not Recommended

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS A SPOILER THAT IS CLEARLY LABELLED
Quite a number of years late to the party, but here we go. The show is a well produced piece of shounen that has some glaring issues that I believe will make or break it for some people. Here's where it did for me:

Voice Acting:
The main character's - Rikuo - VA is terrible - for both seasons (I watched the subbed version). You obviously tell how out of his voice range he was doing yokai form. It has the same strain a lot of female voices have when they're doing a "deep manly" voice. The only time ... I can take him seriously is when the character is in a heightened emotional state. Anytime he's trying to be "cool" there's nothing but cringe. That being said - the emotional expression is very good.
Aside from Rikuo, Kana, and Yura, however, the voice acting here is great.

Power Level:
The whole season seems to be plagued by the power level of the previous one. Because they set the power level of the main character so high in season 1, the writer(s) had to magically power up every other supporting character to a level beyond his. This is done multiple times - with the consistent excuse being "WOW! THIS IS HIS/HER TRUE POWER?!!?!? WOAH." Fights are also terrible power level-wise, trading consistency for spectacle. I believe the following example is necessary to let you see whether or not you can withstand the show: *Spoiler-ish Alert****** A character literally razes a city in a single swing, and then fails to kill anybody in the next one (It was a direct hit on multiple targets). We're shown that the first swing takes out multi-story buildings, but even the the most worthless of mooks is barely scratched. The rooftop the character is aiming at also survives the blast despite being made of wood.******Spoiler-ish Alert*

Abuse of the Talking is a Free Action trope:
This is a trope that a lot of shows use. Here it's used during the worst moments to set up a backstory flashback/exposition dump during every single fight.

Writing:
The story is incapable of integrating Rikuo's human and yokai life. His human friends are all but dropped and play no significant role outside of: stay inside where it's safe and appear only for maybe 5 minutes because we need piss-poor comedic relief. There's also this weird need to give non-characters that have an alright design screen-time for no reason; they're lacking in any personality traits that make them distinguishable when removed from their shells.
I'd say the best part of the season was the 2 episode flashback/backstory thing near the beginning.

Sound:
The openings and closing songs aren't as good as season 1. The score is still amazing however. I don't really know how to describe it as I'm not a musician, but I'd call it... swanky...? The sound design team is also still top notch.

Art:
It's beautiful; the character designs are cool, and the animation is smooth. The backdrops vary in quality, but are typically very good as well.

Open

Gift

More stacks

Interest Stacks

Japanese Mythological Dark/Horror Anime

by Rhiannon-Senpai

24 Entries · 3 Restacks

Let's Dive into Japanese Folklore

by keiyaku_

40 Entries · 52 Restacks

Black Sailor Uniform

by yoltasi

50 Entries · 5 Restacks

More recommendations

Recommendations

More news

Recent News

North American Anime & Manga Releases for May

North American Anime & Manga releases for May 2014 Week 1: April 29th - May 5th Anime Releases Amazing Nuts! Cat Planet Cuties Complete Collection (S.A.V.E. Edit...read more

Apr 29, 2014 1:00 PM by Snow | Discuss (24 comments)

New OVA of Nurarihyon no Mago Announced

According to Comic Natalie, a new OVA of Nurarihyon no Mago was announced to be released on March 4, 2013. It will be bundled with the final volume of the comic book...read more

Nov 12, 2012 7:51 AM by dtshyk | Discuss (35 comments)

More discussions

Recent Forum Discussion

Poll: Nurarihyon no Mago: Sennen Makyou Episode 15 Discussion tsubasalover - Oct 16, 2011	13 replies	by Archean-Return »» Feb 9, 4:25 PM
Poll: Nurarihyon no Mago: Sennen Makyou Episode 3 Discussion Nayrael - Jul 17, 2011	46 replies	by Archean-Return »» Feb 7, 10:29 PM
Poll: Nurarihyon no Mago: Sennen Makyou Episode 24 Discussion ( 1 2 3 ) tsubasalover - Dec 18, 2011	102 replies	by MizuhoKamui »» Jul 25, 2023 8:14 AM
Poll: Nurarihyon no Mago: Sennen Makyou Episode 23 Discussion lc94 - Dec 16, 2011	28 replies	by MizuhoKamui »» Jul 25, 2023 7:36 AM
Poll: Nurarihyon no Mago: Sennen Makyou Episode 22 Discussion tsubasalover - Dec 4, 2011	29 replies	by MizuhoKamui »» Jul 25, 2023 6:46 AM

Recent Featured Articles

In Numbers: The Best Anime of the Decade

What's the #1 anime of the 2010s? Which year was the best? What studio had the most hits? We have the answers to all these questions and more!

by Shymander

624,055 views

Top 20 Best Anime of 2011

2011 was the year of amazing anime shows and exciting sequels. Let's check out the 20 anime series that, according to MAL scores, are the best of 2011!

by FreeNightFalls

610,894 views

Recommendation Collection

Nurarihyon no Mago: Sennen Makyou

Alternative Titles

Information

Statistics

Available At

Resources

Synopsis

Background

Visit MALxJapan
MALxJapan -More than just anime-

Related Anime

Characters & Voice Actors

Nura, Rikuo

Oikawa, Tsurara

Keikain, Yura

Nura, Rihan

Gitsune, Hagoromo

Nurarihyon

Kubinashi

Kappa

Kurotabou

Zen

Staff

Opening Theme

Ending Theme

Reviews

Interest Stacks

Recommendations

Recent News

Recent Forum Discussion

Recent Featured Articles

MoreTop Anime

MoreTop Airing Anime

MoreMost Popular Characters

Nurarihyon no Mago: Sennen Makyou

Alternative Titles

Information

Statistics

Available At

Resources

Synopsis

Background

Visit MALxJapan MALxJapan -More than just anime-

Related Anime

Characters & Voice Actors

Staff

Opening Theme

Ending Theme

Reviews

Interest Stacks

Recommendations

Recent News

Recent Forum Discussion

Recent Featured Articles

MoreTop Anime

MoreTop Airing Anime

MoreMost Popular Characters

Visit MALxJapan
MALxJapan -More than just anime-