Kyou kara Maou!

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Kyo Kara Maoh!, Maruma, God? Save Our King, King from now on!
Japanese: 今日からマ王!


Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 78
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 3, 2004 to Feb 25, 2006
Premiered: Spring 2004
Broadcast: Saturdays at 09:00 (JST)
Producers: NHK, Sogo Vision
Studios: Studio Deen
Genres: AdventureAdventure, ComedyComedy, FantasyFantasy
Theme: IsekaiIsekai
Demographic: ShoujoShoujo
Duration: 25 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.621 (scored by 4281842,818 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #14852
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1948
Members: 117,639
Favorites: 1,367

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Synopsis

Kyou kara Maou! revolves around Yuri Shibuya, your average Japanese teenager. One day, Yuri sees a classmate being harassed by bullies. Thanks to this intervention, his friend is able to escape, but unfortunately Yuri becomes the new target of the bullies in the process and gets his head shoved into a toilet. But instead of water, the toilet contains a swirling portal that sucks him into another world, largely resembling medieval Europe. There, he is told that he will become the next Demon King due to his black hair and black eyes, traits only possessed by the demon's royal lineage.

Yuri's arrival is met with some skepticism by some of the demons, who view him as unworthy to be their king. However, after Yuri wins a duel by utilizing his magical powers, the demons slowly begin to acknowledge him as their monarch. Yuri must now learn what it takes be a true Demon King, as he tries to keep the peace between demons and humans in this strange new realm.

Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Nishimura, Junji
Director, Episode Director, Storyboard
Yamamoto, Hideyo
Episode Director, Storyboard


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"Hateshinaku Tooi Sora ni" by The Stand Up
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Ending Theme

1: "Suteki na Shiawase" by The Stand Up (eps 1-39)
2: "Arigatou~" by BON'z (eps 40-78)

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Reviews

Nov 28, 2007
My initial reason for starting Kyou Kara Maou! was the shounen-ai premise (boy is transported—or rather, flushed down a toilet—to another world where the laws are extremely different and ends up accidentally proposing to one of the Maou's sons; sounds like fun to me!) and I became a little disappointed when I realized it wasn't a strictly shounen-ai anime, or even one that focused largely on romance, but after only a handful of episodes I was addicted to the humour and characters and there was absolutely no return.

Kyou Kara Maou! is a truly hilarious anime, and it's filled with so many great characters that it's ...
Apr 21, 2008
Mixed Feelings
If you want to marathon a long anime and you don't like shounen-ai style anime, DO NOT START HERE! Hehe. If anyone knows me at all, you know darn well how much I dislike shounen-ai, and this show has it in spades. There is even a "reverse harem" for the main character. But its not hard core boy love like most come to associate with an anime labeled with "shounen-ai" its very mild and as such, isn't really that bad to watch for anyone who enjoys a decent adventure/shounen anime. The story evolves around a teenage boy named Yuri Shibuya. He's a normal teenage boy ...
Nov 14, 2024
"I'm surprised that a novel with so many plot holes was made into an anime" - series editor GEG

It's just your typical isekai where MC gets flushed down a toilet and ends up in an isekai resembling medieval Europe and turns out that he's overpowered and everyone he meets just falls in love with him. The plot with the boxes had potential but the BL aspects that focus on and romanticize a toxic relationship between Yuuri and Wolfram ruins it all.

Art and Animation:
Even considering that the anime is made in 2004 both art and animation are abysmal. Looks like they wasted their entire budget ...

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