BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense.
TV Show · Anime · Fantasy

A player designing a character for a role-playing game gives up all other skills for the sake of being nearly invulnerable, becoming a slow but formidable defender in combat.

2020 · 23m
Starring Kaede Hondo, Ruriko Noguchi, Satomi Arai
Director Shin Ōnuma

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    After being talked into playing the virtual reality game NewWorld Online, a girl creates a character with an unusually high defence for fear of getting hurt.
    23 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    A horde of players hunt Maple after she enters a battle royale; Risa explores an underwater cave with her swimming talent.
    23 min
  • EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    After Maple gets hurt, she and Sally explore and prepare to take on the dungeon that leads to the second level.
    23 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Episode 4
    Maple and Sally get off to a clumsy start in the second event, but their teamwork is eventually rewarded.
    23 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Episode 5
    Maple and Sally make new friends and find more trouble as the second event winds down, but to reach their goal of 20 medals, they may have to enter player versus player battles.
    23 min
  • EPISODE 6
    Episode 6
    Maple leaps at the chance to create a guild and looks for a place to call home, but they'll need to recruit more help to compete in the next event.
    23 min

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Cast & Crew

  • K‌H
    Kaede Hondo
    Maple/Kaede Honjo
  • R‌N
    Ruriko Noguchi
    Sally/Risa Shiramine
  • S‌A
    Satomi Arai
    Kanade
  • Saori Hayami
    Kasumi
  • A‌K
    Ai Kakuma
    Mai
  • Nanaka Suwa
    Yui
  • N‌S
    Noriaki Sugiyama
    Kuromu
  • Satomi Sato
    Iz
  • S‌Ō
    Shin Ōnuma
    Director

About

BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense.

Anime

A player designing a character for a role-playing game gives up all other skills for the sake of being nearly invulnerable, becoming a slow but formidable defender in combat.

Information

Studio
애니맥스
Released
2020
Rated
15
Region of Origin
Japan

Languages

Original Audio
Japanese, Japanese (Japan)
Audio

English (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

Subtitles

English (CC)

Accessibility

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