How Not to Summon a Demon Lord
TV Show · Anime · Comedy

A young shut-in who dominates as a demon lord in an online video game finds himself transported into the game's world and must find a way back to Earth while helping out the two girls who summoned him.

2018 · 23m
Starring Masaaki Mizunaka, Yu Serizawa, Azumi Waki
Director Yūta Murano

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    The Demon Lord Act
    A shy gamer unwittingly assumes the role of his high-level demon lord character, Diablo, when two of the game's characters summon him into their world; when the summoning spell backfires on the two girls, the trio head to the nearest city for help.
    22 min
  • EPISODE 2
    The Strongest Newcomer
    Diablo, Shera and Rem register with the Adventurer's Guild and embark on their first quest into a dangerous forest, where Shera senses an ambush lying in wait for them.
    20 min
  • EPISODE 3
    Fallen Assault
    Diablo finds himself in a challenge against Emile, a chivalrous but ignorant warrior; Diablo reluctantly decides to defend a fortress from a horde of beastly Fallen after realising the low-skilled soldiers don't stand a chance.
    22 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Point-Blank War Dance
    Emile defends Rem and Celestine from a Fallen infiltrator immune to their attacks; Diablo looks for a way to repel Edelgard, the Fallen horde's leader, as their stalemate drags on.
    22 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Imperial Knight
    The Greenwood kingdom threatens war if Faltra City does not return its princess, Shera, and even puts a bounty out on her, but Shera wants to stay with Diablo; the city lord assigns an overly obedient imperial knight to aid the group.
    22 min
  • EPISODE 6
    Slave Market
    Diablo, Shera and Rem visit a slave market to find a way to remove the girls' slave collars as the Kingdom of Greenwood's threat looms over them.
    21 min

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Cast & Crew

  • M‌M
    Masaaki Mizunaka
    Takuma Sakamoto/Diablo
  • Yu Serizawa
    Shera L. Greenwood
  • Azumi Waki
    Rem Galleu
  • Y‌M
    Yūta Murano
    Director

About

How Not to Summon a Demon Lord

Anime

A young shut-in who dominates as a demon lord in an online video game finds himself transported into the game's world and must find a way back to Earth while helping out the two girls who summoned him.

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Studio
fun
Released
2018
Rated
18
Region of Origin
Japan

Languages

Original Audio
Japanese, Japanese (Japan)
Subtitles

English , English (United States)

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  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
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  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
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  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

Asia Pacific

  • Australia
  • Cambodia
  • Fiji
  • 香港 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • 澳門 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Mongolia
  • New Zealand
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • 대한민국
  • 台灣
  • Thailand
  • Turkmenistan
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