Name: The Eminence in Shadow
Released: 2022-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Seiichiro Yamashita, Asami Seto, Inori Minase

Available on Hulu, U-NEXT, BANDAI CHANNEL, Prime Video, Disney+, ABEMA, FOD

When Cid is isekai’d to another world, he creates an underground organization to live out a fight against a made-up cult. Little does he know the cult is real, and they’re not happy his power fantasy just impeded their plans!

Anime · 2022 · 24 min

Starring Seiichiro Yamashita , Asami Seto , Inori Minase

Director Kazuya Nakanishi

EPISODE 1

The Hated Classmate

Akane copes with her trauma by being popular and working hard to make people like her, but one boy in her class doesn’t care about her at all. That bothers her to no end.

23 min · Oct 5, 2022
EPISODE 2

Shadow Garden is Born

Reincarnated as the son of Baron Kagenou, Cid bides his time as Background Character A while preparing for the day he can finally become the Eminence in Shadow!

23 min · Oct 12, 2022
EPISODE 3

Fencer Ordinaire

The princess is supposed to reject the background character’s confession, not accept it — since when did Cid become a rom-com protagonist?

23 min · Oct 19, 2022
EPISODE 4

Sadism’s Rewards

The mistake those with power always make is believing that they are the ones in control.

23 min · Oct 26, 2022
EPISODE 5

I Am…

Cid is not facing a minion but a would-be Knight of the Rounds. Normally, that is cause for concern, but an atomic bomb has no reason to fear the gnashing of a lowly pest.

23 min · Nov 2, 2022
EPISODE 6

Pretenders

While Iris seeks a bright mind to study an artifact, Cid visits a popular store. Meanwhile, in the dark corners of the city, someone commits murders in Shadow Garden’s name!

23 min · Nov 9, 2022