| Devil Survivor 2: The Animation | |
 Cover of the first manga volume released by Square Enix in Japan on March 27, 2013, featuring Hibiki Kuze | |
| デビルサバイバーツー ジ・アニメーション (Debiru Sabaibā Tsū Ji Animēshon) | |
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| Genre | Action, drama, supernatural[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Makoto Uezu |
| Illustrated by | Haruto Shiota |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| Imprint | Gangan |
| Magazine | Monthly GFantasy |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | December 18, 2012 – October 18, 2014 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Seiji Kishi |
| Produced by | Fumihiro Tanaka Gorō Shinjuku Jin Kawamura Jun Fukuda Natsuki Uetake Ryōichi Ishihara Susumu Machida Toshihiro Maeda Yasuo Suda |
| Written by | Makoto Uezu |
| Music by | Kōtarō Nakagawa |
| Studio | Bridge |
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| Original network | MBS, TBS, CBC, BS-TBS, Niconico |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 4, 2013 – June 27, 2013 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Light novel | |
| Devil Survivor 2 The Animation: Cetus's Prequel | |
| Written by | Katsumi Amagawa |
| Published by | Kodansha Box |
| Published | June 3, 2013 |
Devil Survivor 2: The Animation (Japanese: デビルサバイバーツー ジ・アニメーション, Hepburn: Debiru Sabaibā Tsū Ji Animēshon) is a 2013 Japanese anime series based on the Nintendo DS video game, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 by Atlus. The series was directed by Seiji Kishi, with series composition by Makoto Uezu, based on the original story by Atlus and animated by Bridge. The series stars voice actors Hiroshi Kamiya as Hibiki Kuze along with Nobuhiko Okamoto, Aya Uchida, Junichi Suwabe and Takahiro Sakurai. When a mysterious calamity plunges the world into a state of chaos, Hibiki Kuze and his friends Daichi Shijima and Io Nitta are suddenly thrown from their normal lives into a battle of survival against creatures called Septentriones seeking to bring the world to ruin. Gaining the ability to summon demons from a cell phone app, Hibiki and his friends team up with an organization known as the JP's to help protect Japan and above all else—survive.
The thirteen episode series premiered in Japan on MBS on April 4, 2013 and was subsequently licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America, Hanabee Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand and by MVM Entertainment in the United Kingdom for English home video releases. A manga adaptation was serialized in Monthly GFantasy between December 2012 and October 2014. A light novel prequel was also published by Kodansha Box. In addition, two supplementary books and three Drama CDs along with a host of other merchandise were released. Critics praised the series for its dark animation styles and backgrounds. However the majority of reviewers had mixed feelings towards the cast of characters since they felt that while the characters were either not appealing or developed enough, their deaths were impactful to the viewer.