Beelzebub (べるぜバブ, Beruzebabu) is a 2011 Japanese anime television series based on Ryūhei Tamura's manga series of the same name. The animated series was produced by Pierrot+ under the direction of Yoshihiro Takamoto. The series follows high school delinquent Tatsumi Oga, who is forced to raise Beelzebub, the son of the Devil King who was sent to earth to destroy humanity. An original video animation was shown at the Jump Super Anime Tour between October 23 and November 21, 2010.[1] The television series began airing in Japan on Yomiuri TV from January 9, 2011. The opening theme for the OVA is "Appare☆Boss Appears! Beelzebub" (アッパレ☆番長参上!べるぜバブ, Appare☆ Banchō Sanchō! Beruzebabu) by Takeuchi Hiroaki. The television series uses ten pieces of theme music, five openings and five endings. The first opening theme used between episodes 1 to 10 is "DaDaDa" (だだだ) by Group Tamashii, while the second opening theme, used from episode 11–23, is "The First Goodbye" (始まるのは, サヨナラ, Hajimaru no wa, Sayonara) by On/Off. The third opening theme, "Hey!!!" by FLOW is used from episodes 24 onward. The fourth opening theme Baby U! by MBLAQ is used from episodes 36 to 48. The fifth opening theme is Only you -Kimi to no Kizuna- by Lc5 is used from episodes 49 onward. The first ending theme used for episodes 1-10 is "Answer" by no3b, while the second theme, used from episode 11-23 is "Show of Courage" (つよがり, Tsuyogari) by Shoko Nakagawa. The third ending theme, "Nanairo Namida" by Tomato n'Pine is used from episodes 24 to 35. The fourth ending is "Papepipu Papipepu papepipupo" by Nozomi Sasaki is used from episodes 36 to 48. The fifth ending is Shōjo Traveler by 9nine is used from episodes 49 onward.