List of Seraph of the End episodes

Cover of the first Seraph of the End home media release.

Seraph of the End (Japanese: 終わりのセラフ, Hepburn: Owari no Seraph) is a Japanese anime series based on the manga of the same name, written by Takaya Kagami and illustrated by Yamato Yamamoto with storyboards by Daisuke Furuya. It is produced by Wit Studio, directed by Daisuke Tokudo and written by Hiroshi Seko.[1] Kagami drafted the original story for episodes with materials not yet serialized in the manga and supervising the scripts until the anime's final episode.[2] The series is set in a post-apocalyptic world caused a "human-made" virus, killing the world's populace and sparing all children under the age of thirteen. It is at this time that vampires emerge from the recesses of the earth, likely followed by age-old horrors of the dark thought only to be myth. An orphaned boy named Yūichirō Hyakuya joins the human military to avenge his family and rescue his best friend Mikaela from the vampires.

On December 12, 2014, it was announced the series would run in two split cours (quarters of the year). The first one aired in 2015 from April to June and the second one from October to December, with both cours having twelve episodes each.[3] The second cour entitled Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya (終わりのセラフ 名古屋決戦編, Owari no Serafu: Nagoya Kessen-hen). The series premiered on Tokyo MX, MBS, TV Aichi and BS11 at their respective time slots. NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan released the first cour in Blu-ray and DVD formats in Japan starting on June 24, 2015, across four volumes.[4] A six minutes omake anime specials adapted from the omake featured in the original manga, included in each Blu-ray/DVD volume titled Seraph of the Endless (終わらないセラフ, Owaranai Serafu).[5]

On March 31, 2015, it was announced that Funimation has licensed the series for streaming and home video release in North America.[6] Hulu has streamed the series that same day. On May 13, 2015, Funimation announced that the English broadcast dub will stream every Wednesday on its "Dubble Talk" streaming block.[7][8] The anime series was later broadcast in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2018.[9][10]

  1. ^ "Seraph of the End by The Legend of the Legendary Heroes' Kagami Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Seraph of the End's Additional Cast, Creator's Direct Involvement Revealed". Anime News Network. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Seraph of the End's English-Subtitled Trailer, Split-Season Plans, More Cast Unveiled". Anime News Network. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  4. ^ "終わりのセラフ第1巻＜初回限定生産＞". Owari no Seraph. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  5. ^ "VIDEO: Trailer for DVD/Blu-ray Bonus Episode "Seraph of the Endless"". Retrieved 2015-09-24.
  6. ^ Michelle Lee. "Funimation Acquires the Rights for Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign". Funimation.com Blog. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
  7. ^ "Funimation Announces Seraph of the End English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. May 13, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  8. ^ "Funimation Streams Seraph of the End English Broadcast Dub Clip". Anime News Network. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  9. ^ "More anime coming to VICELAND. Seraph of the End starts tonight at midnight #AnimeOnVICELAND". Twitter. February 14, 2018. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  10. ^ "Seraph of the End Now Available on Netflix UK & Broadcasting on VICELAND UK Soon". Anime UK News. Retrieved 8 March 2018.