List of Demon King Daimao episodes
Ichiban Ushiro no Dai Maō is a 2010 anime TV series based on the light novels written by Shotaro Mizuki and illustrated by Souichi Itō, published by Hobby Japan under its HJ Bunko imprint. The anime covers the first 5 novel volumes. Produced by Artland, the series is directed by Takashi Watanabe, series composition by Takao Yoshioka, music by Tatsuya Kato, and characters by Miyabi Ozeki and Toshimitsu Kobayashi. The series revolves around Akuto Sai, a young man who transfers to Constant Magick Academy, aspiring to become a high priest. His life takes a sudden turn when it is revealed that he will become Demon King in the future, and he soon becomes the target of many students.
The series broadcast on Tokyo MX between April 3, 2010 to June 18, 2010, with subsequent broadcasts on Chiba TV, TV Kanagawa, AT-X, Sun TV, TV Aichi, Nico Nico Channel, and ShowTime, Inc.[1] Simulcasts of the series are provided by Crunchyroll and Anime Network on its video website.[2] The series aired uncensored on AT-X, while it was heavily censored on other networks. Six DVD and Blu-ray Disc volumes were released by Marvelous Entertainment between June 25 and November 25, 2010, each containing an original video animation called Another Demon King's Omake (もひとつおまけの大魔王 Mo Hitosu Omake no Dai Maō).[3][4] The series became part of Anime Network's Video On Demand service beginning on October 21, 2010.[5] The series is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks under the title Demon King Daimao, and Section23 Films released the complete series with an English dub on Blu-ray and DVD on June 14, 2011.[6]
The opening theme for Episodes 2 through 12 and the ending theme for Episode 1 is "REALOVE:REALIFE" by Sphere, while the ending theme for Episodes 2 through 12 is "Everyday Sunshine Line!" by Natsuko Aso.
Episodes
| # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | "A Demon King is Born!" "Maō ga Tanjō Shichatta!" (魔王が誕生しちゃった!) | April 3, 2010 |
| Akuto Sai meets Junko Hattori on the train to Constant Magic Academy. The two make a powerful pact to make the world a better place, a pact that will mean death if broken. Upon arrival, Akuto is declared to be a future demon king, and the entire school begins to fear him. After his introduction in class reaches a zealous climax, a fellow student named Hiroshi Miwa looks up to him, while the rest of the class becomes even more terrified. Eventually, Akuto slips up when he volunteers for "cleaning duty", which is slang in the academy for becoming a "cleaner", an assassin that maintains the school's secrets. This infuriates Junko, who challenges him to a duel that ends with Akuto accidentally destroying the classroom in a magical explosion. His later attempts to reconcile with Junko at her dorm again launch her into a murderous frenzy, resulting in a chase through the woods. There, Akuto runs into Kena Soga mid-fight, and she resolves to protect him for personal, though unspecified reasons. She is unable to do so, and Akuto again ends the fight with another freak explosion. Immediately after, he is greeted by Korone, an "observer". | ||
| 02 | "The Odd Observer!" "Okashina Kanshiin" (おかしな監視員) | April 10, 2010 |
| Akuto meets with the principal of the academy with Korone, whom the principal ordered to stay with Akuto as a bodyguard and a judge of whether or not he will truly become a demon king. Akuto meets with Fujiko Eto the following day, who pledges to help him despite his destiny. She later recommends that they meet in secret in the mountains behind the school, and instructs him on how to disable Korone. En route, Akuto and Korone are attacked by a demon dog, an animal mutated by mana. Akuto is able to absorb the creature's mana and return it to a puppy, a feat that astounds Korone. The puppy picks up Kena's scent, whose ability to become invisible is revealed. After deactivating Korone, Akuto rendezvous with Fujiko in the mountains, where she asks him to join the school's disciplinary committee to help clear his name. As an emergency way to reconcile with Junko, she also gives him a two-shot magical gun that fires medicinal tablets, which she claims will allow the two people shot by it to understand each other's feelings. On the way back, he is tackled by Kena, still fleeing from the puppy, and is rendered visible and exposed in clear view of the now-reactivated Korone. In exchange for testifying to Korone that Akuto did not try to molest her, Kena requests his friendship, which he agrees to. At the end, Fujiko is shown contacting Junko, falsely claiming that Akuto had threatened her. Fujiko then enters a secret passage in her room, where she converses with her brother's severed head about her plans for Akuto. | ||
| 03 | "The Scary Upperclassman!" "Chotto Kowai Senpai" (ちょっと怖い先輩) | April 17, 2010 |
| During a late-night soak in the male bathhouse, Hiroshi informs Akuto about the school's underground, and mentions that Junko gained her popularity at the school by fighting this underground. As Fujiko arranges a meeting between Akuto and Junko the following afternoon, Akuto meets with the student council with regard to his application for being the disciplinary committee's representative. Akuto has to deal with Korone in order to meet with Junko, and decides the only way to ensure she is out of the way is by pulling her tail again, which leads to a misunderstanding until Kena interrupts to dump her rice cooker on Akuto since she was banned from keeping it in her room as a gesture and proof of their friendship. The meeting with Junko turns out to be an ambush by members of the underground, and Akuto swiftly beats them, only for Junko to appear when the dust settles. Mistaking the act as a wrongdoing, she publicly calls Akuto out for punitive justice, and together with a large crowd of students, chase Akuto around the school. Kena intervenes at the last moment before Junko can complete her punitive justice. Junko admits that the situation got out of hand and that she was partly responsible for the misunderstanding that prompted the mob to come after Akuto, only to have the mob call her out for turning back to Akuto's side. Korone saves the situation by showering the angry mob of students in medicated rice. | ||
| 04 | "Is Solitary Fun?" "Dokubō wa Tanoshii?" (独房は楽しい?) | April 24, 2010 |
| Kena's intervention manages to somehow make Junko and Akuto friends again, but during a class lesson on mana control, he knocks her unconscious again. Mitsuko recommends that he go into the mental discipline chamber, one where people are said to have died. Akuto gets depressed, but for some strange reason, Korone and Kena tag along and he is caught between the two of them. They find a mysterious map and Kena is intrigued, wondering if it is a treasure map. Fujiko recognize what the map truly is. The next day, Kena copies the map and posts it all over the school. It becomes the talk of the whole academy, because students keep getting hurt as they try to find the treasure. Akuto, in his role as the disciplinary committee member, insists that they give up looking, but a girl named Eiko Teruya suddenly appears and he ends up having to find it himself. | ||
| 05 | "Beware the Labyrinth!" "Chika Meikyū ni Goyōjin" (地下迷宮にご用心) | May 1, 2010 |
| Akuto, Korone, Hiroshi, and Eiko go to the school's underground labyrinth to find the spot on the map. They encounter a cloaked being who try to stop them with swarms of bats, but is easily defeated. Akuto digs up a plush recording device buried in a tombstone that guides them to a abandoned research facility, being attacked by an armored statue, in which Eiko finds a screen that locates a underground shrine behind a hot spring inside a cave. Meanwhile, Junko, Kena, and Fujiko make their way to the labyrinth. Junko, who fell underground into the hot spring, tells Akuto that Eiko is actually a government spy. A savage wolf comes after them, but they are saved when Ken and Fujiko arrive. Eiko, in tears after seeing him protect Junko, leaves after giving him a key from the shrine. When Fujiko activates the key, it transports them to the headquarters of the student council, who were responsible for the attacks. As it is revealed that the headquarters is really the base of the demon king, a greedy Fujiko uses the plush recording device to awaken the treasured dragon beast Peter Hausen. It is then that the dragon beast displays a record of the memories of Fujiko's brother leading to his death, causing her to collapse thereafter. An enraged Akuto confronts Peter Hausen, soon becoming his new master, despite his wishes. After that the student council president kissed him as a reward for finding the treasure first. | ||
| 06 | "Let's Go to School by the Sea!" "Rinkai Gakkō e Ikō!" (臨海学校へ行こう!) | May 8, 2010 |
| Under observation by the government, Akuto is depressed to find out he cannot go to the seaside school on an island. But Korone arranges for him to go by offering to take responsibility for him herself. However, she makes constant attempts to seduce him to let down his guard. Akuto tries to enjoy going to the beach with Junko, but both Kena and Korone interfere when the former two are having fun. Later on, Akuto sees Hiroshi, who tells him about the legend of the demon king on the island, to which Akuto does not believe. The legend says that the revival of the demon king and the dragon will call forth a legendary hero who would defeat them in battle. Meanwhile, Lily Shiraishi, informing Fujiko about the government's plan to use Akuto for its own benefit, says that she will handle this situation on her own. | ||
| 07 | "The Legendary Hero Appears?!" "Densetsu no Yūsha Arawaru!" (伝説の勇者現る!) | May 15, 2010 |
| It is shown that since Korone failed to seduce and manipulate Akuto, she is forced to resign as a surveillance agent. Hiroshi finds out that he is destined to become a future hero. Yukiko Miwa, Hiroshi's younger sister, goes to Akuto to verify if he is truly indeed a demon king. After both Akuto and Hiroshi deny their statuses, Yukiko runs off in tears. Hiroshi later explains that beneath the legendary lake is a shrine inside a cave, where a sword stands upon a rock. A mysterious man, known as Mr. X, awakens a sea cucumber beast emerged from the lake. Yukiko is captured by him, but Hiroshi and Kena try to fight back. However, Hiroshi is pummeled into the lake, while Kena is also captured in the process. Akuto and Junko rescue Yukiko and Kena, but Mr. X sends the beast to destroy the village on the island. While Akuto seems to be overwhelmed by Mr. X's attacks, Korone soon returns to stop Mr. X. Meanwhile, Hiroshi goes to the shrine where the sword lies. He is able to pull the sword out and gain the powers of a hero, deeming himself as Brave, and he uses a plasma-like attack to eradicate the beast. Korone is back to being Akuto's bodyguard, and she admits that she tries to seduce him in order to teach how to develop an intimate relationship with Junko. | ||
| 08 | "Do You Have a Crush?" "Ano Ko ni Goshūshin?" (あの子にご執心?) | May 22, 2010 |
| Akuto ponders if the hairpiece Kena wears is the same one he gave to her as an orphaned child. Fujiko wants to control a beast of her own, obtaining an demon beast egg after slaying a slug beast. An easygoing Kena still skips class constantly, much to Akuto's worry. Akuto does not realize that Junko actually has feelings for him, especially when Akuto himself is trying to persuade Kena to attend class again. Kena steals the demon beast egg from Fujiko in her sleep, soon hatching into a two-headed chicken beast. Akuto tries to attack the beast, but it evades. Hiroshi quickly annihilates the beast before it causes further damage to the city. Korone later tells a depressed Junko to discuss an omiai to Akuto with her parents. | ||
| 09 | "Marriage Interview Chaos!" "Tonda Omiai Sōdō" (とんだお見合い騒動) | May 29, 2010 |
| Without either of their input, it is decided that an omiai is to be held at Junko's village. Junko, who has feelings for Akuto, is unable to tell him, and so invites him to the village for other reasons. Akuto knows nothing of the marriage interview, but feels responsible for the messes he has caused and decides to go with her. There they meet Yuko Hattori, Junko's younger sister. She is not only revealed as a pop star idol, but she bears a scar on her neck of which was bitten by a demon beast long ago. That night, Junko readies herself and visits his room, where she lets him know why he was invited to the village. This leads to another misunderstanding as several clan members chase Akuto after seeing Junko in tears. As Akuto flees, he is confronted by Eiko, who tells him that the gods have decided Kena as a threat, and orders her clan to eliminate Kena. On school grounds, Kena is saved by Boichiro Yamato, the leader of the Cabinet Intelligence Magic Office, from being assassinated. He only shows interest in making her his own to control the gods, calling her the "principle of identity". Akuto uses his power to transport himself to the school grounds, but he realizes that Yamato surpasses him in strength. | ||
| 10 | "Akuto's Imperial Capital War!" "Akuto no Teito Dai Sensō" (阿九斗の帝都大戦争) | June 5, 2010 |
| Fujiko appears with a horde of demon beasts, and they all destroy the school grounds. Akuto is unable to heal his wounds from Yamato's attacks. Yamato's subordinate, 2V, goes to Eiko to assemble the Hattori and Teruya clans to join together in an epic battle against the demon king, letting Junko and Yuko to take care of the demon beasts. Fujiko saves Akuto and Kena from Yamato and takes them on a three-headed dog beast towards the student council headquarters. Akuto summons the assistance of Peter Hausen to stop the government's doing, taking flight above the city. While Hiroshi faces Akuto in battle, Junko and Yuko are to seek the device responsible for awakening the dragon beast. An aircraft carrier appears and attacks Akuto. Due to the work of 2V, Akuto is subsequently flattened by it. | ||
| 11 | "The Girls' Final Battle" "Onna-tachi no Saishū Kessen" (女たちの最終決戦) | June 12, 2010 |
| Lily stands outside school grounds to repel against attempt of all the clan members to destroy the demon beasts surrounding the area. Yamato arrives in the headquarters and kidnaps Kena away from Fujiko. Eiko uses Junko to protect herself and orders her to take out Lily. Even to when all fails, Lily does her best to take out Eiko. 2V uses his puppets to fight against the clan in order to force Lily on his side. Lily uses her ultimate attack on him, but he manages to escape. When all hope is lost, Akuto is revealed to have survived 2V's attack from the aircraft carrier. Junko draws her family sword, given by her grandmother, in order to side with the demon king in the name of love. | ||
| 12 | "All Done?" "Oshimai wa Kanpeki?" (おしまいは完璧?) | June 18, 2010 |
| Akuto defeats Hiroshi in the sky, and carries him down to a forest for Yuko to look after him. Meanwhile, Yamato has taken Kena to the shrine and attempts to make the contract with the principle of identity, but Akuto appears and the battle begins in the presence of the gods. Akuto at last defeats Yamato and takes back Kena. He learns that the demon king was created by the gods to make the contract with the principle of identity and destroy humanity. Akuto refuses and declares his intent to kill the gods, causing their defense system to activate. Akuto puts his life on the line to battle the gods, and put an end to the story they have created. Peter Hausen gives Kena a dragon tooth as a memento for his predetermined death. Akuto and Kena reunite with Junko, Korone, Hiroshi, Fujiko, Lily, and Yuko. Everyone starts a new semester at the academy, in which the battle of the demon king altered the memories of those involved. However, Akuto is (once again) declared to be the future Demon King, and Junko and the others react the same way they did in the first episode, suggesting Akuto will have to start all over again with the same reputation and troubles. | ||
References
- ↑ "いちばんうしろの大魔王 | マーベラスエンターテイメント" (in Japanese). Marvelous Entertainment. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- ↑ "Anime Network to simulcast Ichiban Ushiro no Daimao". Anime Network. Archived from the original on April 2, 2010. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ↑ "いちばんうしろの大魔王 第1巻 (DVD)" (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved March 5, 2011.
- ↑ "いちばんうしろの大魔王 第6巻 (DVD)" (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved March 5, 2011.
- ↑ "Zombies, Demons, Deadly Duos and Double Features". Anime Network. September 22, 2010.
- ↑ "Section23 Films Announces June Slate". Anime News Network. 2011-03-16.
External links
- Ichiban Ushiro no Dai Mao (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Ichiban Ushiro no Dai Maō at Marvelous Entertainment (Japanese)
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