List of Seraph of the End episodes
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Seraph of the End is a Japanese dark fantasy anime based on the manga with the same name by writer Takaya Kagami and illustrater by Yamato Yamamoto with storyboards by Daisuke Furuya. It is produced by Wit Studio, directed by Daisuke Tokudo, and screenplayed solely by Hiroshi Seko.[1] Additionally, the original manga's writer, Takaya Kagami, is personally drafting the original story for episodes with material not yet serialized in the manga and supervising the scripts until the anime's final episode.[2] The plot is set in a world that allegedly comes to an end at the hands of a "human-made" virus, ravaging the global populace and leaving only children under the age of thirteen untouched. 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.
On December 12, 2014, it was announced the series would run in two split cours (quarters of the year). The first would air in 2015 from April to June and the second from October to December, with both cours having 12 episodes each.[3] The series premiered on Tokyo MX, MBS, TV Aichi, and BS11 at their respective time slots. NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan is releasing 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 Entertainment has licensed the series for streaming and home video release in North America.[6] Hulu will also be streaming the series. On May 13, 2015, Funimation announced that the English broadcast dub will stream every Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. EDT on its "Dubble Talk" streaming block.[7][8]
Hiroyuki Sawano produced and co-composed the music, as well as the opening and ending themes, "X.U." and "scaPEGoat", respectively, with Takafumi Wada, Asami Tachibana, and Megumi Shiraishi. As part of Sawano's vocal song project "SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]", the opening song is performed by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Gemie, while the ending song is performed by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Yosh. Both themes were released in Japan on a CD on May 20, 2015.[9]
The second part of the anime television series was renamed as 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?). It was announced that the opening is "Two souls -towards the truth-" by fripSide and Nagi Yanagi's "Orarion" (オラリオン?) as the ending song.[10]
Episode list
First cour
| No. | Title | Director | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The World of Blood Legacy" "Kechimyaku no Sekai" (血脈のセカイ) |
Satoshi Kadowaki[11] | April 4, 2015[12] |
| An epidemic of unknown origin strikes mankind, killing all adults and rendering the youngsters at the mercy of the vampire kind. Four years later, Yūichirō Hyakuya and his friends make a daring attempt to escape from the vampires, unaware that a mortal trap awaits them. | |||
| 2 | "Humanity After the Fall" "Hametsu-go no Ningen" (破滅後のニンゲン) |
Masashi Koizuka[13] | April 11, 2015[14] |
| Four years after escaping, Yūichirō is part of the Japanese Army and is eager to become a member of their special vampire hunting force, the Moon Demon Company, but his reckless behavior leads him to be suspended, until a vampire attacks the local school prompting him to face the enemy against orders. | |||
| 3 | "The Demon in Your Heart" "Kokoro ni Sumu Oni" (心に棲むオニ) |
Satoshi Kadowaki[15] | April 18, 2015[16] |
| Yūichirō learns that one of his schoolmates was possessed by a demon and decides to confront him not only in order to save him but to make a contract with the demon and obtain his power. However, he soon learns that subduing the demon will not be such an easy feat. | |||
| 4 | "Vampire Mikaela" "Kyūketsuki Mikaera" (吸血鬼ミカエラ) |
Satoshi Kadowaki[17] | April 25, 2015[18] |
| Instead of dying with the rest of his friends, Yūichirō's best friend Mikaela was transformed into a vampire by Krul Tepes, the queen of the vampires and now works as her aide. Meanwhile, Yūichirō finally begins his training to become a member of the Moon Demon Company. | |||
| 5 | "Black Demons Contract" "Kuro-oni tono Keiyaku" (黒鬼とのケイヤク) |
Shuhei Matsushita[19] | May 2, 2015[20] |
| Wary of the Human Army's rise to power, Krul calls the vampires to war against them, while Yūichirō and his friends are finally selected to attempt to claim a demon weapon for themselves, despite knowing the risks. | |||
| 6 | "New Family" "Atarashii kazoku" (新しいカゾク) |
Kei Anjiki[21] | May 9, 2015[22] |
| After passing the final test, Yūichirō and his classmate Shihō Kimizuki obtain their own Demon Weapons, but when Yūichirō's friend Yoichi Saotome ends up possessed by his weapon, the duo must find a way to bring him back to his senses without killing him. | |||
| 7 | "Mitsuba's Team" "Mitsuba no Chīmu" (三葉のチーム) |
Tetsuya Wakano[23] | May 16, 2015[24] |
| Yūichirō and his friends introduced to a new member, Mitsuba Sangū, and are then dispatched for his first mission as part of the Moon Demon Company, but when they spot a little girl in distress, Yūichirō ignores orders and rushes to rescue her, despite being warned that he is just being lured into a trap. | |||
| 8 | "First Extermination" "Senmetsu no Hajimari" (殲滅のハジマリ) |
Masaki Utsunomiya[25] | May 23, 2015[26] |
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Shinoa Squad enters the subway station and fights the vampires present. They surprise the squad with an ambush, and they realize the girl they saved gave them wrong numbers. Yu saves Mitsuba's life, and they exterminate the vampires in the station. After that, they proceed to Shinjuku and encounter vampire nobles Crowley Eusford, Chess Belle, and Horn Skuld and find they are utterly outmatched. However, the vampires leave to the front lines, and Shinoa Squad survives. |
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| 9 | "Vampire Attack" "Shūgeki no Vanpaiya" (襲撃のヴァンパイア) |
Takeshi Ninomiya[27] | May 30, 2015[28] |
| Yūichirō and his companions arrive at Shinjuku to help repel the vampire offensive, while Guren's party spots Mikaela and Ferid, and decides to face them. | |||
| 10 | "Results of the Choice" "Sentaku no Kekka" (選択のケッカ) |
Takeshi Ninomiya[29] | June 6, 2015[30] |
| Yūichirō and Shinoa get separated from the others and after taking a wounded soldier to be treated, they regroup to assist Guren's party. In the occasion, Yūichirō and Mikaela finally meet again. | |||
| 11 | "Reunion of Childhood Friends" "Osananajimi no Saikai" (幼馴染のサイカイ) |
Kunihiro Mori[31] | June 13, 2015[32] |
| Mikaela attempts to escape, taking Yūichirō with him. However, in the midst of the chaos, Yūichirō goes out of control when a dreadful power emerges from him, threatening allies and foes alike. Shinoa manages to stop him but he falls unconscious. | |||
| 12 | "Everyone is a Sinner" "Min'na Tsumibito" (みんなツミビト) |
Toshikazu Yoshizawa[33] | June 20, 2015[34] |
| Yu has been in a coma for five days when Shinoa confronts Guren about special drugs in Yu's pill. He tells her to go and wait for Yu to wake up if she really cares for him. During the seventh day of his coma, Yu wakes up. He finds out that Mika retreated with the other vampires. Once all his friends have gathered he thanks them and apologizes to them. At the end of the episode both Yu and Mika promise themselves they will save the other. | |||
Second cour
| Series No. |
Season No. |
Title | Director | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 01 | "Human World" "Ningen no Sekai" (人間のセカイ) |
Satoshi Kadowaki[35] | October 10, 2015[36] |
| Shinoa spars against Guren before visiting Yu in the library. Yuu is looking for a way to turn Mika back into a human. She tells him about turning humans into vampires. Then, Kureto Hiragi summons Yu to ask him about a vampire spy while torturing Kimizuki and Yoichi to make him tell the truth. Afterward, Yu asks Guren about it and requests his help in reclaiming Mika under promise that Mika would also be useful to him. In Sanguinem, Mika starves for blood and Ferid recommends halting his growth there. A child offers his blood to Ferid, and Ferid tempts Mika to drink the boy's blood but Mika refuses. Ferid then invites Mika to the Progenitor Council meeting. | ||||
| 14 | 02 | "Complicated Connections" "Kōsakusuru Kankei" (交錯するカンケイ) |
Tetsuo Hirakawa[37] | October 17, 2015[38] |
| Yoichi eliminates five horsemen with one attack, and Yu begins the next step of his training. Yu battles against Asuramaru in his mind and break the demon's illusion using his feelings for Mika to break out the demon's illusion and defeats Asuramaru by befriending him. At the Progenitor Council meeting, Ferid discusses the battle at Shinjuku and has Mika present a video showing Yu's transformation. Krul strikes at Ferid and intentionally misses. Ferid explains that she cannot kill him. Kimizuki struggles in battle against Kiseki-o and faces memories where he was told to kill his sister. He breaks free and is victorious by remembering how Yuu strives to protect Mika, whom Yu considers as "family" even though they are not related by blood. After that, Kimizuki and Yu show off their new techniques, and Shinoa and Mitsuba learn the files on the three boys have been erased. | ||||
| 15 | 03 | "The Demon Army's Ambition" "Teiki Gun no Yabou" (帝鬼軍のヤボウ) |
Fumihiro Ueno[39] | October 24, 2015[40] |
| The child who contacted Ferid Bathory in the previous episode sends a letter via messenger pigeon to Aoi Sangu, who passes it on to Kureto. Shinoa Squad meets, and Kureto Hiragi and Guren Ichinose do the same. Kureto announces his plan to attack and wipe out ten noble vampires in Nagoya before the vampires bring their main army down on Japan in one month. Shinoa reveals that Yu tried to kill her during the battle in Shinjuku, and the squad considers whether to keep following Guren or not. Eventually, they decide to follow him and make their policy to protect their family. Meanwhile, Mika attacks Krul for her blood. Once he calms down, she reveals her plans to him and gives him a secret mission. Shinoa briefs Guren on her squad's success in training, and he gives her new orders. Mika meets with other vampires to head to Nagoya, and Kureto orders potentially lethal experimentation on an unknown girl. | ||||
| 16 | 04 | "The Moon Demon's Orders" "Gekki no gourei" (月鬼のゴウレイ) |
Yoshiaki Kyogoku[41] | October 31, 2015 |
| Shinoa Squad travels to the Ebina rest stop, dodging Horsemen as they drive. Shinoa and Mitsuba ditch Yu, and their squad arrives late. Yu takes the blame for making them be tardy. As punishment, Guren, Mito, and Shinya fight against Shinoa Squad and handily defeat them. When Makoto Narumi says he cannot trust his lives to those kids, Guren assigns them to be part of Narumi's squad for their mission. Elsewhere, Mika and Lacus collect stray human children as a gift for vampires in Nagoya. Krul's blood has become ineffective at sating Mika's thirst, and he attacks a human child in his bloodthirst. However, he snaps out of it and releases her, and Lacus comments about how weird Mika is. | ||||
| 17 | 05 | "Livestock Revolt" "Hangyaku suru kachiku" (反逆するカチク) |
Yasuhiro Akamatsu[42] | November 7, 2015 |
| Shinoa and Narumi Squads discuss their mission to exterminate Fifteenth Progenitor Lucal Wesker. Meanwhile, Shinya and Yoichi wait from their sniping point, and Shinya calms Yoichi's nerves. Lucal Wesker and his servant Esther discuss Krul Tepes's orders and debate whether they should obey. Sensing an attack, Lucal Wesker throws Esther in the way to use him as a meat shield to protect himself, and Esther perishes. Shinoa and Narumi Squads attack with Yu taking the lead. They battle, and Kimizuki is able to taunt Lucal Wesker enough to make him run to them. They severely injure him, and Yayoi Endo attempts to finish him off. Taking her sword, Lucal Wesker refuses to die by a human's hands and kills himself instead. Underground, Ichinose Squad struggles to defeat Nineteenth Progenitor Mel Stefano but eventually wins. Private Kusunoki reaches them and reveals that all forty-five soldiers at City Hall were defeated by Crowley Eusford. Only nineteen of them were killed, and the remainder are held hostage. Goshi provides a comforting illusion for Kusunoki as Kusunoki passes away. | ||||
| 18 | 06 | "Sword of Justice" "Seigi no Tsurugi" (正義のツルギ) |
Yoko Kanamori[43] | November 14, 2015 |
| Crowley Eusford tests a Demon Army sword against Chess Belle and suspects a high-ranking vampire traitor has been providing information to the humans. The surviving human teams regroup. Guren leaves Aiko Aihara's team behind to direct late soldiers to Nagoya Airport while he takes the other squads to rescue hostages. A few more soldiers arrive at Aiko's location, but vampires suddenly arrive in two large helicopters and capture everyone. Aiko orders them to commit suicide. Mika prevents her from swallowing poison, leaving her as the only survivor. She decides to trust Mika when he address Yuichiro as "Yuu-chan" and tells him Yu's location. With Mika acting as her interrogator, she tricks the other vampires into going to the botanical garden in Higashiyama Park. With some persistence, she persuades Mika to kill her. Mika separates from Lacus and René and takes five soldiers with him to City Hall while claiming to doubt words from a human. | ||||
| 19 | 07 | "Shin'ya and Guren" "Shin'ya to Guren" (深夜とグレン) |
Kunihiro Mori[44] | November 21, 2015 |
| The Moon Demon Company discusses their hostage situation and decides to attack Crowley Eusford, Chess Belle, and Horn Skuld. Yoichi attempts to snipe Crowley, but Crowley catches the manifested demon and throws it aside without so much as a scratch. Shinya and Guren distract the nobles while the other company members focus on rescuing the hostages. Crowley beats Guren and Shinya easily and manages to capture Guren. In the meantime, Shinoa Squad launches their plan to assist Guren. Yu jumps through the floor and attacks Crowley, who immediately counterattacks. | ||||
| 20 | 08 | "Demon's Lullaby" "Oni no komoriuta" (鬼のコモリウタ) |
Ayumi Yamada[45] | November 28, 2015 |
| Shinoa Squad attacks Crowley, Chess, and Horn in an attempt to rescue Guren and Shinya. With Ichinose Squad's help, they retrieve Shinya but are unable to rescue Guren and must abandon him. Meanwhile, Seishiro attempts to arrest Kureto when he realizes Kureto has his own itinerary, and Aoi eliminates Seishiro's soldiers. Yu disagrees on the orders and defies them by eventually taking two more pills. He vomits blood and bleeds from his eyes before collapsing. Mika reaches Crowley's territory and slaughters the vampires accompanying him. | ||||
| 21 | 09 | "Traitorous Allies" "Uragiri no Mikata" (裏切りのミカタ) |
Yoshiaki Kyogoku[46] | December 5, 2015 |
| The power of angels forces Yu to stay alive. Yu is tempted to take a golden trumpet but Asuramaru lures him from their power, stating that angels are scarier than demons and gives Yu some power and heals him. After reviving, Yu charges off to save Guren and battles Crowley. As Asuramaru begins possessing him, Kimizuki appears and captures Yu using Kiseki-o's Box. Yu is unconscious, and the soldiers retreat. Mika waits for the Moon Demon Company and charges in to rescue Yu. When Shinya is about to kill Mika, Shinoa attacks Shinya and saves Mika instead. Her squad turns against the company, and Mika flees with Yu. | ||||
| 22 | 10 | "Yu and Mika" "Yū to Mika" (優とミカ) |
Shuhei Matsushita[47] | December 12, 2015 |
| Mika brings Yu in an abandoned building and struggles to fight his bloodthirst. Yu wakes up and, recognized Mika, who attacked him and almost sucked his blood. After a heartfelt conversation, Yuu makes Mika drink his blood and convinces him to keep living with him, even if he has to live as a complete vampire. Yuu managed to convince that he can trust his squad, with some bickering. They then decide to head to the Nagoya Airport to rendezvous with them using a car. In the end, Kureto is seen as he conducts experiments on Mirai Kimizuki. | ||||
| 23 | 11 | "Arrogant Love" "Gōman'na ai" (傲慢なアイ) |
Satoshi Kadowaki[48] | December 19, 2015 |
| The remnants of the Moon Demon Company arrive at Nagoya Airport, but there are no helicopters waiting for them. Mito Jujo finds a direct in the flight control room telling them to stand by. The soldiers argue and eventually decide to abandon the mission and rescue Guren instead. Meanwhile, vampire nobles beat Guren until Mahiru takes over and slaughters one. He and Krul act out a fight, and he reveals that the testing grounds is at the airport. He mocks her, telling her that she has no choice but to continue. Helicopters arrive at Nagoya, and Aoi Sangu and Kureto Hiragi step out. He orders the Moon Demon Company to put down their weapons and relax before skewering all of them with chains protruding out of a certain container, with the exception of Shinoa Squad, Makoto and Ichinose Squad, who was prepared. Yu appears in time to defend Shinoa, and Mika says that he and Yuu shouldn't have come, as the humans are not trustworthy. The vampire army arrives and confronts Kureto's troops, resulting in a three-way battle between Kureto's forces, squads loyal to Guren and the vampires. Ichinose Squad defends Shinoa Squad, Makoto Narumi, and Mika to help them escape while chaos ensues around them. Yu moves ahead and encounters Guren, who states he is glad Yu is alive before suddenly swinging down his sword at Yu. | ||||
| 24 | 12 | "Seraph of the End" "Owari no Serafu" (終わりのセラフ) |
Yumi Kawai, Yoshiaki Kyogoku, Tetsuya Wakano, Daisuke Tokudo[49] | December 26, 2015 |
| Guren attacks Yu, but Mika blocks his strike. Meanwhile, Mirai is revealed to be inside the container and emerged as an angel of the Fifth Trumpet after Guren and Kureto provided blood sacrifices from the humans, demons and vampires that were skewered earlier. Kureto summons Abaddon, the Devil of Destruction using Mirai's Fifth Trumpet and succeeds in controlling it and the power of the Seraph of the End. Guren stabs Shiho. Mika and Yu fight Guren, but Guren stabs Yu when Yu cannot kill him. Abbadon spit a horde of Horsemen of John out to the ground and has them attack and eat vampires and humans alike. Mika is badly injured by one, but Yu saves him. Mika cannot recover using vampiric healing abilities in Abbadon's barrier and urges Yu to leave him and join up with his new family instead. Yu refuses to abandon Mika again and says he just has to kill that monster and stabs himself through the chest. After taking the golden trumpet in his subconciousness, Yu awakens into his seraph form - the King of Salt of the Second Trumpet. He turns a large number of humans, vampires, the Horsemen and Abbadon into salt. Kureto fights him but Yuu defeats him. Asuramaru knocks Yu unconscious, and everyone tries to capture him. Krul and Mika move to retrieve Yu before the humans, but Crowley and Ferid attack them and defeat Krul. Krul orders Mika to flee. Ferid declares that Krul is a traitor and commands the battle. Mika escapes with Yu, Makoto, and the rest of Shinoa Squad. Shinoa declares they officially quit being members of the Japanese Imperial Demon Army. Four months later, it's shown that the humans have taken Sanguinem over. In the ending, the teenagers head to Sanguinem to rescue Mirai and bring Guren back. | ||||
Home media
Vampire Reign
| Vol. | Episodes | Bonus disc | Release date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1, 2, 3 | Seraph of the Endless | June 24, 2015 | [50] | |
| 2 | 4, 5, 6 | Seraph of the Endless 2 | July 23, 2015 | [51] | |
| 3 | 7, 8, 9 | Bonus footage, opening and ending theme. Seraph of the Endless 3 | August 26, 2015 | [52] | |
| 4 | 10, 11, 12 | Seraph of the Endless 4 | September 26, 2015 | [53] | |
Battle in Nagoya
| Vol. | Episodes | Bonus disc | Release date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13, 14, 15 | - | December 25, 2015 | [54] | |
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