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Cover of the sixth and final Blu-ray volume released by Pony Canyon in Japan on December 4, 2013.
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Country of origin | Japan |
No. of episodes | 13 |
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Original network | Tokyo MX |
Original release | April 3 – June 29, 2013 |
The Devil Is a Part-Timer! is 2013 fantasy, comedy Japanese anime series based on the light novels written by Satoshi Wagahara. In another dimension, the Dark Lord Satan and his forces of evil are defeated by the Hero Emilia Justina. Satan and his Demon general Alciel are forced to flee through a portal which drops them off in modern day Japan. With their magic slowly depleting in an unfamiliar world, they are forced to assume the lives of normal human beings in order to survive. The Hero Emilia Justina follows them through the portal and she too is met with the same circumstances. Although Emilia still harbors negative feelings towards Satan for his past acts of evil, they become unlikely allies in order to survive.
The anime is produced by White Fox and directed by Naoto Hosoda, with series composition by Masahiro Yokotani, character designs by Atsushi Ikariya, art direction by Yoshito Takamine and sound direction by Jin Aketagawa. The thirteen episode series premiered between April 4 and June 27, 2013 on Tokyo MX and was later aired on KBS, SUN-TV, BS Nittele, TVA and AT-X.Pony Canyon released the series in Japan on six Blu-ray and DVD volumes starting on July 3, 2013. The anime was acquired by Funimation for streaming in North America.Manga Entertainment later licensed the series for distribution. This was followed by an acquisition by Siren Visual for home media distribution and online streaming on their AnimeLab service in 2014.
The opening theme is "Zero!!" by Minami Kuribayashi while the ending theme is "Gekka" (月花, lit. "Moon Flower") by Nano Ripe. "Star Chart" (スターチャート) by Nano Ripe is used as the ending theme of episode 5 while "Tsumabiku Hitori" (ツマビクヒトリ) by Nano Ripe is used as the ending theme of episode 13.