Darwin's Game
2020 1 season · 11 ep live_tv Scripted Japan

Darwin's Game

ダーウィンズゲーム

Synopsis

ダーウィンズゲーム

Sudou Kaname, an ordinary high school student, receives an invitation email to try a mysterious app called "Darwin's Game." Kaname, upon launching the app, is drawn into a game where players fight one another using superpowers called Sigils. Without knowing the reason for all this, can Kaname survive furious battles against the powerful players who attack him?

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Animation + Mystery in Japan

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The 2020s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in Japan, 539 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Darwin's Game premiered alongside 149 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 149 other Japan seriess in 2020.

The 4043rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (1,671 seriess).

Audience Engagement

137
Reviews
81st
Review-volume percentile
76th
Popularity percentile

137 audience reviews — more than 81% of Japan seriess in our index.

Popularity sits at the 76th percentile among Japan seriess.

Broadcast Timeline

First Air Date
January 4, 2020
Last Air Date
March 21, 2020
Broadcast Span
3 months
Total Episodes
11 across 1 season
Format
Scripted
Total Runtime
≈ 4.4 hours

Reception Benchmarks

7.7
TMDB Rating
137
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #917 of 4,579 Japan seriess indexed here (80th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.8 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #748 of 2,532 (top 30%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesNexus, KADOKAWA
Series TypeScripted
Seasons / Episodes1 / 11
Release DateJanuary 4, 2020
Official Sitedarwins-game.com

Questions Answered

When did Darwin's Game end?

Darwin's Game finished its run with its final episode airing on March 21, 2020.

Where did Darwin's Game air?

Darwin's Game aired on AT-X, which has broadcast 8+ other Asian series indexed in this catalog.