Kyo Kara Maoh!
2004 3 seasons · 117 ep live_tv Scripted Japan

Kyo Kara Maoh!

今日からマ王!

Synopsis

今日からマ王!

Shibuya Yuuri, an ordinary high school boy got flushed in a toilet and he saw himself in another world. He was then declared as the 27th maou or the demon king of the Demon world by Gunter von Christ and Konrad Weller . When Yuuri now travels back to his new home (the castle), he meet up with Konrad's brothers. Wolfram von Biefield became Yuuri's fiancee when Yuuri slapped him for defending his mother's name. As a result, as the aristocrats tradition to propose a marriage, is by slapping one's left or right cheek with the back of your hand. By the time that Wolfram throw the knive and Yuuri picked it up, it means a battle between them. in their fight, Yuuri dodged Wolfram's majutsu and it hitted the girl just beside His Majesty. Yuuri got angry and turned into Maou, and punished Wolfram using his water majutsu. Yuuri fainted and when he came to senses after 3 days of sleeping, he did not remember anything that happened including using his powers.

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The 2003–2005 Japan Window

Kyo Kara Maoh! holds position #176 of 298 Japan seriess in the 2003–2005 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

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The 2000s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Kyo Kara Maoh! premiered alongside 95 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 95 other Japan seriess in 2004.

The 1586th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

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

Audience Engagement

12
Reviews
16th
Review-volume percentile
75th
Popularity percentile

12 audience reviews — more than 16% of Japan seriess in our index.

Popularity (75th percentile) outruns review volume (16th) — a trending, discussed title among Japan seriess.

Broadcast Timeline

First Air Date
April 3, 2004
Last Air Date
February 19, 2009
Broadcast Span
4.9 years
Total Episodes
117 across 3 seasons
Format
Scripted
Total Runtime
≈ 48.8 hours

Reception Benchmarks

6.6
TMDB Rating
12
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,038 of 4,579 Japan seriess indexed here (34th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,941 of 2,532 (top 77%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesStudio Deen
Series TypeScripted
Seasons / Episodes3 / 117
Release DateApril 3, 2004

Questions Answered

When did Kyo Kara Maoh! end?

Kyo Kara Maoh! finished its run with its final episode airing on February 19, 2009.

Where did Kyo Kara Maoh! air?

Kyo Kara Maoh! aired on NHK, which has broadcast 8+ other Asian series indexed in this catalog.