| Ja Kanji: | 悪魔くん |
| Type: | manga |
| Author: | Shigeru Mizuki |
| Publisher: | Toshansha |
| First: | 1963 |
| Last: | 1964 |
| Volumes: | 3 |
| Type: | manga |
| Author: | Shigeru Mizuki |
| Publisher: | Kodansha |
| Demographic: | Shōnen |
| Magazine: | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| First: | 1966 |
| Last: | 1967 |
| Volumes: | 1 |
| Type: | manga |
| Author: | Shigeru Mizuki |
| Publisher: | Shueisha |
| Demographic: | Shōnen |
| Magazine: | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| First: | 1970 |
| Last: | 1971 |
| Volumes: | 1 |
| Live-action series | |
| Content: | A 26 episode live-action series directed by Akira Kashima, Hajime Sato, Minoru Yamada, T. Kobayashi, Itaru Orita, K. Takemoto, Katsuhiko Taguchi. It ran from October 6, 1966, to March 30, 1967, and starred Mitsunobu Kaneko (of Giant Robo fame) as the titular character. |
| Type: | tv series |
| Director: | Junichi Sato |
| Music: | Nozomi Aoki |
| Studio: | Toei Animation |
| Network: | TV Asahi |
| First: | April 15, 1989 |
| Last: | March 24, 1990 |
| Episodes: | 42 |
| Episode List: |
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| Type: | ona |
| Director: | Junichi Sato Fumitoshi Oizaki |
| Producer: | Daichi Nagatomi |
| Music: | Akio Izutsu |
| Studio: | Encourage Films Toei Animation |
| Licensee: | Netflix |
| Released: | November 9, 2023 |
| Runtime: | 21–28 minutes |
| Episodes: | 12 |
is a manga series written and illustrated by Shigeru Mizuki. Several versions of the manga exist, one of which was adapted into a live-action television series, and another into an anime television series. In addition, two movies were spawned from the anime television series: Akuma-kun: The Movie released in 1989 and Akuma-kun: Yōkoso Akuma Land e!! released in 1990.
An original net animation (ONA) series was released in November 2023 on Netflix.
In this series, the contents vary from version to version. The common plot points of every adaptation are listed below.
Shingo Umoregi (埋れ木 真吾) is a boy in fifth grade. He was nicknamed “Akuma-kun” by his friends due to his immense knowledge of demons and the occult. His father Shigeru Umoregi is a manga artist who struggles to sell his work.According to Faust, Shingo is said to be the Messiah, who appears once every ten thousand years to bring peace to the world.
An original net animation (ONA) series was announced in March 2021, with Toei Animation and director Junichi Sato returning from the previous anime series. It can be considered a sequel to the original series. Sato served as the chief director, with Fumitoshi Oizaki serving as the series director and Encourage Films co-animating the series. Hiroshi Ōnogi oversaw the scripts.[1] The series was released worldwide on Netflix on November 9, 2023.[2]
is a role-playing video game for the Famicom that was released on February 24, 1990, and is based on the anime. It was developed by Tose and published by Bandai.
The game follows Shingo Umoregi (Akuma-kun), who the player controls, through three different types of areas. The world map allows Akuma-kun to visit different towns and dungeons. The world map is in an overhead perspective and features random encounters, which pit Akuma-kun against randomly appearing enemies. During battles, the perspective switches to first-person and the player selects different types of attacks from a menu. During battle, the player can summon demons to aid Akuma-kun with fighting. The player's party and the enemies then take turns attacking each other, similar to most other turn-based RPGs. When Akuma-kun enters a town, the view switches to that of a side-scrolling video game. By moving up at certain areas, Akuma-kun can enter buildings and shops.
The game begins as a wizard explains to Akuma-kun that the world will be a better place if demons and humans establish contact. Akuma-kun then sets out to establish this connection.