| Type: | light novel |
| Author: | Mamare Touno |
| Illustrator: | Keinojou Mizutama, toi8 |
| Publisher: | Enterbrain |
| Demographic: | Male |
| First: | December 29, 2010 |
| Last: | December 22, 2012 |
| Volumes: | 8 |
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| Type: | manga |
| Maoyū Maō Yūsha: Oka no Mukō e | |
| Author: | Mamare Touno |
| Illustrator: | Hiro Touge |
| Publisher: | Akita Shoten |
| Demographic: | Shōnen |
| Magazine: | Champion Red |
| First: | May 19, 2011 |
| Last: | August 19, 2014 |
| Volumes: | 8[2] |
| Type: | manga |
| Maoyu: Archenemy and Hero "Become mine, Hero" "I refuse!" | |
| Author: | Mamare Touno |
| Illustrator: | Akira Ishida |
| Publisher: | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Publisher En: | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Demographic: | Shōnen |
| Magazine: | Comp Ace |
| First: | May 26, 2011 |
| Last: | August 26, 2016 |
| Volumes: | 18 |
| Volume List: |
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| Type: | manga |
| Author: | Mamare Touno |
| Illustrator: | You Asami |
| Publisher: | Enterbrain |
| Demographic: | Shōnen |
| Magazine: | Famitsu Comic Clear |
| First: | June 24, 2011 |
| Last: | November 11, 2016 |
| Volumes: | 8[3] |
| Type: | manga |
| Maoyū 4-Koma: Muitemasen yo, Maō-sama! | |
| Author: | Mamare Touno |
| Illustrator: | Ronchi Nanatsumu |
| Publisher: | Enterbrain |
| Demographic: | Shōnen |
| Magazine: | Magi-Cu Comics web |
| First: | Jun 29, 2011 |
| Last: | October 2, 2014 |
| Volumes: | 3[4] |
| Type: | manga |
| Maoyū Maō Yūsha Gaiden: Madoromi no Onna Mahōtsukai | |
| Author: | Mamare Touno |
| Illustrator: | Taiki Kawakami |
| Publisher: | Kodansha |
| Demographic: | Shōnen |
| Magazine: | Monthly Shōnen Sirius |
| First: | November 26, 2011 |
| Last: | March 25, 2014 |
| Volumes: | 7[5] |
| Type: | tv series |
| Director: | Takeo Takahashi |
| Music: | Takeshi Hama |
| Studio: | Arms |
| Network: | Tokyo MX, Mie Television, tvk, Sun TV, KBS, GBS, Animax |
| First: | January 5, 2013 |
| Last: | March 30, 2013 |
| Episodes: | 12 |
| Episode List: | List of Maoyu episodes |
, also known as Maoyu, or Archenemy and Hero in English, is a Japanese light novel series by Mamare Touno that was initially posted in a play format on the textboard 2channel in 2009. Enterbrain published five main novels in the series, in addition to three side-story novels between 2010 and 2012, selling over 450,000 copies in total. It has received several manga adaptations. A 12-episode anime adaptation by Arms aired in Japan from January 5 to March 30, 2013. The series follows the exploits of a human hero and the queen of demons who join forces to bring peace and prosperity to their war-torn world.
See also: List of Maoyu characters. The story is set in a world embroiled by war between Humans and Demons. The Humans' greatest warrior, the, invades the castle of the, intent on vanquishing the leader of the Demons. Inside, the Hero discovers that the Demon King is in fact a Demon Queen; and instead of battling him, the Demon Queen proposes an alliance with the Hero. She explains how a sudden end to the war can bring further chaos to the world as the Humans, once united to stand against their common enemies, would eventually begin fighting among themselves, with similar issues already occurring in the Demon Realm. Convinced by her words, the Hero joins forces with the Queen, and together they execute a plan to bring prosperity and a lasting peace to both Humans and Demons alike.
Game designer Shōji Masuda took note of the series and contacted the author on Twitter.[6] [7] This led to the establishment of a project to publish the series commercially as a novel.[8] Masuda acted as the series' publication supervisor, with Atsushi Yamakita and Hiromi Hosoe taking on the role of setting director, Atsushi Yamakita providing extra consulting on map creation, toi8 providing illustrations, with additional character design assistance from Keinojō Mizutama. Besides the novel series, the franchise has received several manga adaptations and drama CDs and a TV anime adaptation, which was broadcast between January and March 2013.
The manga series Maoyu: Archenemy and Hero "Become mine, Hero" "I refuse!", illustrated by Akira Ishida, was published in English digitally by Kadokawa Shoten, with the first two volumes made available on BookWalker on December 24, 2014.[9] First 16 volumes were released.Yen Press had licensed the manga and planned to release it in a digital format.[10]
See also: List of Maoyu episodes. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation, directed by Takeo Takahashi and produced by Arms, aired in Japan on January 5 to March 30, 2013 on Tokyo MX.[11] The screenplay is written by Naruhisa Arakawa and the music is by Takeshi Hama. The anime is streaming by Crunchyroll with English subtitles.[12] The opening theme song is by Yohko and the ending theme song is "Unknown Vision" by Akino Arai. Sentai Filmworks has acquired the series for a release in North America, while in Australia it is licensed by Madman Entertainment.[13]