Oroka na Tenshi wa Akuma to Odoru

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Synonyms: The Foolish Angel Dances with Demons, Kanaten

Japanese: 愚かな天使は悪魔と踊る

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jan 9, 2024 to Mar 26, 2024

Premiered: Winter 2024

Broadcast: Tuesdays at 01:30 (JST)

Producers: TV Tokyo, Pony Canyon, Movic, AT-X, Gaina, Docomo Anime Store, Crunchyroll, Kadokawa, Aoni Production, Nihon Keizai Koukokusha, ANLA

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Children's Playground Entertainment

Source: Manga

Genres: Comedy, Supernatural

Themes: Mythology, Romantic Subtext, School

Demographic: Seinen

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.92¹ (scored by 32,106 users)

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Ranked: #4861²

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Popularity: #2194

Members: 91,898

Favorites: 340

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Ranked #4861Popularity #2194Members 91,898

Winter 2024TVChildren's Playground Entertainment

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Losing their war against Heaven's angel army, the demons of Hell are on the cusp of collapse. As a last ditch attempt to turn the tides of the war, the demons send Akutsu Masatora to the mortal plane on Earth to save their homeland from the angels. Disguising himself as a high school student, Akutsu seeks to recruit someone with the capability to lead the demons to victory.

Akutsu does not have to look far: among his classmates is the magnificent Lily Amane, a transfer student who seems like the perfect candidate for Akutsu's plans. But as luck would have it, Lily is one of the very angels that Akutsu is meant to be fighting against, and his attempt to recruit her might end up being the biggest blunder in the failing war. Worse yet, Akutsu may fall in love with his own worst enemy.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Amane, Lily

Main

Sakura, Ayane
Japanese

Akutsu, Masatora

Main

Uchida, Yuuma
Japanese

Chum

Supporting

Tanaka, Mayumi
Japanese

Joe

Supporting

Nozawa, Masako
Japanese

Tanahashi, Yuuka

Supporting

Touyama, Nao
Japanese

Liz

Supporting

Kugimiya, Rie
Japanese

Amane, Lilia

Supporting

Ishihara, Kaori
Japanese

Shiromura-sensei

Supporting

Yamaji, Kazuhiro
Japanese

Koyamatsu

Supporting

Takahashi, Hinako
Japanese

Karney

Supporting

Soyama, Momoko
Japanese

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Iizuka, Aya

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Sotokawa, Akihiro

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Kuwayama, Yukari

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Yago, Ken

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Opening Theme

"Otowa (オトワ)" by Taiyou to Odore, Tsukiyo ni Utae (太陽と踊れ、月夜に唄え)

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Ending Theme

"Gift" by Kaori Ishihara (石原夏織)

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Mar 25, 2024

Subarctic-Forest

Recommended

Kanaten on the surface seems like it might be just another generic romcom. After all, it is obviously based on the centuries old template of Romeo and Juliet, with the forbidden love of enemies, an Angel and Demon, falling for one another, and with the initial reaction to this anime I was concerned the adaptation had been massively screwed up. Having been following the manga this is based on for nearly five years, I can safely say that isn't the case. This adaptation kicks ass and greatly exceeds my expectations.

The most simple description of Kanaten would be a romantic comedy with action elements. The romance ...

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May 1, 2024

BestGeorgeForman

Mixed Feelings

I think the majority of users who’ve left a rating for this show didn’t make it past episode 3. I’ll be straight: the first two episodes are BAD, and the third is very mid. I nearly dropped the show myself, but I have a goal this year to finish even the trash shows I start in 2024.

I’m glad I didn’t drop it, because things get really good in episode 4. I’m not sure if the author needed time to get his comedy down, but every joke in the first three episodes landed completely flat for me. However, the first few minutes in episode 4 ...

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Jan 27, 2024

bubbaishungree

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Oroka na Tenshi wa Akuma to Odoru is, at its heart, a manga that is tied to its mangaka. Azuma Sawayoshi got his start as a doujinshi author. With that foundation, Sawayoshi utilized his experience in drawing Oroka with extremely suggestive tones--ahegao, sex jokes, and (oftentimes outdated) memes being peppered throughout. This created an extremely funny and unique manga that managed to capture not just fun character interactions, but well-drawn panels.

With that preface, one would hope that whatever studio sought to adapt Sawayoshi's work would take as much time and care into capturing the spirit of the original work. Those hopes were crushed when Children's ... Playground Entertainment released its product.

Obviously, with an adaptation of a series I'm quite fond of, it's impossible to be unbiased. Despite that, I will go so far as to say that while this may not be the *worst* adaptation of a manga, it is certainly one of the worst that I have ever seen.

Gone are many of the expressive faces that pepper the story. Gone are the sex-jokes, suggestive gags, and strange conversations that gave the original material life. Gone are entire chapters, many of which, while not critical, provide some much needed characterization to an otherwise already-rushed story. If the opening is to be believed, this production is going to attempt to compress 63 chapters into 12 episodes. Not only is this a foolish venture; it's wholly unnecessary--there's plenty of places for a good spot to end it for one season.

The supporting voice-casting is also quite unusual for this series. Nao Touyama and Rie Kugimiya are excellent seiyuu, with hundreds of roles between them. Using that level of talent for the characters they're casted makes little sense. Surely, less-experienced but still talented seiyuu could have given an excellent performance while saving some of the budget, which is patently thin.

Animation for the show leaves much to be desired. Another victim of the adaptation is the distinct art-style of the manga. Girls especially are significantly more flat and generic in appearance compared to their manga counterparts. Sawayoshi has a distinct style of lips for his girls, which is notably absent from the show. All-around, the animation quality is bare-bones. It is highly unlikely anyone will remember this show for its style--as it blends into every other high school rom-com that's come out in the last five years.

This is the first review for any series that I have bothered to create on MAL. Please consider the fact that I have done so here as evidence of how poorly this show is doing. If readers should take anything from this review, it would be:

Do not bother with this anime. It is a shallow husk of an otherwise excellent manga.

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