The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil

The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil
First tankōbon volume cover
愚かな天使は悪魔と踊る
(Oroka na Tenshi wa Akuma to Odoru)
GenreRomantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written bySawayoshi Azuma
Published byASCII Media Works
ImprintDengeki Comics Next
MagazineDengeki Maoh
DemographicSeinen
Original runJune 27, 2016 – present
Volumes17
Manga
Midara na Sotai wa Sei ni Mezameru
Written bySawayoshi Azuma
Illustrated bySuimin
Published byASCII Media Works
ImprintDengeki Comics Next
MagazineDengeki Maoh
DemographicSeinen
Original runNovember 26, 2022 – present
Volumes1
Anime television series
Directed byItsuro Kawasaki
Written byItsuro Kawasaki
Music byTakurō Iga [ja]
Studio
  • Children's Playground Entertainment [ja]
  • Gaina (production cooperation)
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkTV Tokyo, TVO, AT-X, BS TV Tokyo, QAB
Original run January 9, 2024 – present
Episodes3
icon Anime and manga portal

The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil (愚かな天使は悪魔と踊る, Oroka na Tenshi wa Akuma to Odoru) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sawayoshi Azuma. It has been serialized in ASCII Media Works' seinen manga magazine Dengeki Maoh since June 2016, with its chapters collected into seventeen tankōbon volumes as of December 2023. An anime television series adaptation produced by Children's Playground Entertainment [ja] premiered in January 2024.

Plot

Heaven and Hell are at war with Hell at a disadvantage. The demon Masatora Akutsu goes to Earth undercover as a student planning to recruit charismatic humans to bolster the ranks and raise the morale of Hell. He quickly becomes smitten with the student Lily Amane and attempts to recruit her. However, she reveals herself to be a sadistic, undercover angel who hunts demons. She defeats him and spares his life, then puts a collar on him that forces him to obey her. While he plots to break free, she plots to use him as a tool to reform Heaven.

Characters

Masatora Akutsu (阿久津 雅虎, Akutsu Masatora)
Voiced by: Taku Yashiro[2] (vomic), Yuma Uchida[3] (anime) (Japanese); Brandon Acosta[4] (English)
Lily Amane (天音 リリー, Amane Rirī)
Voiced by: Kaede Hondo[2] (vomic), Ayane Sakura[3] (anime) (Japanese); Lindsay Sheppard[4] (English)
Yūya Tanigawa (谷川 裕也, Tanigawa Yūya)
Voiced by: Shūichirō Umeda[5] (Japanese); Tristan Bonner[4] (English)
Kensaku Hirota (広田 健作, Hirota Kensaku)
Voiced by: Shun'ichi Toki[5] (Japanese); Kyle Igneczi[4] (English)
Yūka Tanahashi (棚橋 夕香, Tanahashi Yūka)
Voiced by: Nao Tōyama[5]
Liz (リズ, Rizu)
Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya[6]
Shiromura (城村)
Voiced by: Kazuhiro Yamaji[7]
Joe (ジョー, Jō)
Voiced by: Masako Nozawa[8]
Chum (チャム, Chamu)
Voiced by: Mayumi Tanaka[8]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Sawayoshi Azuma, The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil began serialization in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Maoh magazine on June 27, 2016.[1][9] As of December 2023, seventeen tankōbon volumes have been released.[10]

A spin-off series illustrated by Suimin, titled Midara na Sotai wa Sei ni Mezameru, began serialization in Dengeki Maoh on November 26, 2022.[11]

Volumes

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 December 17, 2016[12]978-4-04-892510-5
2 March 27, 2017[13]978-4-04-892788-8
3 August 26, 2017[14]978-4-04-893308-7
4 March 27, 2018[15]978-4-04-893711-5
5 September 27, 2018[16]978-4-04-893988-1
6 February 26, 2019[17]978-4-04-912361-6
7 August 24, 2019[18]978-4-04-912651-8
8 January 27, 2020[19]978-4-04-912981-6
9 July 27, 2020[20]978-4-04-913297-7
10 January 27, 2021[21]978-4-04-913631-9
11 July 27, 2021[22]978-4-04-913897-9
12 November 27, 2021[23]978-4-04-914121-4
13 May 27, 2022[24]978-4-04-914428-4
14 October 31, 2022[25]978-4-04-914712-4
15 April 27, 2023[26]978-4-04-914991-3
16 October 26, 2023[27]978-4-04-915256-2
17 December 27, 2023[10]978-4-04-915430-6
18 January 26, 2024978-4-04-915484-9

Midara na Sotai wa Sei ni Mezameru

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 October 26, 2023[27]978-4-04-915252-4

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced in the June issue of Dengeki Maoh on April 26, 2023.[28][29] It will be produced by Children's Playground Entertainment [ja], in cooperation with Gaina, and written and directed by Itsuro Kawasaki, with character designs handled by Yūko Yahiro, and music composed by Takurō Iga [ja].[3] The series premiered on January 9, 2024, on TV Tokyo and other networks.[a] The opening theme song is "Otowa" (オトワ) by Taiyō to Odore, Tsukiyo ni Utae, while the ending theme song is "Gift" by Kaori Ishihara.[30] Crunchyroll has licensed the series outside of Asia.[31] Medialink licensed the series in South, Southeast Asia and Oceania (except Australia and New Zealand) and is streaming it on the Ani-One Asia YouTube channel.[32]

Episodes

No.Title [33][b]Directed by [33]Written by [33]Storyboarded by [33]Original air date [35][a]
1"The Foolish Angel and the Demon"[Alt-Title 1]
Takahiro TamanoItsuro KawasakiItsuro KawasakiJanuary 9, 2024 (2024-01-09)
2"The Even More Foolish Angel and Demon"[Alt-Title 2]
Takahiro TamanoItsuro KawasakiItsuro KawasakiJanuary 16, 2024 (2024-01-16)
3"The Still Foolish Angel and Demon"[Alt-Title 3]
Takahiro TamanoItsuro KawasakiItsuro KawasakiJanuary 23, 2024 (2024-01-23)

Notes

  1. ^ a b TV Tokyo and TV Osaka list the series premiere on January 8 at 25:30, which is effectively January 9 at 1:30 a.m. JST.[8]
  2. ^ All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.[34]

Alternative titles

The official website of the anime uses different English titles for each episode compared to Crunchyroll, which are indicated here as the "Alternative titles".

  1. ^ "Dance with the devil"
  2. ^ "Lalapalooza"
  3. ^ "Preparation"

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