Seraph of the End (Anime)

Seraph of the End (終わりのセラフ) is the anime adaptation of the manga of the same name by Takaya Kagami and Yamato Yamamoto. It was announced on August 28, 2014.

The anime is one season split into two cours (quarters of the year) with 12 episodes each. Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign ran from April to June and then Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya from October to December. The script for episodes 13-24 diverged from the manga and were written under Takaya Kagami's supervision.

Funimation dubbed the anime in English and streamed it every Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. EDT on its "Dubble Talk" streaming block on the Funimation website for all-access pass subscribers.

Plot
Years ago, a lethal virus spread across the world, wiping out most of humanity and allowing vampires to enslave the human race. From there, Yūichirō Hyakuya and his fellow orphans at the Hyakuya orphanage are treated as livestock, only being allowed to live for their blood. Desperate for freedom, Yūichirō and his best friend, Mikaela, hatch a plan to escape with their family to the outside world, hopefully free from vampires—only for their attempts to end in tragedy. As the only one to make it out alive, Yūichirō allies himself with the Japanese Imperial Demon Army — Japan's only hope against the vampires — in order to avenge his fallen friends.

Cast

 * as Yūichirō Hyakuya
 * as Mikaela Hyakuya
 * as Guren Ichinose
 * as Ferid Bathory
 * as Shinoa Hīragi
 * as Yoichi Saotome
 * as Shihō Kimizuki
 * as Mitsuba Sangū
 * as Krul Tepes
 * as Kureto Hīragi
 * as Shinya Hīragi
 * as Crowley Eusford
 * as Mahiru Hīragi/no-Yo
 * as Makoto Narumi
 * as Sayuri Hanayori
 * as Shigure Yukimi
 * as Norito Goshi
 * as Mito Jūjō, 8-year-old Yu
 * as Asuramaru
 * Takuma Nagatsuka as Lacus Welt
 * as René Simm
 * as Chess Belle
 * as Horn Skuld, Tomoe Saotome
 * as Shūsaku Iwasaki
 * as Rika Inoue
 * as Yayoi Endō
 * as Tarō Kagiyama
 * as Aoi Sangū
 * as Tenri Hīragi
 * as Seishirō Hīragi
 * as 8-year-old Mika
 * Yō Taichi as Akane Hyakuya, Sanguinem announcer
 * Reika Uyama as Chihiro Hyakuya
 * Haruka Shimizu as Kōta Hyakuya
 * as Ako Hyakuya
 * Chitose Morinaga as Fumie Hyakuya
 * Miyuki Kobori as Taichi Hyakuya, young Yoichi
 * Yoshihito Sasaki as Satoshi Yamanaka
 * Keisuke Hamaoka as Shishido
 * Shōya Chiba as Yūji
 * as Yūichirō's father

English cast

 * as Yūichirō Hyakuya
 * as Mikaela Hyakuya
 * Dave Trosko as Guren Ichinose
 * as Ferid Bathory
 * as Shinoa Hīragi
 * as Yoichi Saotome
 * as Shihō Kimizuki
 * Alex Moore as Mitsuba Sangū
 * as Krul Tepes
 * Garret Storms as Kureto Hīragi
 * as Shinya Hīragi
 * as Crowley Eusford
 * as Mahiru Hīragi/no-Yo, Kōta Hyakuya
 * Ricco Fajardo as Makoto Narumi
 * Skyler McIntosh as Sayuri Hanayori
 * Mallorie Rodak as Shigure Yukimi
 * as Mito Jūjō
 * as Norito Goshi
 * as Asuramaru
 * Aaron Roberts as Lacus Welt
 * Alex Organ as René Simm
 * Lauren Allison as Chess Belle
 * Mikaela Krantz as Horn Skuld
 * as Shūsaku Iwasaki
 * as Rika Inoue
 * Tabitha Ray as Yayoi Endō
 * Chris Guerrero as Tarō Kagiyama
 * Sarah Wiedenheft as Aoi Sangū, Ako Hyakuya
 * as Tenri Hīragi
 * Justin Cook as Seishirō Hīragi
 * Seth Magill as Satoshi Yamanaka
 * Dallas Reid as Shishido
 * Clifford Chapin as Yūji
 * Kristin Sutton as Fumie Hyakuya, Hyakuya Orphanage Director, unnamed female student
 * as Yūichirō's father

Crew

 * Original story: Takaya Kagami
 * Original art: Yamato Yamamoto
 * Original storyboards: Daisuke Furuya
 * Series structure/screenplay:
 * Deputy director: Masashi Koizuka
 * Character design: Satoshi Kadowaki
 * Visual development art: Hiroki Shinagawa
 * Music producer:
 * Music production: Yasushi Horiguchi (Legendoor)
 * Sound director: Yota Tsuruoka
 * Sound production: Rakuonsha
 * Sub character and prop design: Takuma Ebisu
 * Chief animation directors: Satoshi Kadowaki, Ayumi Yamada
 * Main animators: Megumi Tomita, Miho kato, Yuka Sugizaki, Takuma Ebisu
 * Color design: Fumiko Numahata
 * Art director: Seiko Yoshioka
 * Art design: Kazushi Fujii
 * Background art: Studio Pablo
 * Director of photography: Yasuhiro Akamatsu
 * 3D director: Tsukasa Saito
 * 2D works: Hirofumi Araki
 * Editor: Masaki Utsunomiya
 * Animation produced by:

English crew

 * ADR director:
 * Assisstant ADR director:
 * Lead engineer: Stephen Hoff
 * Assistant ADR engineer: Gregory Taylor

Episodes
The first half of the anime aired from April 4 to June 20, 2015, over twelve episodes. The opening theme was "X.U." by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Gemie, and the ending theme was "scaPEGoat" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Yosh.

The second half, entitled Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya (終わりのセラフ 名古屋決戦編), aired from October 10 to December 26, 2015, in twelve episodes. For Battle in Nagoya, the opening theme was "Two souls -toward the truth-" performed by, and the ending theme was "Orarion" by.

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