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DARLING in the FRANXX
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Yuto Uemura
Hiro (voice)
24 eps
Haruka Tomatsu
Zero Two (voice)
24 eps
Kana Ichinose
Ichigo (voice)
24 eps
Yuuichirou Umehara
Gorou (voice)
24 eps
Nanami Yamashita
Miku (voice)
24 eps
Saori Hayami
Kokoro (voice)
24 eps
Marina Inoue
Nana (voice)
24 eps
Shizuka Ishigami
Ikuno (voice)
24 eps
Mutsumi Tamura
Zorome (voice)
24 eps
Aoi Ichikawa
Mitsuru (voice)
24 eps
Soma Saito
Nine Alpha (voice)
11 eps
Kenyu Horiuchi
Dr. Franxx (voice)
13 eps
Hiroki Goto
Futoshi (voice)
23 eps
Katsuyuki Konishi
Hachi (voice)
23 eps
Rie Kugimiya
001 (voice)
6 eps
Takanori Hoshino
081 (voice)
1 eps
Makoto Furukawa
Seven Sages (voice)
13 eps
Masamichi Kitada
Plantation 13 Mayor (voice)
2 eps
Toshiki Masuda
Nine Beta (voice)
9 eps
Ayane Sakura
Nine Delta (voice)
7 eps
Atsushi Tamaru
Nine Epsilon (voice)
7 eps
Takuya Eguchi
Nine Gamma (voice)
8 eps
Nobuo Tobita
Vice Chairman (voice)
11 eps
Natsumi Fujiwara
Gorou (Child) (voice)
3 eps
Ami Koshimizu
Hiro (Child) (voice)
10 eps
Yuhko Kaida
Karina Milsa (voice)
1 eps
Tatsuyuki Kobayashi
245 (voice)
3 eps
Kikuko Inoue
Adult Woman (voice)
2 eps
Shizuka Itoh
New Nana (voice)
4 eps
Marie Oi
Operator (voice)
13 eps
Tessyo Genda
Chairman (voice)
11 eps
Nobuaki Kanemitsu
Plantation 26 Mayor (voice)
1 eps
Takaaki Uchino
APE Soldier (voice)
1 eps
Katsuhiro Tokuishi
Announcement (voice)
1 eps
Saya Hirose
Operator (voice)
11 eps
Hinata Tadokoro
Clerk (voice)
1 eps
Emiko Takeuchi
Operator (voice)
3 eps
Shouto Kashii
President (voice)
1 eps
Akihiro Tajima
Seven Sages (voice)
12 eps
Haruki Ishiya
Staff Member D (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How DARLING in the FRANXX actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
DARLING in the FRANXX reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Spectacle.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
The distant future: Humanity established the mobile fort city, Plantation, upon the ruined wasteland. Within the city were pilot quarters, Mistilteinn, otherwise known as the “Birdcage.” That is where the children live... Their only mission in life was the fight. Their enemies are the mysterious giant organisms known as Kyoryu. The children operate robots known as FRANXX in order to face these still unseen enemies. Among them was a boy who was once called a child prodigy: Code number 016, Hiro. One day, a mysterious girl called Zero Two appears in front of Hiro. “I’ve found you, my Darling.”
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E15
Jian
The fierce battle to take the Grand Crevasse begins, and Hiro is forced to watch from the sidelines. Zero Two may have left, but Squad 13 is still concerned about the way she fights.
- Directed by Toshifumi Akai
- Written by Hiroshi Seko
S01E13
The Beast and the Prince
In the deepest, darkest parts of a forest lived a strong and beautiful beast princess. Beckoned by the moonlight, she wandered into a land of humans, and in the moonlit garden of a small castle, she fell in love with a prince.
- Directed by Manabu Okamoto
- Written by Naotaka Hayashi
S01E21
For You, My Love
There appears to be no escape from the impending destruction of Earth. But at the end of the world, Zero Two decides that she will keep her promise, no matter what.
- Directed by Manabu Okamoto
- Written by Naotaka Hayashi
S01E20
A New World
Humanity's operation to wipe out the klaxosaurs once and for all begins, and APE sends Strelizia to take control of Star Entity, the enemy's biggest weapon. However, the klaxosaur princess has other ideas.
- Directed by Miyuki Kuroki
- Written by Naotaka Hayashi
S01E12
The Garden Where It All Began
Squad 13 heads back to the Garden for testing, with Zero Two's emotional state worsening by the day. They run into Nine Alpha, who offers some insight about her, but the most revealing words come straight from the horse's mouth...
- Directed by Yoshihiro Miyajima
- Written by Naotaka Hayashi
S01E24
Never Let Me Go
While Hiro and Zero Two head to VIRM's home planet to defeat them, the rest of Squad 13 do their best to get life on Earth back on track.
- Directed by Miyuki Kuroki
- Written by Naotaka Hayashi
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E24
Never Let Me Go
- Directed by Miyuki Kuroki
- Written by Naotaka Hayashi
S01E23
DARLING in the FRANXX
- Directed by Takahiro Harada, Toshifumi Akai
- Written by Naotaka Hayashi
S00E05
Making Documentary
S01E21
For You, My Love
- Directed by Manabu Okamoto
- Written by Naotaka Hayashi
S00E04
Creator's Voice Complete Ver.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Yosuke TobaProducer
Writing
- Hiroshi SekoWriter
- Naotaka HayashiWriter
- Atsushi NishigoriWriter
- Masahiko OtsukaWriter
- Rino YamazakiWriter
Direction
- Yoshihiro MiyajimaDirector
- Masato NakazonoDirector
- Shoko NakamuraDirector
- Takahiro ShikamaDirector
- Yuichi ShimodairaDirector
- Manabu OkamotoDirector
Cinematography
- Yuya SakumaDirector of Photography
Music
- Asami TachibanaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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