Anime · Iwate Menkoi Television
ERASED
The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Shinnosuke Mitsushima
29-year-old Satoru Fujinuma (voice)
12 eps
Tao Tsuchiya
10-year-old Satoru Fujinuma (voice)
12 eps
Minami Takayama
Sachiko Fujinuma (voice)
12 eps
Akemi Okamura
Ms. Akemi Hinazuki (voice)
4 eps
Eiji Takeuchi
Manager Takahashi (voice)
3 eps
Hina Kino
Misato Yanagihara (voice)
5 eps
Asami Yoshida
Hamada (voice)
4 eps
Ippei Oizumi
Nishizono (voice)
1 eps
Toru Okawa
Sawada (voice)
3 eps
Hideaki Tezuka
Jun's father (voice)
2 eps
Kumiko Nakane
Airi's mom (voice)
1 eps
Sayaka Kaneko
Aya Nakanishi (voice)
2 eps
Hiroko Takahashi
Kayo's grandmother (voice)
1 eps
Kenji Hamada
Dr. Kitamura (voice)
1 eps
Reika Uyama
Kumi (voice)
1 eps
Chinatsu Akasaki
Airi Katagiri (voice)
3 eps
Aoi Yuuki
Kayo Hinazuki (voice)
9 eps
You Taichi
Kenya Kobayashi (voice)
8 eps
Ayaka Nanase
Osamu (voice)
9 eps
Yukitoshi Kikuchi
Kazu (voice)
9 eps
Takahiro Mizushima
Jun "Yuuki" Shiratori
3 eps
Mitsuru Miyamoto
Gaku Yashiro (voice)
10 eps
Akari Kito
Hiromi Sugati (voice)
9 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How ERASED actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
ERASED reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Satoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who has the ability to turn back time and prevent deaths. When his mother is killed he turns back time to solve the mystery, but ends up back in elementary school, just before the disappearance of his classmate Kayo.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Flashing Before My Eyes
Satoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who works at a pizza parlor. Ever since he was a kid, he has been holding himself responsible for a kidnapping incident. Finally, the time has come for the truth from his past to be revealed…
- Directed by Tomohiko Ito
- Written by Taku Kishimoto
S01E10
Joy
Three people, including Hiromi, were murdered the first time around, but this time, the targets were moved out of the killer’s sights. However, Satoru is worried about whom the killer will go after next in place of his intended victims.
- Written by Taku Kishimoto
S01E08
Spiral
Instead of going home, Kayo has spent the last few days in a disused school bus while being supported by Satoru and the others. Only Sachiko and Yashiro begin to realize that something is going on when they observe changes in Satoru’s behavior.
- Directed by Kosaya
- Written by Yutaka Yasunaga, Taku Kishimoto
S01E04
Accomplishment
Satoru invites Hinazuki to the Science Center so she won’t be alone. He suspects that he’s riding the same pre-Revival rail of time, and before he knows it, X-day has arrived...
- Directed by Shinya Watada
- Written by Taku Kishimoto
S01E06
Grim Reaper
After confirming that the fire at Airi’s home is related to his mother’s death, Satoru relies on a note she left behind to make contact with Sawada, a former reporter for TV Ishikari.
- Directed by Hirotaka Mori
- Written by Taku Kishimoto
S01E03
Birthmark
Satoru is determined to prevent Kayo from getting kidnapped before her birthday. He goes to her place to see her, but… is he too late?
- Directed by Takahiro Shikama
- Written by Yutaka Yasunaga
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E02
ERASED Episode 7-11 Digest
S01E08
Spiral
- Directed by Kosaya
- Written by Yutaka Yasunaga, Taku Kishimoto
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
- Kenta SuzukiProducer
- Hiroe TsukamotoProducer
- Taku MatsuoProducer
Writing
- Yutaka YasunagaWriter
- Taku KishimotoWriter
Direction
- Takahiro ShikamaDirector
- Tomohiko ItoDirector
- Toshimasa IshiiDirector
- KosayaDirector
- Shinya WatadaDirector
- Makoto HoshinoDirector
Cinematography
- Toshiaki AoshimaDirector of Photography
Music
- Yuki KajiuraOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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