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Guilty Crown
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Yuki Kaji
Shu Ouma (voice)
22 eps
Yuichi Nakamura
Gai Tsutsugami (voice)
22 eps
Kana Hanazawa
Ayase Shinomiya (voice)
22 eps
Ayana Taketatsu
Tsugumi (voice)
22 eps
Kazuhiko Inoue
Shuichiro Keido (voice)
22 eps
Daisuke Sakaguchi
Souta Tamadate (voice)
22 eps
Anri Katsu
Argo Tsukishima (voice)
22 eps
Nobutoshi Canna
Makoto Waltz Segai (voice)
22 eps
Takehito Koyasu
Shibungi (voice)
22 eps
Takahiro Mizushima
Yahiro Samukawa (voice)
22 eps
Aya Endo
Arisa Kuhoin (voice)
22 eps
Chika Fujimura
Haruka Ouma (voice)
22 eps
Koki Uchiyama
Daryl Yan (voice)
22 eps
Minako Kotobuki
Kanon Kusama (voice)
22 eps
Yu Shimamura
Hare Menjou (voice)
22 eps
Ai Kayano
Inori Yuzuriha (voice)
23 eps
Naoya Nosaka
Andrei Rowan (voice)
23 eps
Kosuke Takaguchi
Oogumo (voice)
24 eps
Katsuhisa Houki
Okina Kuhoin (voice)
5 eps
Takaya Hashi
Major General Yan (voice)
6 eps
Nobuhiko Okamoto
Kenji Kido (voice)
7 eps
Shuhei Sakaguchi
Hirohide Nanba (voice)
5 eps
Tomoyuki Higuchi
Takaomi Sudo (voice)
6 eps
Toshihiko Seki
Kurosu Ouma (voice)
1 eps
Miyuki Kawasho
Kurachi (voice)
6 eps
Chika Fujitou
Kyo (voice)
3 eps
Yuka Nishigaki
Yu (voice)
8 eps
Minami Tsuda
Ritsu Takarada (voice)
7 eps
Tomoyuki Shimura
Guin (voice)
2 eps
Akeno Watanabe
Gai Tsutsugami (child) (voice)
5 eps
Tomoko Kobashi
Mother (voice)
1 eps
Noriko Obata
Girl (voice)
1 eps
Tsuguo Mogami
Dan Eagleman (voice)
9 eps
Yohei Azakami
Student (voice)
2 eps
Yuuka Hirose
Secretary (voice)
3 eps
Megumi Satou
Student (voice)
1 eps
Daichi Endo
GHQ Commander (voice)
4 eps
Ryota Asari
Schoolboy (voice)
1 eps
Yuya Murakami
Soldier (voice)
17 eps
Kiyohito Yoshikai
Daath Officer (voice)
4 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Guilty Crown actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Guilty Crown reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
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.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
The story revolves around Shu Ouma, a high school boy who inadvertently obtains an ability called "The Power of the Kings" that enables him to draw out items called "Voids" from other people. He is then thrown into the conflict between a resistance group called Funeral Parlor which aims to restore Japan's independence from a quasi-governmental organization known as the GHQ. In the process, Shu has to deal with the burden his ability puts on his shoulders and the horrific mystery of his past.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 22 episodes.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E12
The Lost Christmas
Inori's been kidnapped by forces intent on performing a secret ceremony, and the only way for Shu to get her back is to remember what really happened on December 24th, 2029.
- Directed by Shinpei Ezaki
- Written by Hiroyuki Yoshino
S01E21
Emergence
As Funeral Parlor and the U.N. troops converge on Ward 24--for drastically different reasons--Inori hovers on the edge of becoming Mana. Meanwhile, the mysterious boy who first took her finally reveals his plans for Shu and Gai.
- Directed by Ryotaro Makihara
- Written by Hiroyuki Yoshino
S01E04
Flux
Shu learns confusing things about Funeral Parlor’s agenda in GHQ custody, and it doesn’t help that Gai refuses to answer any questions--or that he breaks into GHQ to rescue not Shu, but a known murderer. Without any straight answers, who can Shu trust?
- Directed by Ryotaro Makihara
- Written by Hiroyuki Yoshino
S01E11
Resonance
GHQ is awash in blood, chaos and song. As the Cancer sweeps over Tokyo, Shu faces the truth about friendship and the consequences of inaction.
- Directed by Ryotaro Makihara
- Written by Ichiro Okouchi
S01E19
Rebirth
Things have gone too far, and as a mother, it's up to Haruka to do something about it. But fortunately or unfortunately, no one in her life seems willing to let her--and she's not the only one who's made a decision.
- Directed by Daisuke Tokudo
- Written by Ichiro Okouchi
S01E06
Leukocytes
A change in circumstances forces Funeral Parlor to carry out their attack against the Leucocyte with drastically reduced manpower, and that's BEFORE Shu pulls out of the mission. Still, learning a few new things about Gai just might change his mind.
- Directed by Shinpei Ezaki
- Written by Hiroyuki Yoshino
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E09
Guilty Crown 4-Panel Theater - phase12-b: revenge (marriage)
S00E14
Guilty Crown 4-Panel Theater - phase21-b: driving (eyes off the road)
S00E13
Guilty Crown 4-Panel Theater - phase19-b: Dead Race (graduation)
S00E12
Guilty Crown 4-Panel Theater - phase17-b: yahiro saw (tryst)
S00E11
Guilty Crown 4-Panel Theater - phase15-b: kill-'em-all (proof)
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
- Mitsuhisa IshikawaExecutive Producer
- Hideo KatsumataExecutive Producer
- Atsushi TeradaExecutive Producer
- George WadaProducer
- Yatsuho TomikawaExecutive Producer
- Naohiro TafuExecutive Producer
Writing
- Ichiro OkouchiWriter
- Jin HaganeyaWriter
- Hiroyuki YoshinoWriter
- Yosuke MiyagiWriter
Direction
- Naoko KusumiDirector
- Taku YonebayashiDirector
- Hiroyuki TanakaDirector
- Yoshiyuki FujiwaraDirector
- Tetsuro ArakiDirector
- Daisuke TokudoDirector
Cinematography
- Koji TanakaDirector of Photography
Music
- ryoOriginal Music Composer
- Hiroyuki SawanoOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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