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Tengoku Daimakyo
Do you want to go outside of the outside?
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Gen Sato
Maru (voice)
13 eps
Sayaka Senbongi
Kiruko (voice)
13 eps
Hibiku Yamamura
Tokio (voice)
13 eps
Toshiyuki Toyonaga
Kona (voice)
13 eps
Misato Fukuen
Mimihime (voice)
13 eps
Shunsuke Takeuchi
Shiro (voice)
13 eps
Tomoyo Kurosawa
Kuku (voice)
13 eps
Misato Matsuoka
Anzu (voice)
13 eps
Yuuki Shin
Taka (voice)
13 eps
Kazuya Nakai
Robin Inazaki (voice)
13 eps
Masako Isobe
Director (voice)
13 eps
Tadashi Muto
Sawatari (voice)
13 eps
Atsumi Tanezaki
Aoshima (voice)
13 eps
Kei Shindo
Tarao (voice)
4 eps
Satomi Kobashi
Iwa (voice)
4 eps
Mai Nishikawa
Michika (voice)
4 eps
Yoshiko Hisayuki
Proprietress (voice)
2 eps
Masao Komaya
Thief (voice)
1 eps
Mitsuaki Kanuka
Thief (voice)
1 eps
Takahiro Shimada
Thief (voice)
1 eps
Kazuya Saji
Thief (voice)
1 eps
Wataru Tsuyuzaki
Kusakabe (voice)
1 eps
Aya Hisakawa
Mina (voice)
10 eps
Naoki Tamanoi
Nikaido (voice)
2 eps
Masaaki Ihara
Kiriko's Fan (voice)
2 eps
Mariya Ise
Haruki Takehaya (voice)
3 eps
Kohei Amasaki
Ken (voice)
2 eps
Kanon Amane
Ran (voice)
2 eps
Ryo Sugisaki
Iwata (voice)
2 eps
Shinya Takahashi
Iwata's Companion (voice)
2 eps
Ayano Shibuya
Nanaki (voice)
5 eps
Kenji Yoshida
Iwata's Companion (voice)
2 eps
Riho Sugiyama
Mikura (voice)
2 eps
Yusuke Sasaki
Iwata's Companion (voice)
2 eps
Mamiko Noto
Asura (voice)
3 eps
Kosuke Kobayashi
CD Shop Clerk (voice)
2 eps
Seiko Tamura
Mizuhashi (voice)
2 eps
Takeru Yagi
Passenger (voice)
4 eps
Yutaka Aoyama
Kuwata (voice)
2 eps
Katsuya Yoshida
Naito (voice)
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Tengoku Daimakyo actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Tengoku Daimakyo reads strongest on Bingeability, Spectacle and World Building.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
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 the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In the year 2024, the world has collapsed. Grotesque monsters lurk amongst the ruins of Japan, while remaining people scrape together what they can to survive. Kiruko, an odd-job girl in Nakano, accepts a mysterious woman's dying wish to take a boy named Maru to a place called Heaven. Maru is convinced that there will be a boy there who looks exactly like him.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E13 · Signature episode
The Journey Continues and Begins
Mimihime, Shiro, Anzu and Taka all head outside through a hole in the wall, as they search for an answer to their teacher's test. Meanwhile, Kiruko is in tears after Robin does something terrible.
- Directed by Tetsuya Takeuchi, Kai Shibata
- Written by Hirotaka Mori
S01E10 · Signature episode
The Walled Town
Maru and Kiruko decide to head to the Ibaraki facility of the Takahara Academy. Since it's on the way, they agree to help Juichi confirm whether his baby is still alive. Arriving at the Walled Town, the situation is very different to what was expected.
- Directed by Kai Ikarashi
- Written by Asako Kuboyama
S01E03 · Signature episode
Kiriko and Haruki
Five years ago, in Asakusa, Robin, Haruki and his racer sister Kiriko had spent their days happily living in an orphanage.
- Directed by Kazuya Nomura
- Written by Asako Kuboyama
S01E11 · Signature episode
The Test Begins
Maru and Kiruko head to the Ibaraki facility after Juichi gives them his car. Meanwhile, a group of new 5th years join the academy. Mimihime notices that one child called Ohma seems very lonely, and tries to make friends. But Ohma has special reasons for keeping away from the other children.
- Directed by Yujiro Moriyama
- Written by Ikumi Nomura
S01E09 · Signature episode
Children of the Nursery
Maru and Kiruko discover that Dr. Usami had a button with the same pattern as the logo they found on the Kiru-Beam. They decide to follow it's trail, and meet a mysterious informant along the way. Meanwhile, back at the nursery, an emergency meeting is held.
- Directed by Kazuya Nomura
- Written by Makoto Fukami
S01E08
Their Choices
After killing the Man-Eaters, Maru and Kiruko finally meet Dr. Usami. He asks something difficult of them, and leads them both to a room where a horrifying scene awaits.
- Directed by Ryo Nakano
- Written by Asako Kuboyama
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E13 · Signature episode
The Journey Continues and Begins
- Directed by Tetsuya Takeuchi, Kai Shibata
- Written by Hirotaka Mori
S01E12
Outside of the Outside
- Directed by Jun Shinohara
- Written by Makoto Fukami
S01E11 · Signature episode
The Test Begins
- Directed by Yujiro Moriyama
- Written by Ikumi Nomura
S01E10 · Signature episode
The Walled Town
- Directed by Kai Ikarashi
- Written by Asako Kuboyama
S01E09 · Signature episode
Children of the Nursery
- Directed by Kazuya Nomura
- Written by Makoto Fukami
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
- Fumi MorihiroProducer
- Cao CongProducer
- Kazuaki TakahashiProducer
- Kazuto MatsumuraProducer
- Hiroshi KameiProducer
- Akira YonezawaProducer
Writing
- Ikumi NomuraWriter
- Makoto FukamiWriter
- Asako KuboyamaWriter
- Hirotaka MoriWriter
Direction
- Masamitsu AbeDirector
- Tetsuya TakeuchiDirector
- Kai ShibataDirector
- Yujiro MoriyamaDirector
- Shota HamadaDirector
- Kazuya NomuraDirector
Cinematography
- Kentaro WakiDirector of Photography
Music
- Kensuke UshioOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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