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The Eminence in Shadow
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Asami Seto
Alpha (voice)
32 eps
Kana Hanazawa
Alexia Midgar (voice)
23 eps
Fairouz Ai
Delta (voice)
32 eps
Saya Aizawa
Sherry Barnett (voice)
20 eps
Hisako Kanemoto
Epsilon (voice)
32 eps
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Skel Etal (voice)
24 eps
Ayaka Asai
Zeta (voice)
20 eps
Shin Matsushige
Po Tato (voice)
24 eps
Reina Kondo
Eta (voice)
32 eps
Yoko Hikasa
Iris Midgar (voice)
22 eps
Rina Hidaka
Claire Kagenou (voice)
32 eps
Seiichiro Yamashita
Cid Kagenou / Shadow (voice)
34 eps
Inori Minase
Beta (voice)
37 eps
Suzuko Mimori
Gamma (voice)
34 eps
Haruka Shiraishi
Rose Oriana (voice)
29 eps
Masaya Matsukaze
Zenon (voice)
5 eps
Rikuya Yasuda
Marco (voice)
5 eps
Junichi Yanagita
Referee (voice)
7 eps
Shota Yamamoto
Glen (voice)
4 eps
Maaya Uchida
Nu (voice)
12 eps
Yuki Ishikari
Male Student (voice)
3 eps
Mari Hino
Student Council (voice)
3 eps
Shogo Sakata
Passerby (voice)
3 eps
Kento Shiraishi
Soldier (voice)
3 eps
Reigo Yamaguchi
Banker (voice)
6 eps
Ryoko Maekawa
Omega (voice)
9 eps
Hayato Kimura
Soldier (voice)
5 eps
Ryunosuke Watanuki
Tugide Mackenzie (voice)
4 eps
Mugihito
Nelson (voice)
4 eps
Hiroki Maeda
Knight (voice)
4 eps
Shohei Kajikawa
Rescue Team (voice)
3 eps
Kaori Nazuka
Aurora (voice)
4 eps
Yuki Arai
Referee (voice)
6 eps
Natsumi Kawaida
Female Student (voice)
3 eps
Taito Ban
Male Student (voice)
3 eps
Keisuke Hamaoka
Knight (voice)
3 eps
Hikaru Midorikawa
Jimina Sennen (voice)
6 eps
Shion Wakayama
Annerose Fusianus (voice)
4 eps
Kenta Miyake
Quinton (voice)
6 eps
Katsunori Okai
Soldier (voice)
4 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Eminence in Shadow actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Eminence in Shadow 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 often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
Shadowbrokers are those who go unnoticed, posing as unremarkable people, when in truth, they control everything from behind the scenes. Sid wants to be someone just like that more than anything, and something as insignificant as boring reality isn’t going to get in his way! He trains in secret every single night, preparing for his eventual rise to power—only to be denied his destiny by a run-of-the-mill (yet deadly) traffic accident. But when he wakes up in a another world and suddenly finds himself at the head of an actual secret organization doing battle with evil in the shadows, he’ll finally get a chance to act out all of his delusional fantasies!
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 32 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
202230 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
202220 episodes
7.1IMDbEven in his past life, Cid's dream wasn't to become a protagonist or a final boss. He'd rather lie low as a minor character until it's prime time to reveal he's a mastermind...or at least, do the next best thing-pretend to be one! And now that he's been reborn into another world, he's ready to set the perfect conditions to live out his dreams to the fullest. Armed with his overactive imagination, Cid jokingly recruits members to his organization and makes up a whole backstory about an evil cult that they need to take down. Well, as luck would have it, these imaginary adversaries turn out to be the real deal-and everyone knows the truth but him!
Best episode · S01E20 Advent of the Demon
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
202312 episodes
7.4IMDbEverything has been going according to plan, but the hour of awakening draws near. Cid Kagenou and Shadow Garden investigate the Lawless City, a cesspool where the red moon hangs low in the sky and three powerful monarchs rule the streets. The true draw for Cid, however, is one who can draw blood–the Blood Queen, a vampire who has slumbered in her coffin for eons. Her awakening approaches, and Cid could finally face a day of reckoning.
Best episode · S02E12 HIGHEST
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E12
HIGHEST
Let the banquet of slaughter begin in the season finale.
- Directed by Kazuya Nakanishi
- Written by Kanichi Kato
S02E11
Determination
With Princess Rose’s hands tied as Perv has taken her mother hostage, the Eminence in Shadow must move to free the captive himself.
- Directed by Kazuya Nakanishi
- Written by Kanichi Kato
S01E20
Advent of the Demon
Provoked by the fight between Shadow and Beatrix, Iris joins the fray. An intense battle progresses across the Royal Capital. Meanwhile, Rose runs into Alpha...
- Directed by Kazuya Nakanishi
- Written by Kanichi Kato
S01E19
Dancing Puppet
Doem tries to make war with Midgar. Meanwhile, the match between Jimina and Iris begins.
- Directed by Daisuke Takashima
- Written by Mio Inoue
S01E05
I Am...
Cid is not facing a minion but a would-be Knight of the Rounds. Normally, that is cause for concern, but an atomic bomb has no reason to fear the gnashing of a lowly pest.
- Directed by Kazuya Nakanishi
- Written by Mio Inoue
S02E02
The Haven
The moon is red. The frenzy has begun. Shadow is introduced to power players in Lawless City. Meanwhile, Mary and Claire run into Juggernaut.
- Directed by Daisuke Takashima
- Written by Kanichi Kato
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E30
Em-Shade! 2nd Operation 12: The Seven Shadows Will Not Be Shaken No Matter What!
S02E11
Determination
- Directed by Kazuya Nakanishi
- Written by Kanichi Kato
S00E29
Em-Shade! 2nd Operation 11: The Seven Shadows Want to Show Off Their Growth!
S00E28
Em-Shade! 2nd Operation 10: The Seven Shadows Want to Get More Familiar with Music!
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Hiroaki Arai
Executive producer
Sho Tanaka
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Masahiko Takeuchi
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Asuka Yamazaki
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Akira Kubota
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Kunihiko Okada
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Mio Inoue
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Kanichi Kato
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Kazufumi KikushimaProducer
- Hiroaki AraiExecutive Producer
- Hiroto UtsunomiyaProducer
- Shota WataseProducer
- Hajime MaruyamaProducer
- Sho TanakaExecutive Producer
Writing
- Kunihiko OkadaWriter
- Mio InoueWriter
- Kanichi KatoWriter
Direction
- Yoshinobu TokumotoDirector
- Hazuki MizumotoDirector
- Daisuke TakashimaDirector
- Kazuya NakanishiDirector
Cinematography
- Takeshi HirookaDirector of Photography
Music
- Kenichiro SuehiroOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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