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Death Parade

★ 7.8 26K votes 2015–2015 1 season · 12 episodes Ended Nippon TV
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Distinctive scoreMusic inseparable from the show's identity.This show: 8/10PhilosophicalBig questions of meaning, ethics and existence.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 8/10Existential dreadMortality and meaninglessness confronted head-on.This show: 7/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 7/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 7/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Jamie MarchiAsami SetoTomoaki MaenoAlex OrganAnastasia MunozJad Saxton
Written by
Yuzuru Tachikawa
Starring
Jamie MarchiAsami SetoTomoaki MaenoAlex OrganAnastasia MunozJad Saxton
Written by
Yuzuru Tachikawa
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
03006009001k

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About

"Judgment day disguised as bar games"

Two strangers wake up in a mysterious bar with no memory of dying. Their bartender host explains the rules: play a game, and the outcome will reveal who they really were in life. Death Parade is a mostly episodic anime that uses this premise to dissect grief, cruelty, and self-deception one pair of guests at a time, while a slower mystery about the bar's staff builds underneath. It's stylish, morbid, and unexpectedly moving, carried by sharp writing and a genuinely eerie sense of judgment hanging over every game.

Watch it for

the way ordinary party games become brutal windows into each guest's true character.

Maybe skip if

you want a tightly serialized plot rather than mostly self-contained, emotionally heavy vignettes.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

▼
Season 12015
8.110K124h 35m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Death: Seven Darts8.3
1K23 min
▶2Death: Reverse7.5
86023 min
▶3Rolling Ballad8.4
90023 min
▶4Death: Arcade7.9
81323 min
▶5Death: March7.1
74723 min
▶6Cross Heart Attack7.5
76123 min
▶7Alcohol Poison7.2
70423 min
▶8Death Rally8.0
73723 min
▶9Death Counter9.0
1K23 min
▶10Story Teller8.0
70823 min
▶11Memento Mori8.7
84123 min
▶12Suicide Tour9.1
1K22 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Jamie Marchi Woman
Asami Seto Black Haired Woman, Black-Haired Woman, Chiyuki Black Haired Woman
Tomoaki Maeno Decim
Alex Organ Decim
Anastasia Munoz Additional Voices, Quin
Jad Saxton Nona
Rumi Okubo Nona
Koki Uchiyama Clavis
Z. Charles Bolton Clavis
Robert McCollum Ginti

Crew

Yuzuru Tachikawa

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