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Durarara!!

★ 7.8 9K votes 2010–2010 1 season · 26 episodes Ended MBS
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 9/10Big city lifeThe metropolis itself as a character.This show: 8/10Urban fantasyMagic hidden inside the modern world.This show: 8/10Puzzle plotNonlinear timelines, twists and structural games that reward attention.This show: 7/10Chaotic energyLoud, frenetic and gleefully anarchic.This show: 7/10Criminal underworldOrganized crime, gangs and the criminal life seen from the inside.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Yuri LowenthalBryce PapenbrookKari WahlgrenKeith SilversteinJohnny Yong BoschKirk Thornton
Starring
Yuri LowenthalBryce PapenbrookKari WahlgrenKeith SilversteinJohnny Yong BoschKirk Thornton
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"A city legend seen through a dozen tangled lives"

Set in the buzzing Tokyo district of Ikebukuro, this anime weaves together an ensemble of gangsters, thugs, an information broker, an internet chatroom, and a legendary headless motorcyclist rumored to haunt the streets. Their lives tangle into a sprawling urban mystery told through overlapping, non-linear perspectives. It's talky and stylish rather than action-heavy, with a restless pace that jumps between characters and timelines. What carries it is the ensemble chemistry and the way small city-legend threads slowly reveal a much bigger, stranger picture of the neighborhood and its residents.

Watch it for

the puzzle-box structure that rewards patience as separate character threads click together.

Maybe skip if

you dislike non-linear storytelling or need a single clear protagonist to latch onto.

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

All Seasons

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Season 12010
7.73K2610h 30m
Mikado Ryugamine moves to Ikebukuro at his friend’s invitation and quickly becomes entangled in the city’s dangerous underworld. After witnessing the legendary Headless Rider, he finds himself caught up in escalating violence and gang conflict that begin to throw Ikebukuro into chaos.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Kaikô ichiban7.2
20725 min
▶2Ikkyo ichijitsu7.9
19225 min
▶3Chôryô bakko7.7
15025 min
▶4Keiei souchou7.5
14225 min
▶5Youtou kuniku7.3
13625 min
▶6Tôhonseisô7.3
11824 min
▶7Kokushimusô7.7
11624 min
▶8Nanka no yume7.8
11424 min
▶9Iirenren7.7
10824 min
▶10Kûzenzetsugo8.0
10324 min
▶11Shippûdotô8.5
12224 min
▶12Umusôsei8.2
10624 min
▶13Kyûtenchokka7.6
9524 min
▶14Butsujôsôzen7.6
9724 min
▶15Gushaittoku7.7
9624 min
▶16Sôshisôai8.0
9824 min
▶17Uitenpen8.0
9724 min
▶18Shisei yûmei7.7
9224 min
▶19Sôten suden ishisu7.7
9024 min
▶20Koten masani tatsubeshi7.8
9725 min
▶21Gorimuchû7.4
8924 min
▶22Kaisan sengen7.8
9124 min
▶23Sensakubansô8.2
9124 min
▶24Sokutenkyoshi8.3
10824 min
▶25Heaven's Vengeance7.1
8524 min
▶26World Peace7.6
9724 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Yuri Lowenthal Shinra Kishitani
Bryce Papenbrook Masaomi Kida, Masaomi kida
Kari Wahlgren Celty Sturluson
Keith Silverstein Tom Tanaka
Johnny Yong Bosch Izaya Orihara
Kirk Thornton Takashi Nasujima, Hiroshi, Mister K
Crispin Freeman Shizuo Heiwajima
Kyle Hebert Horada, Setton
Cassandra Lee Morris Saki Mikajima
David Vincent Seiji Yagiri

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