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Soul Eater

★ 7.7 18K votes 2008–2009 1 season · 51 episodes Ended TV Tokyo
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10Stylized directionBold, signature formal choices.This show: 8/10AdrenalineAction and thrills as the primary reward.This show: 8/10Visually strikingComposition and imagery worth pausing for.This show: 8/10Chaotic energyLoud, frenetic and gleefully anarchic.This show: 7/10School & campusSchools and universities as the primary world.This show: 7/10SupernaturalGhosts, demons and powers beyond nature in our own world.This show: 7/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Laura BaileyChiaki OmigawaMicah SolusodBrittney KarbowskiKoki UchiyamaYumiko Kobayashi
Starring
Laura BaileyChiaki OmigawaMicah SolusodBrittney KarbowskiKoki UchiyamaYumiko Kobayashi
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Gothic school comedy with genuinely creepy monster fights"

At a school for monster hunters, young "meisters" partner with human weapons to collect evil souls, aiming to forge their weapon into a death scythe fit for the Grim Reaper himself. The tone swings between goofy slapstick and genuinely unsettling gothic horror, often within the same episode. Fights are stylish and inventive, character designs are wonderfully weird, and the pace is brisk. It's a fun, offbeat shonen that leans into its own strangeness rather than following a standard power-escalation formula, though its momentum falters noticeably in the back half.

Watch it for

the wildly imaginative art style and monster designs unlike almost any other anime.

Maybe skip if

you want a tightly plotted story, since the ending diverges awkwardly from the source manga.

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

All Seasons

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Season 12008
7.610K5120h 24m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Resonance of the Soul: Will Soul Eater Become a Death Scythe?7.8
43424 min
▶2Ore Koso Star Da! Mottomo Big na Otoko, Koko ni Arawaru?7.3
33124 min
▶3Kanpeki naru shounen? -Desu Za Kiddo no karei naru misshon?-7.7
31524 min
▶4Majo kari hatsudou!? -Dokidoki Hakaba no hoshuu jugyou?-7.4
27424 min
▶5Tamashii no katachi. Saikyou shokunin Shutain toujou?7.7
25724 min
▶6The Rumored New Student! Kid's Memorable First Day at the DWMA?7.6
24824 min
▶7Kurochi no kyoufu. Kurona no naka ni buki ga iru?7.6
23924 min
▶8Majo Medyûsa. Ooinaru kyou (waru) ki tamashii wo motsu mono?7.9
23224 min
▶9Hijiri ken densetsu Kiddo to Burakku Sutaa no dai bouken?7.3
22024 min
▶10Youtou masamune. Yabure hyoui tamashii, ame ni utau kokoro?7.8
23024 min
▶11Tsubaki no hana. Kanashimi wo koe ta saki ni aru mono?8.0
25724 min
▶12Kyoufu ni make nai yuuki. Maka = Arubaan no ichidai kesshin?7.2
20324 min
▶13Mame no otoko. Souru to maka, zure yuku tamashii no hachou?7.7
20424 min
▶14(Chou) Hikki shiken. Dokidoki, wakuwaku, sowasowa, usoon?7.8
23424 min
▶15Tamashii o kuu kuroki ryuu. Okubyou rizu to yukai na nakama tachi?7.2
20124 min
▶16Gekitou! Yuurei sen. Boku no atama no naka no jigoku?7.5
19724 min
▶17Legend of the Holy Sword 2: Wanna Go Drinking, Gambling, and Playing?5.8
20824 min
▶18Zen'yasai no akumu. Soshite maku wa agatta?7.8
19724 min
▶19Kaishi, chika koubousen. Toppaseyo, Medyûsa no bekutoru aroo?8.2
21724 min
▶20Kuro chi no kyoumei ikusa. Kyoufu ni hamukau chiisa-na tamashii no dai funto?8.0
20724 min
▶21Todoke, watashi no tamashii. Kawaita kokoro, tamaranai kodoku no naka de...?8.4
24724 min
▶22Fuuin no yashiro. Fujimi no otoko ga shikake ta karakuri?8.0
19924 min
▶23Deddo oa araibu! Fukkatsu to genkaku no hazama de?8.3
21524 min
▶24Kamigami no tatakai. Desushiti houkai no kiki ni?8.4
23324 min
▶25Shoushuu! Desu saizusu. Fusege papa no jinjiidou!!?7.4
17624 min
▶26Ureshi hazukashi taiken nyuugaku! Shibusen shinseikatsu ouen fea kaisaichuu?7.4
17424 min
▶27800 nen no satsui. Itan no majo kourin?7.7
17124 min
▶28Kenshi Tatsu. Aji ha amai ka shoppai ka?7.7
18024 min
▶29Fukkatsu no Medyûsa! Kumo to hebi, innen no saikai?7.2
16124 min
▶30Shakunetsu no Bôsou Tokkyû! Dai ma dôshi ga nokoshita ma dôgu?7.6
16824 min
▶31Kareru Kôfuku. Getsumei ni hikaru no ha dare no namida?7.7
16824 min
▶32Seiken Densetsu 3. Shibusen banchô monogatari?6.2
17324 min
▶33Kyômei rensa. Kanadero, tamashii tachi no senritsu?7.3
16724 min
▶34Brew Sôdatsusen! Gekitotsu, Shibusen vs. Arachnophobia?7.7
16924 min
▶35Arashi no mosukîto! Arishi hi no sekai, seigen jikan ha 10 fun?7.7
16324 min
▶36Hanate, 7 nin no kyômei rensa! Hakai to sôzô no ensôkai?8.0
17524 min
▶37A Great Detective's First Case: Shibusen's Secret Exposed by Kid?7.2
15324 min
▶38Shura he no Yûwaku. Biggu na otoko no osaerare nai iradachi?7.3
15224 min
▶39Kurona, tôbô. Kudasai, kimi no hohoemi?7.5
16024 min
▶40Kirareta Kado. Medyûsa, shibusen ni tôkô suru?7.2
15024 min
▶41Kurukuru Kururu. Hakase ha odoru, atarashiki sekai?7.0
15224 min
▶42Shingeki! Baba Yagaa no shiro. Nanka moyamoya suru?7.2
14624 min
▶43Saigo no madôgu. Buki nashi kiddo no Misshon Inposshiburu?7.5
15224 min
▶44Yowamushi Kurona no Ketsui. Itsumo soba ni ite kureta kimi ni?-7.7
15124 min
▶45Taima no hachô. Môkô, ikari no majin gari?8.2
16624 min
▶46Takeshi ka shura ka. Kessen, Mifune vs. Burakku Sutâ?7.8
15424 min
▶47Kiseki no Chabudaigaeshi. Bokura no desu shitii robo?7.6
15324 min
▶48Buki (desusaizu) wo motta Shinigami-sama. Chotto saki ha yami darake?7.9
16224 min
▶49Ashura Kakusei. Sekai no iki tsuku hate he?7.9
16324 min
▶50Ichi ka bachi ka?! Kami wo koeru otoko tachi?-8.4
20424 min
▶51Aikotoba wa yuuki!6.7
24724 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Laura Bailey Maka Albarn
Chiaki Omigawa Maka Albarn
Micah Solusod Soul Eater
Brittney Karbowski Black Star
Koki Uchiyama Soul Eater
Yumiko Kobayashi Black Star
Monica Rial Tsubaki Nakatsukasa
Todd Haberkorn Death the Kid
Kaori Nazuka Tsubaki Nakatsukasa
Mamoru Miyano Death the Kid

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