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The Future Diary

★ 7.4 24K votes 2011–2013 1 season · 27 episodes Ended Chiba TV
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 9/10Psychological horrorFear that comes from the mind: paranoia, sanity, perception.This show: 8/10SurvivalStaying alive against nature, scarcity or pursuit.This show: 8/10DisturbingContent that lingers uncomfortably after the credits.This show: 8/10Graphic violenceExplicit, unflinching violence.This show: 8/10UnsettlingA creeping sense of unease and wrongness that gets under your skin.This show: 8/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Jessie James GrelleBrina PalenciaLeah ClarkEmily NevesTodd HaberkornKent Williams
Starring
Jessie James GrelleBrina PalenciaLeah ClarkEmily NevesTodd HaberkornKent Williams
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A survival game built on obsession and paranoia"

A lonely, friendless boy named Yukiteru gains a phone app that writes his future, only to learn he's been dragged into a deadly game against eleven other diary holders competing to become the new god of time and space. His self-appointed protector is a devoted classmate whose affection curdles into something far more unsettling. The show swings between gonzo violence, dark comedy, and genuine dread, powered by unpredictable rule-breaking twists and one of anime's most infamous obsessive love interests. It's messy and over-the-top, but rarely boring.

Watch it for

a genuinely unhinged, iconic depiction of obsessive devotion that reshaped how anime does yandere characters.

Maybe skip if

you need consistent plotting and dislike sudden tonal whiplash between comedy and brutal violence.

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

All Seasons

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Season 12011
7.711K2711h 25m
A boy is forced into a survival game in which players equipped with diaries that can predict the future compete to become the god of space and time.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Sign Up7.6
51426 min
▶2Terms of the Contract7.4
44925 min
▶3Early Predicament7.5
43425 min
▶4Handwritten Input7.4
41124 min
▶5Voice Memo7.8
40725 min
▶6Vibration Mode7.4
39425 min
▶7Dial Tone7.3
38624 min
▶8New Model7.3
37725 min
▶9Blocked Number7.3
36425 min
▶10Family Plan7.0
36825 min
▶11Termination of Service7.4
35625 min
▶12No Reception7.7
36125 min
▶13Restricted Call6.9
36024 min
▶14Memory Reset7.3
35525 min
▶15Double Holder7.0
34825 min
▶16Repairs7.2
34825 min
▶17Family Discount8.3
39826 min
▶18Interference7.6
35325 min
▶19Delete All Messages8.3
40026 min
▶20Data Transfer8.0
37527 min
▶21Pin8.3
38226 min
▶22Disconnection8.6
46026 min
▶23Breach of Contract8.4
38426 min
▶24Data Retrieval7.8
35824 min
▶25Reset8.1
36825 min
▶26Initialization8.2
40525 min
▶27OVA: Redial7.4
42631 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Jessie James Grelle Yukiteru Amano
Brina Palencia Yuno Gasai
Leah Clark Murmur
Emily Neves Minene Uryu
Todd Haberkorn Aru Akise
Kent Williams Deus Ex Machina, Deus
J. Michael Tatum Masumi Nishijima
Robert McCollum Kurusu
Joel McDonald Kousaka
Monica Rial Kamado

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