Beelzebub

Ishiyama High is a school populated entirely by delinquents, where nonstop violence and lawlessness are the norm. However, there is one universally acknowledged rule—don't cross first year student Tatsumi Oga, Ishiyama's most vicious fighter.

One day, Oga is by a riverbed when he encounters a man floating down the river. After being retrieved by Oga, the man splits down the middle to reveal a baby, which crawls onto Oga's back and immediately forms an attachment to him. Though he doesn't know it yet, this baby is named Kaiser de Emperana Beelzebub IV, or "Baby Beel" for short—the son of the Demon Lord!

As if finding the future Lord of the Underworld isn't enough, Oga is also confronted by Hildegard, Beel's demon maid. Together they attempt to raise Baby Beel—although surrounded by juvenile delinquents and demonic powers, the two of them may be in for more of a challenge than they can imagine.

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Oga, Tatsumi Main

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

Beelzebub IV, Kaiser de Emperana Main

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Hildegard Main

Itou, Shizuka Japanese

Furuichi, Takayuki Main

Mizushima, Daichuu Japanese

Kunieda, Aoi Supporting

Toyosaki, Aki Japanese

Toujou, Hidetora Supporting

Seki, Tomokazu Japanese

Hanazawa, Yuka Supporting

Tomatsu, Haruka Japanese

Kanzaki, Hajime Supporting

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Himekawa, Tatsuya Supporting

Ogino, Seirou Japanese

Bathin de Emuna, Alaindelon Supporting

Takagi, Wataru Japanese

Furukawa, Shin Producer

Nagai, Kouji Producer

Fukui, Youhei Assistant Producer

Takamoto, Yoshihiro Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

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Dec 29, 2025

SakamakiKoyatsu

Recommended

The main appeal of this anime are the cliches and comedic elements so if you enjoy those, then 60 episodes of this anime will get you going, especially with how many opponents will try to challenge our protagonist

Plotline and setting also appeals because of the unique application of supernatural and fantasy of a demon lord's baby being dropped off one day in the human world to be picked up by a delinquent is a school life setting which is in the way of enhancing the social atmosphere and especially developing out protagonist

However, for more of an extended comment, the basic setting of a high school ... for delinquents should be the cornerstone of appeal to those who already enjoy anime with high school drama and factions, now with gangs and cliques

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Feb 4, 2024

LegionIscariot

Mixed Feelings

BORING

An interesting concept for an anime, but where nothing happens. Its an anime about nothing. But its no Seinfeld.
Its a good concept: A very strong high-school delinquent is chosen to raise the future demon overlord.

But every episode feels like filler. Every episode feels the same. And the story just drags on. The characters wont shut the fck up and just get to the point.
Everything is exaggerated. Its a bunch of exaggerated faces, and exaggerated emotions, and exaggerated shyness.

The characters are always screaming its so obnoxious. Listening to this anime is a pain on my ears.

And the worse thing about this anime is the lack of ... actual action. There are no real fight scenes. No choreography. All the good stuff happens off screen.

This anime is a waste of time.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Jun 26, 2023

ThatAnimeSnobRE

Not Recommended

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Beelzebub is a slapstick comedy around teenage delinquents and a baby which will become the demon lord when it grows up. The story is by far the weakest part as it is aimless. Nothing is going on in terms of on-going plot and all conflicts are solved easily and superficially. It gets even worse when you get a man like Takamoto Nobuhiro to direct it. His roster is nothing but a long line of pitiful titles (with the exception of Record of Lodoss War, which is rather watchable just for the kitch factor).

Production values are average to good, albeit worse than the artwork in the ... manga version. As if the animators lack funds, lots of scenes are done very simplistic and you end up feeling half the excitement of the manga. The studio who made this is basically a branch of Pierrot Studio, where all their shonen shows have the same lazy feeling.

The cast is the meat of the series and if you find them funny then nothing else matters in this review. Practically everyone is an idiot, doing idiotic things. I guess the quality of the stupidity is good if you like this sort of humor but a fatal flaw is again ruining it. You see, before the series they had made a single OVA episode that compacted the plot of all the initial missions, with far better production values. The expectations of most were too high and when the tv series began, they were disappointed with the far less amount of gags per episode, as well as the less fluent animation and the less detailed artwork.

Another thing that annoyed many outside the fanbase is the baby protagonist itself. It is butt naked. Although there is not much of a problem to pass as pedophilic, at the same time the most basic question anyone would ask is “Why is it not wearing a diaper?” There is simply no excuse for that; it is naked just for us to ask the question. And no, the fact it is a demon is not an excuse because we clearly see its demonic father being fully dressed.

Yet another thing that feels too weird to be funny for many is the fact that the baby is continually pissing, shitting and electrocuting people. Although that can count as a form of humor as well, scat jokes are only meant to last for a few minutes at best yet the entire series seems to be running on it. It grows easily tiresome, the plot is not going anywhere, and there is also not much context in the baby as a character. I mean, in the early Dragonball episodes, Son Goku was running around naked and doing somewhat similar jokes but there was still a story to follow and he was eventually given a backdrop. In the same manner, in the old Urusei Yatsura comedy from the 80’s Lum would constantly electrocute people but there was far more context for you to care about her, as well as the various adventures she had, which were all about some social criticism or a parody of some movie or event. Yet Beel, Oga and all the rest have no context at all. They are completely shallow and unoriginal stereotypes, doing retarded jokes that never seem to matter after the episode is over. This way you end up feeling bored fast, especially when there are many more comedies out there with far more developed casts and stories.

Beelzebub is a shallow comedy, without a context in the plot or the cast for you to care. It doesn’t appear to be worthy of remembering it for anything else other than the baby’s nakedness. I highly doubt it will be remembered in a few years as a good comedy. As for the comedy part, I am not fond of scat and piss jokes at all. That is a very tasteless type of humor and nobody mature enough would stand it for more than a few episodes. So no, I don’t consider this to be a good anime, despite the few fanboys out there who find it hilarious for being retarded.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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