Tengoku Daimakyo

In the year 2024, the world has collapsed. Grotesque monsters lurk amongst the ruins of Japan, while remaining people scrape together what they can to survive. Kiruko, an odd-job girl in Nakano, accepts a mysterious woman's dying wish to take a boy named Maru to a place called Heaven. Maru is convinced that there will be a boy there who looks exactly like him.

Tengoku Daimakyo (2023) is a Japanese seinen anime series produced by Production I.G and based on a manga, a single-season run of thirteen episodes. Set in a future version of 2024 Japan, the story follows Kiruko, an odd-job girl in Nakano who accepts a mysterious woman's dying wish to deliver a boy named Maru to a place called Heaven. Voiced by Sayaka Senbongi as Kiruko and Gen Sato as Maru, the pair travel through a collapsed landscape where grotesque monsters lurk amongst the ruins and surviving people scrape together whatever they can to endure. Maru insists a boy who looks exactly like him waits at the destination, and that belief pulls the journey forward. Each episode builds on the uneasy partnership between the two, with Hibiku Yamamura as Tokio and Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Kona adding further voices to the wider world. The tone is bleak and unsettling yet curious, with strange mysteries layered over a dystopian survival adventure. Fans of Attack on Titan, The Promised Neverland and Knights of Sidonia will find resonance in its grim future setting, its monstrous threats and its quest-driven pull.

Audience reception is positive, with viewers rating the single season solidly, though it is a niche post-apocalyptic anime with a modest rating pool.

• Attack on Titanpost-apocalyptic japan, monster-haunted ruins, seinen tone, survival journey with a child
• Promised Neverlanddystopian survival, dark seinen tone, grim futuristic adventure
• Knights of Sidoniapost-collapse landscape, young protagonists on a quest through a hostile world, sci-fi mystery

Release Date

2023-04-01

Episode runtime

24 min

Rating

7.9 / 10 (310)

What is Tengoku Daimakyo about?

In a collapsed future Japan, an odd-job girl escorts a boy toward a rumored paradise through monster-infested ruins.

What is Tengoku Daimakyo like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Tengoku Daimakyo as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is Tengoku Daimakyo violent?

Yes. Ember rates the violence in Tengoku Daimakyo as brutal.

What did critics think of Tengoku Daimakyo?

Audience reception is positive, with viewers rating the single season solidly, though it is a niche post-apocalyptic anime with a modest rating pool.

Which shows are like Tengoku Daimakyo?

Shows with a similar feel include Attack on Titan, Promised Neverland, and Knights of Sidonia.

How long is Tengoku Daimakyo?

Tengoku Daimakyo: 1 season, 13 episodes.

Is Tengoku Daimakyo still running?

No, Tengoku Daimakyo has ended.

Where can I watch Tengoku Daimakyo?

In United States, Tengoku Daimakyo streams on Hulu.