Mushoku Tensei is a Japanese anime television series based on the light novel series of the same title. [1] It follows a jobless and hopeless man who dies after having a sad and reclusive life and reincarnates in a fantasy world while keeping his memories, determined to enjoy his new life without regrets under the name Rudeus Greyrat.
The first season was directed by Manabu Okamoto and animated by Studio Bind, with Kazutaka Sugiyama designing the characters, and Yoshiaki Fujisawa composing the music. Egg Firm is credited for production. [2] The series was originally scheduled to premiere in 2020, [3] but it was delayed until January 2021. [4] The first half aired from January 11 to March 22, 2021 on Tokyo MX, KBS, BS11, and SUN. [5] [lower-alpha 1] The second half was originally set to premiere in July 2021, but was delayed to October 2021. [7] The second half aired from October 4 to December 20, 2021. [8] [lower-alpha 2] The series ran for 23 episodes. Toho Animation released both parts of the first season on Blu-ray across 4 volumes, with the first volume releasing in April 2021. [10] The season's fourth Blu-ray volume was released in March 2022 and included a bonus original video animation (OVA) episode. [11] The first season adapts the first six volumes of the light novels.
For the first season: the first opening theme is "The Traveler's Song" (旅人の唄, Tabibito no Uta). The second opening theme is "The Awakening Song" (目覚めの唄, Mezame no Uta). The third opening theme is "The Inheritance Song" (継承の唄, Keishō no Uta). The fourth opening theme song is "The Prayer Song" (祈りの唄, Inori no Uta). The fifth opening theme is "A Distant Child Guard Song" (遠くの子守の唄, Tōku no Komori no Uta). The first ending theme is "Only" (オンリー, Onrī). The second ending theme is "The Way to Go With the Wind" (風と行く道, Kaze to Iku Michi). All of the openings and endings for season 1 were performed by Yuiko Ōhara. [12]
Funimation licensed the series and streamed it on its website in North America, Mexico, Brazil and the British Isles, in parts of Europe, Central Asia and North Africa through Wakanim, and in Australia and New Zealand through AnimeLab. [13] The series also streamed on Hulu in the United States. [14] On February 13, 2021, Funimation announced the series would be receiving an English dub, with the first episode premiering the next day. [15] Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll. [16] Crunchyroll released the first 11 episodes on DVD and Blu-ray in North America on December 5, 2022, [17] with the latter 12 episodes a well as the unaired episode being released by the company on March 7, 2023. [18] Crunchyroll also released the first season across two Blu-ray volumes in the United Kingdom [19] [20] and across two Blu-ray and DVD volumes in Australia. [21] [22]
Muse Communication has licensed the series in Southeast Asia and South Asia and streamed it on their Muse Asia YouTube channel and its respective regional variants, and on iQIYI, Bilibili and WeTV in Southeast Asia, Netflix in South Asia and Southeast Asia, [23] Catchplay in Indonesia and Singapore, meWatch in Singapore, and Sushiroll in Indonesia. [24]
In March 2022, it was announced that a second season had been green-lit. [25] It is directed by Hiroki Hirano, with scripts supervised by Toshiya Ono, and character designs handled by Sanae Shimada. The second season will consist of 25 episodes [lower-alpha 3] and be aired in two parts. The first part aired from July 3 to September 25, 2023. [26] [lower-alpha 4] The second part is set to premiere on April 8, 2024, with Ryōsuke Shibuya replacing Hirano as the director. [28] The second season will be collected into a total of four Blu-ray volumes in Japan between October 2023 and September 2024. [29] [30]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 23 | 11 | January 11, 2021 | March 22, 2021 |
12 | October 4, 2021 | December 20, 2021 | ||
2 | TBA | 13 [lower-alpha 3] | July 3, 2023 | September 25, 2023 |
TBA | April 8, 2024 | TBA |
No. overall | No. in season | Title [31] [lower-alpha 5] | Directed by [lower-alpha 6] | Written by [lower-alpha 6] | Storyboarded by [lower-alpha 6] | Original air date [32] [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] | ||||||
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Part 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | 1 | "Jobless Reincarnation" Transliteration: "Mushoku Tensei" (Japanese: 無職転生) | Hiroki Hirano | Manabu Okamoto | Manabu Okamoto | January 11, 2021 [lower-alpha 7] | ||||||
2 | 2 | "Master" Transliteration: "Shishō" (Japanese: 師匠) | Hiroki Hirano | Manabu Okamoto | Manabu Okamoto, Hiroki Hirano | January 18, 2021 [lower-alpha 7] | ||||||
3 | 3 | "A Friend" Transliteration: "Tomodachi" (Japanese: 友達) | Chiaki Ōji | Hiroki Hirano | Manabu Okamoto, Chiaki Ōji | January 25, 2021 | ||||||
4 | 4 | "Emergency Family Meeting" Transliteration: "Kinkyū Kazoku Kaigi" (Japanese: 緊急家族会議) | Nao Miyoshi, Asahi Oka | Manabu Okamoto | Hiroki Hirano | February 1, 2021 | ||||||
5 | 5 | "A Young Lady and Violence" Transliteration: "Ojōsama to Bōryoku" (Japanese: お嬢様と暴力) | Hiroyuki Takashima | Manabu Okamoto | Hiroyuki Takashima | February 8, 2021 | ||||||
6 | 6 | "A Day Off in Roa" Transliteration: "Roa no Kyūjitsu" (Japanese: ロアの休日) | Mihiro Yamaguchi, Takahiro Tamano, Ōri Yasukawa, Hiroki Hirano | Hiroki Hirano | Kazuya Aiura | February 15, 2021 | ||||||
7 | 7 | "What Lies Beyond Effort" Transliteration: "Doryoku no Saki ni Aru Mono" (Japanese: 努力の先にあるもの) | Katsuya Shigehara | Manabu Okamoto, Hirohisa Saitō | Katsuya Shigehara | February 22, 2021 | ||||||
8 | 8 | "Turning Point 1" Transliteration: "Tāningu Pointo Ichi" (Japanese: ターニングポイント1) | Tenpei Mishio, Manabu Okamoto | Manabu Okamoto, Hirohisa Saitō | Tenpei Mishio, Manabu Okamoto | March 1, 2021 | ||||||
9 | 9 | "A Chance Encounter" Transliteration: "Kaikō" (Japanese: 邂逅) | Takahiro Tamano, Hiroki Hirano | Hiroki Hirano | Atsushi Kobayashi | March 8, 2021 | ||||||
10 | 10 | "The Value of a Life and the First Job" Transliteration: "Hito no Inochi to Hatsu Shigoto" (Japanese: 人の命と初仕事) | Hiroki Hirano, Ōri Yasukawa | Manabu Okamoto, Hirohisa Saitō | Shizutaka Sugawara, Hiroki Hirano | March 15, 2021 | ||||||
11 | 11 | "Children and Warriors" Transliteration: "Kodomo to Senshi" (Japanese: 子供と戦士) | Shingo Fujii | Muneo Nakamoto | Shingo Fujii | March 22, 2021 | ||||||
Part 2 | ||||||||||||
12 | 12 | "The Woman with the Demon Eyes" Transliteration: "Magan o Motsu Onna" (Japanese: 魔眼を持つ女) | Fumiaki Kataoka | Kōhei Urushibara | Atsushi Kobayashi | October 4, 2021 | ||||||
13 | 13 | "Missed Connections" Transliteration: "Surechigai" (Japanese: すれ違い) | Yoshitsugu Kimura | Atsushi Takayama | Hiroki Hirano | October 11, 2021 | ||||||
14 | 14 | "No Such Thing As a Free Lunch" Transliteration: "Tada yori Takai Mono wa Nai" (Japanese: 只より高いものはない) | Yoshinobu Tokumoto | Hirohisa Saitō, Kōhei Urushibara, Manabu Okamoto | Yoshinobu Tokumoto | October 18, 2021 | ||||||
15 | 15 | "Slow Life in the Doldia Village" Transliteration: "Dorudia Mura no Surō Raifu" (Japanese: ドルディア村のスローライフ) | Katsuya Shigehara | Hirohisa Saitō, Kōhei Urushibara, Manabu Okamoto | Katsuya Shigehara | October 25, 2021 | ||||||
16 | 16 | "Family Squabble" Transliteration: "Oyako Genka" (Japanese: 親子げんか) | Michiru Itabisashi | Kōhei Urushibara | Yoshinobu Tokumoto, Tatsuyuki Nagai | November 1, 2021 | ||||||
17 | 17 | "Reunion" Transliteration: "Saikai" (Japanese: 再会) | Hiroyuki Takashima | Muneo Nakamoto | Tatsuyuki Nagai | November 8, 2021 | ||||||
18 | 18 | "Separate Journeys" Transliteration: "Sorezore no Tabi" (Japanese: それぞれの旅) | Chihiro Kumano | Atsushi Takayama | Taichi Yumemi | November 15, 2021 | ||||||
19 | 19 | "Route Selection" Transliteration: "Rūto Sentaku" (Japanese: ルート選択) | Yoshinobu Tokumoto | Shigekazu Kondō, Manabu Okamoto | Yoshinobu Tokumoto | November 22, 2021 | ||||||
20 | 20 | "The Birth of My Little Sister, the Maid" Transliteration: "Imōto Jijo no Umareta Hi" (Japanese: 妹侍女の生まれた日) | Katsuya Shigehara | Shigekazu Kondō, Manabu Okamoto | Katsuya Shigehara | November 29, 2021 | ||||||
21 | 21 | "Turning Point 2" Transliteration: "Tāningu Pointo Ni" (Japanese: ターニングポイント2) | Hiroyuki Takashima | Shigekazu Kondō, Manabu Okamoto | Hiroyuki Takashima | December 6, 2021 | ||||||
22 | 22 | "Dreams and Reality" Transliteration: "Yume" (Japanese: 現実) | Kai Hasako | Atsushi Takayama | Hiroki Hirano | December 13, 2021 | ||||||
23 | 23 | "Wake Up and Take a Step" Transliteration: "Mezame, Ippo," (Japanese: 目覚め、一歩、) | Chihiro Kumano | Muneo Nakamoto, Rifujin na Magonote | Manabu Okamoto | December 20, 2021 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title [34] [lower-alpha 5] | Directed by [lower-alpha 6] | Written by [lower-alpha 6] | Storyboarded by [lower-alpha 6] | Original air date [35] [lower-alpha 4] | ||||||
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Part 1 | ||||||||||||
24 | 0 | "Guardian Fitz" Transliteration: "Shugo Jutsushi Fittsu" (Japanese: 守護術師フィッツ) | Hakaribito Ketsuzuki | Toshiya Ono | Hiroki Hirano, Yukihiro Komawo, Makoto Hirasawa | July 3, 2023 | ||||||
25 | 1 | "The Brokenhearted Mage" Transliteration: "Shitsui no Majutsushi" (Japanese: 失意の魔術師) | Ayumu Uwano | Toshiya Ono | Hiroki Hirano | July 10, 2023 | ||||||
26 | 2 | "The Forest in the Dead of Night" Transliteration: "Mayonaka no Mori" (Japanese: 真夜中の森) | Nobuyoshi Arai | Kōhei Urushibara | Nobuyoshi Arai | July 17, 2023 | ||||||
27 | 3 | "Abrupt Approach" Transliteration: "Kyūsekkin" (Japanese: 急接近) | Sayaka Tsuji | Atsushi Takayama | Mie Ōishi | July 24, 2023 | ||||||
28 | 4 | "Letter of Invitation" Transliteration: "Suisenjō" (Japanese: 推薦状) | Yoshitsugu Kimura | Toshiya Ono | Ayako Kōno | July 31, 2023 | ||||||
29 | 5 | "Ranoa University of Magic" Transliteration: "Ranoa Mahō Daigaku" (Japanese: ラノア魔法大学) | Komari Kamikita | Kōhei Urushibara | Komari Kamikita | August 7, 2023 | ||||||
30 | 6 | "I Don't Want to Die" Transliteration: "Shinitakunai" (Japanese: 死にたくない) | Ayumu Uwano | Atsushi Takayama | Ayumu Uwano | August 14, 2023 | ||||||
31 | 7 | "The Kidnapping and Confinement of Beast Girls" Transliteration: "Kemonozoku Reijō Rachikankin Jiken" (Japanese: 獣族令嬢拉致監禁事件) | Ryōsuke Shibuya | Toshiya Ono | Ryōsuke Shibuya | August 21, 2023 | ||||||
32 | 8 | "The Fiancé of Despair" Transliteration: "Zetsubō no Konyakusha" (Japanese: 絶望の婚約者) | Yasuhiko Akiyama | Kōhei Urushibara | Tomohiko Itō | August 28, 2023 | ||||||
33 | 9 | "The White Mask" Transliteration: "Shiroi Kamen" (Japanese: 白い仮面) | Kento Shintani | Atsushi Takayama | Hiroki Hirano | September 4, 2023 | ||||||
34 | 10 | "These Feelings" Transliteration: "Kono Kimochi" (Japanese: この気持ち) | Takahiro Hirata | Toshiya Ono | Takahiro Hirata | September 11, 2023 | ||||||
35 | 11 | "To You" Transliteration: "Anata e" (Japanese: あなたへ) | Sayaka Tsuji | Atsushi Takayama | Komari Kamikita | September 18, 2023 | ||||||
36 | 12 | "I Want to Tell You" Transliteration: "Tsutaetai" (Japanese: 伝えたい) | Yoshitsugu Kimura, Tomoaki Takatsudo | Toshiya Ono | Ryōsuke Shibuya | September 25, 2023 |
No. | Title [lower-alpha 5] | Directed by [lower-alpha 6] | Written by [lower-alpha 6] | Storyboarded by [lower-alpha 6] | Original release date | |
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1 | "Eris the Goblin Slayer" Transliteration: "Erisu no Goburin Tōbatsu" (Japanese: エリスのゴブリン討伐) | Fumiaki Kataoka, Yoshinobu Tokumoto, Kai Hasako | Shigekazu Kondō, Manabu Okamoto | Fumiaki Kataoka, Katsuya Shigehara | March 16, 2022 | |
Eris decides to take on a goblin slaying quest and witnesses a boastful young mage named Cliff getting into trouble. Eris saves him, but when he calls her ugly, she beats him up. Eris reluctantly agrees to form a party with Cliff when he asks but is furious when Cliff burns the goblins to ashes, leaving no evidence of the completion of the quest. They soon get lost in the forest. Witnessing assassins attacking a little girl and her guard Therese, Eris kills the assassins and claims to Therese she is Ruijerd the Superd. As they leave, one of the surviving assassins recognizes Cliff as Master Cliff and wonders why he is with a Temple Knight. Ruijerd interrogates the assassin before he dies and learns they are allies of the Pope, who supports co-existence between humans and demons, whereas the Temple Knights and their leader, the Archbishop, do not. As they return to town, Cliff asks Eris to marry him, claiming he must be more impressive than Rudeus, but when he sees Eris' face while she thinks about Rudeus, he realizes he stands no chance against her feelings for Rudeus and goes home depressed where it is revealed the dead assassins were actually his tutors. Eris returns to Rudeus and finds him upset after his fight with Paul. Cliff sits in his room, thinking about Rudeus. Note: This OVA takes place during episode 16 of the series, titled "Family Squabble," but follows Eris instead of Rudeus. |
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