The World Ends with You: The Animation
Seen it?2021 | 1 seasons | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery, Action & Adventure
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing, action fans and animation lovers.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- 1 season: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 5 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-14: scary moments and peril. Probably too much for younger kids.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Neku awakens in the middle of Shibuya's bustling Scramble Crossing with no memory of how he got there. Little does he know, he's been transported to an alternate plane of existence known as the Underground. Now an unwilling participant in the mysterious "Reapers' Game," Neku must partner up with a girl named Shiki in order to survive...
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Limited series that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 9K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
- Koki UchiyamaNeku (voice)
- Anna HachimineShiki (voice)
- Ayana TaketatsuRhyme (voice)
- Subaru KimuraBeat (voice)
- Ryohei KimuraJoshua (voice)
- Kenji TakahashiYodai Higashizawa (voice)
- Takayuki FujimotoSho Minamimoto (voice)
- Anri KatsuKoki Kariya (voice)
- Hiroshi ShirokumaMegumi Kitaniji (voice)
- Hitomi NabatameMitsuki Konishi (voice)