Jigokuraku (anime)

* Key Visual
* Teaser Visual

### **Genre**

Action / Adventure / Dark Fantasy / Historical / Supernatural / Psychological Thriller

**Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku** (地獄楽, *Jigokuraku*) is a Japanese anime series based on the Jigokuraku manga series by Yūji Kaku. The anime is directed by Kaori Makita at studio MAPPA.

The first season consisted of 13 episodes and ran from April to July 2023. A second season has been announced.

## Plot

Gabimaru is a shinobi on death row with one chance to see his wife again — by finding the elixir of immortality on a supernatural island and delivering it to the shogun. Standing in his way are his fellow convicts and the fearsome beasts that roam the island, devouring or killing anyone they encounter.

## Staff

* **Original Creator**: Yūji Kaku
* **Direction**: Kaori Makita
* **Character Design**: Akitsugu Hisagi
* **Action Animation Director**: Satoshi Iwataki
* **Creature Design**: Daisuke Niitsuma
* **Chief Animation Director**: Akitsugu Hisagi, Ryōta Arima
* **Color Design**: Ayako Suenaga
* **Series Composition**: Akira Kindaichi
* **Music**: Yoshiaki Dewa
* **Animation Producer**: Wataru Kawagoe
* **Director of Photography**: Hyo Gyu Park
* **Assistant Director of Photography**: Madoka Yagi
* **Planning**: Twin Engine
* **Animation Work**: MAPPA

## Cast

* Japanese Cast
* English Cast

* Chiaki Kobayashi as Gabimaru
* Yumiri Hanamori as Yamada Asaemon Sagiri
* Rie Takahashi as Yuzuriha
* Daiki Yamashita as Yamada Asaemon Senta
* Ryohei Kimura as Aza Chōbei
* Kensho Ono as Aza Tōma
* Tetsu Inada as Tamiya Gantetsusai
* Aoi Ichikawa as Yamada Asaemon Fuchi
* Chikahiro Kobayashi as Yamada Asaemon Shion
* Yusuke Kobayashi as Yamada Asaemon Tenza
* Makoto Koichi as Nurugai
* Mamiko Noto as Yui
* Makoto Furukawa as Yamada Asaemon Eizen
* Shun'ichi Toki as Yamada Asaemon Kishō
* Volcano Ota as Yamada Asaemon Genji
* Ryota Suzuki as Yamada Asaemon Shugen

* Alejandro Saab as Gabimaru
* Marisa Duran as Yamada Asaemon Sagiri
* Jill Harris as Yuzuriha
* Jordan Dash Cruz as Yamada Asaemon Senta
* Nazeeh Tarsha as Aza Chōbei
* Matt Shipman as Aza Tōma
* Reagan Murdock as Yamada Asaemon Shion
* Ben Balmaceda as Yamada Asaemon Tenza
* Cassie Ewulu as Nurugai

## Music

* **Original Soundtrack:** Jigokuraku Original Soundtrack by Yoshiaki Dewa

### Season 1

* **Opening Theme**: "W●RK" by millennium parade and Sheena Ringo
* **Ending Theme**: "Kamihitoe" by Uru

## Promotional Material

### Key Visuals

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### Designs

Gabimaru's concept art.Gabimaru alternative art.Yamada Asaemon Sagiri's concept art.Yamada Asaemon Sagiri alternative art.Aza Chōbei's concept art.Aza Chōbei alternative art.Aza Tōma's concept art.Aza Tōma alternative art.Yuzuriha's concept art.Yuzuriha alternative art.Tamiya Gantetsusai's concept art.Tamiya Gantetsusai alternative art.Yamada Asaemon Fuchi's concept art.Yamada Asaemon Fuchi alternative art.Yamada Asaemon Shion's concept art.Yamada Asaemon Shion alternative art.Yamada Asaemon Tenza's concept art.Yamada Asaemon Tenza alternative art.Nurugai's concept art.Nurugai alternative art.Yamada Asaemon Senta's concept art.Yamada Asaemon Senta alternative art.Yamada Asaemon Eizen's concept art.Yamada Asaemon Kishō's concept art.Yamada Asaemon Genji's concept art.Yui's concept art.Ju Fa's concept art.Tao Fa's concept art.Zhu Jin's concept art.
### Countdowns

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## Trailers

TVアニメ『地獄楽』ティザーPVTeaser PVTVアニメ『地獄楽』第一弾PVOfficial Trailer【TVアニメ『地獄楽』第二弾PV】オープニングテーマ初公開！Official Trailer V2TVアニメ『地獄楽』第二期制作決定PVSeason 2 Announcement PV
## External links

* Official Japanese website
* Official Japanese Twitter