Date A Live (2013): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2013, Date A Live is an animation, sci-fi & fantasy, comedy and action & adventure series.

What it’s about. Thirty years ago a strange phenomenon called a "spacequake" devastated the center of Eurasia, claiming the lives of at least 150 million people. Since then, smaller spacequakes plague the world on an irregular basis. Shido Itsuka, a seemingly ordinary high schooler comes across a mysterious girl at the ground zero of a spacequake and learns she is one of the "Spirits" who are the real cause of the spacequakes that occur when they manifest themselves in the world. He is recruited to make use of his mysterious ability to seal the Spirits' powers thus stopping them from being a threat to mankind. However, there is a catch: to seal a Spirit's power, he must make her fall in love with him and kiss him.

Who’s in it. Date A Live stars Nobunaga Shimazaki as Shido Itsuka (voice), Marina Inoue as Tohka Yatogami (voice), Misuzu Togashi as Origami Tobiichi (voice) and Ayana Taketatsu as Kotori Itsuka (voice), among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.3/10, Date A Live sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Crunchyroll and Crunchyroll Amazon Channel and rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store and Google Play Movies. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Date A Live page.

If you liked it. Fans of Date A Live tend to enjoy Rick and Morty, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan: No Regrets.