Kyo Kara Maoh! (2004): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2004, Kyo Kara Maoh! is an animation, action & adventure, comedy and sci-fi & fantasy series.

What it’s about. Yuri Shibuya is an average baseball-loving high school student. One day, Yuri tries to save his former classmate from a group of hoodlums. Turning on him, they drag Yuri into the bathroom and push his face into the toilet. When they flush the toilet, he is transported to another world! Yuri is then taken to a castle and crowned King of the Demon World! Is he going to end up as the leader of the land, surrounded by his extraordinarily handsome lieges or will he make it back home?

Who’s in it. Kyo Kara Maoh! stars Takahiro Sakurai as Yuri Shibuya, Toshiyuki Morikawa as Conrart Weller, Mitsuki Saiga as Wolfram von Bielefeld and Akio Otsuka as Gwendal von Voltaire, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.9/10, Kyo Kara Maoh! has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video, Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel and Retrocrush and rent or buy it from Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Kyo Kara Maoh! page.

If you liked it. Fans of Kyo Kara Maoh! tend to enjoy Rick and Morty, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan: No Regrets.