“Yumeji, who sees dreams, teams with dream demon Merry to stop nightmares invading reality.”
Dream Eater Merry
夢喰いメリー
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Synopsis
Yumeji, who sees dreams, teams with dream demon Merry to stop nightmares invading reality.
High school student Yumeji Fujiwara has the ability to see people's dreams. Despite the visions never appearing clear or concrete, he is able to predict them by sensing the person's "aura." Normally, this skill is a fun trick to play on his classmates, but Yumeji only ever sees himself having the same nightmare every night. To his surprise, the nightmare continues in the middle of the day even before Yumeji has fallen asleep. The unexpected event was triggered by a dream demon—an inhabitant of the world of dreams who wants to use Yumeji's body as a vessel to fully enter the real world. However, Yumeji is saved by the timely arrival of Merry Nightmare, another dream demon who can somehow physically manifest without a host and is instead trying to return to her own realm. As more dream demons continue to push into reality, it is up to Yumeji and Merry to fight back against the invasion before everyone's nightmares materialize.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 43 sampled reviews
What 43 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.87 · split reception
4.7 pts
Recommenders 7.7 · others 3.0
↓ 3.70
Running avg · Jan 2011 → Apr 2026
- 9 “I had randomly found this show and decided why not. I ended up finishing it one night. It had a great story, great charecters, and looked amazing. I enjoyed it until the last episode where at it...”
- 7 “So far, Yumekui Marry, is not an anime that will shine for it originality, but take popular element from supernatural series and apply them in a way that support its own history without fall in the...”
- 9 “Great animation. Great character design. I liked the voice actors they went with (at least in the 日本語 version, which is all I watch when I have a choice). A lot of the "classical" music in the...”
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- Format 13 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 5h 12m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2011 – Apr 2011 Winter 2011
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-5697 catalog
Produced by
- Pony Canyon Producer
- TBS Producer
- Magic Capsule Producer
- Houbunsha Producer
- RAY Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor