Completed Anime
Soul Eater

“Students at Death Weapon Meister Academy collect souls to create Death Scythes and battle evil.”

Soul Eater

7.86
996 rank · 1,756,004 viewers · 30,106 favorites
Action Comedy Fantasy School Shounen
51 episodes · 23 min per ep min · Spring 2008 · Bones · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
For you

Add Soul Eater to your library

Add to library
Episodes · 51 51/51 aired
EP 01 ~2 ep / stripe EP 51

Would You Love or Hate This?

AI-powered analysis tailored to your taste

Based on your preference for character-driven stories with layered emotional arcs, this title's exploration of identity and belonging would deeply resonate. The pacing mirrors series you've rated highly, and its thematic depth aligns with your appreciation for nuanced storytelling...

However, the slow initial episodes might test your patience given your history of dropping shows that don't hook you early. The art style shift in the middle arc could also be a concern...

Sign up to unlock
Personalized to you
Honest pros & cons
Based on your library
Get Your Personal Analysis

Synopsis

Students at Death Weapon Meister Academy collect souls to create Death Scythes and battle evil.

Death City is home to the famous Death Weapon Meister Academy (Shibusen), a technical academy headed by the Shinigami—Lord Death himself. Its mission: to raise Death Scythes for the Shinigami to wield against the many evils of their fantastical world. These Death Scythes, however, are not made from physical weapons; rather, they are born from human hybrids who have the ability to transform their bodies into Demon Weapons, and only after they have consumed the souls of 99 evil beings and one witch's soul. Soul Eater Evans, a Demon Scythe who only seems to care about what's cool, aims to become a Death Scythe with the help of his straight-laced wielder, or meister, Maka Albarn. The contrasting duo work and study alongside the hot headed Black☆Star and his caring weapon Tsubaki, as well as the Shinigami's own son, Death the Kid, an obsessive-compulsive dual wielder of twin pistols Patty and Liz. As they take on missions to collect souls and protect the city from the world's threats, the Shibusen students work together under the snickering sun to become sounder in mind, body, and soul.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

What people say

Community consensus

Derived from 278 sampled reviews

8.0 /10

What 278 viewers settled on.

96% recommend
Score distribution
median 8 mode 9 σ 1.70
1510
Agreement

Mostly aligned

σ 1.70 · some divergence

mixed
The polarity gap

5.7 pts

Recommenders 8.5 · others 2.8

Yes
No
Score over time

↓ 2.03

Running avg · Apr 2008 → Aug 2025

Watch Order & Related

Explore the Soul Eater universe

Trailers & videos

See all →

If you stay for this, you'll stay for these

See all →

The community pairs this with

See all →

Production slate

A Tv Production · Spring 2008

Bones.
in association with

TV Tokyo · Aniplex

  • Format 51 × 23′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 19h 33m all episodes
  • Aired Apr 2008 – Mar 2009 Spring 2008
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-3147 catalog

Produced by

Licensed by

In the news

See all →