“Post-apocalyptic world where sheltered children and roaming survivors seek "Heaven" amid man-eating monsters and dark secrets.”
Heavenly Delusion
天国大魔境
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Synopsis
Post-apocalyptic world where sheltered children and roaming survivors seek "Heaven" amid man-eating monsters and dark secrets.
Fifteen years ago, disaster struck human civilization, and now dangerous man-eating monsters roam the ravaged lands, posing an existential threat to the remaining survivors. Amid this turmoil, an isolated facility shelters children and nurtures them in peace. However, as a few among them find out about the world beyond the narrow periphery of their nursery's walls, their curiosity about it slowly grows. Meanwhile, in the outside world, young survivors Maru and Kiruko band together to search for a special place called Heaven, each for their own reasons. Carrying past burdens and tragic secrets, the two hope to find answers to the cruelty they have experienced in their lives and in the world, which still remains in tatters.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 231 sampled reviews
What 231 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.39 · split reception
5.8 pts
Recommenders 8.9 · others 3.1
↓ 2.68
Running avg · Apr 2023 → Apr 2026
- 9 “I just finished watching the show and was going to rate it a 10/10 until I got to the 11-12 episode, what happened made me furious, upset and was quite literally so unnecessary, I'm not one to go...”
- 7 “I really loved this anime and was going to give it a 9/10 if the ending was good. It was funny, and the story is unique, but... Man, that rape scene really f***ed things up. It was so unnecessary...”
- 10 “This anime broke through my two-year anime fatigue to become the best anime I have ever watched in my life, proving really unexpected and extraordinary after I initially dismissed it as being the...”
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A Tv Production · Spring 2023
Production I.G.Mainichi Broadcasting System · Kodansha
- Format 13 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 59m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2023 – Jun 2023 Spring 2023
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-22977 catalog
Produced by
- Mainichi Broadcasting System Producer
- Kodansha Producer
- NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan Producer
- Avex Pictures Producer
- NetEase Producer