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“Game creator becomes his own Demon Lord, saves girl, and seeks who summoned him to his fantasy world.”
Demon Lord, Retry!
魔王様、リトライ！
6.54
7,434 rank · 281,870 viewers · 668 favorites
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Isekai
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Synopsis
Game creator becomes his own Demon Lord, saves girl, and seeks who summoned him to his fantasy world.
Akira Oono is an ordinary working adult who manages the MMORPG Infinity Game. Fifteen years after creating the game, Oono decides to shut the servers down once and for all. However, as the clock strikes midnight, he somehow finds himself in the body of middle-aged Hakuto Kunai, Infinity Game's Demon Lord! Soon after his mysterious transportation, he witnesses the demon Greole chasing after a little girl named Aku. Although he effortlessly dispatches the creature, Hakuto is still concerned; after all, he does not remember creating the girl or the demon! Doubting whether he truly is in the world of his creation, Hakuto decides to investigate. Bringing Aku along as his guide and companion, Hakuto sets out on a journey to find out exactly who or what summoned him to this fantasy world—all while leaving chaos and destruction in his wake.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 65 sampled reviews
6.6
/10
What 65 viewers settled on.
82%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 8
σ 1.89
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.89 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.7 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 3.3
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No
Score over time
↑ 0.63
Running avg · Sep 2019 → Jun 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This anime is truly cool, offering a funny, kind, interesting, and beautiful experience that I watched with absolute delight. I am deeply disappointed by the low rating assigned by others, which I...”
- 7 “I read the manga like five days before I found it was already adapted into anime, a bit shocked and confused about the art, like, is that a reason to make it like that? until I realized, in manga...”
- 9 “This anime stands out as one of the best in the genre, offering a refreshing difference from the usual generic isekai tropes. While the visuals and sound can occasionally feel generic, these minor...”
Verbosity
Short · 48%
Medium · 40%
Long · 12%
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A Tv Production · Summer 2019
EKACHI EPILKA.- Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2019 – Sep 2019 Summer 2019
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-14394 catalog
Licensed by
- Funimation Licensor