is a Japanese anime series based on the manga of the same name, written by Takaya Kagami and illustrated by Yamato Yamamoto, with storyboards by Daisuke Furuya. It is produced by Wit Studio, directed by Daisuke Tokudo, and written by Hiroshi Seko. Kagami drafted the original story for episodes with materials not yet serialized in the manga and supervising the scripts until the anime's final episode. The series is set in a post-apocalyptic world caused a "human-made" virus, killing the world's populace and sparing all children under the age of thirteen. It is at this time that vampires emerge from the recesses of the earth, likely followed by age-old horrors of the dark thought only to be myth. An orphaned boy named Yūichirō Hyakuya joins the human military to avenge his family and save his friend Mikaela from the vampires.

On December 12, 2014, it was announced the series would run in two split cours (quarters of the year). The first one aired in 2015 from April to June and the second one from October to December, with both cours having twelve episodes each. The second cour entitled . The series aired on Tokyo MX, MBS, TV Aichi, and BS11 at their respective time slots. NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan released the first cour in Blu-ray and DVD formats in Japan starting on June 24, 2015, across four volumes. A six minute original omake anime series was included in each volumes on Blu-ray and DVD.

On March 31, 2015, it was announced that Funimation has licensed the series for streaming and home video release in North America. Hulu has streamed the series that same day. On May 13, 2015, Funimation announced that the English broadcast dub was available on the "Dubble Talk" streaming block. The anime series later aired in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2018.

Episode list Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign (cour one)

Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya (cour two)

Original video animation

Home media Japanese release + NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan + Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign Vol. Episodes Bonus disc Release date Ref. 1 1–3 Seraph of the Endless June 24, 2015 2 4–6 Seraph of the Endless 2 July 23, 2015 3 7–9 Seraph of the Endless 3 August 26, 2015 4 10–12 Seraph of the Endless 4 September 26, 2015 + Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya Vol. Episodes Bonus disc Release date Ref. 1 13–15 Seraph of the Endless: Nagoya Edition December 25, 2015 2 16–18 Seraph of the Endless: Nagoya Edition 2 January 27, 2016 3 19–21 Seraph of the Endless: Nagoya Edition 3 March 9, 2016 4 22–24 Seraph of the Endless: Nagoya Edition 4 March 30, 2016

+ Blu-ray Box Set Vol. Episodes Bonus disc Release date Ref. 1 1–12 Seraph of the Endless 1–4 December 25, 2017 2 13–24 Seraph of the Endless: Nagoya Edition 1–4 February 28, 2018

English release + Funimation Part Episodes Release date Ref. 1 1–12 May 24, 2016 2 13–24 September 27, 2016 Collector's Edition 1-24 September 27, 2016 Complete 1-24 August 21, 2018

+ Universal Pictures UK Col. Episodes Release date Ref. 1 1–12 May 23, 2016 2 13–24 December 5, 2016

+ Universal Sony Part Episodes Release date Ref. 1 1–12 January 2, 2016 2 13–24 December 14, 2016

Music

The series' soundtrack was composed by Hiroyuki Sawano, Takafumi Wada, Asami Tachibana, and Megumi Shiraishi. The first soundtrack album was released on July 15, 2015, containing two discs: the first disc contained 14 tracks and the second one contained 19 tracks. A second soundtrack album was released on January 27, 2016, containing 17 tracks.

Sawano produced and composed the opening and ending theme songs in the first cour of the anime series, titled "X.U." and "scaPEGoat", respectively. As part of his vocal song project "SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]", for the first cour, the opening song is performed by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Gemie, while the ending song is performed by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Yosh. Both themes were released in Japan on a CD on May 20, 2015.

In the second cour of the anime series, the opening theme song is "Two souls -towards the truth-" by fripSide and the ending theme song is by Nagi Yanagi.

Track listing All music in the first disc for the soundtrack were composed by Hiroyuki Sawano.

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