Helck

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Japanese: ヘルク
English: Helck
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Type: TV
Episodes: 24
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 12, 2023 to Dec 20, 2023
Premiered: Summer 2023
Broadcast: Wednesdays at 01:29 (JST)
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Studios: Satelight
Source: Web manga
Genres: ActionAction, FantasyFantasy
Duration: 22 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.281 (scored by 4213342,133 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #29192
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #2084
Members: 110,603
Favorites: 327

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Synopsis

Three months have passed since the Demon King was defeated by a hero. Mankind rejoices over their victory, but dwellers of the demon world do not share the same sentiment. With the loss of their king, they must now hold a tournament to decide who will become his successor.

Monitoring the competition is the hot-headed yet powerful Vamirio—one of the Four Heavenly Kings. Among all the participants, she is extremely distrustful of one: Helck, a human hero who claims to hate humanity. As much as she wants to get rid of him, it is impossible due to Helck's incredible strength and popularity.

Amidst the competition, Vamirio discovers that humans have vanished from various towns. As a result of this puzzling turn of events, Vamirio grows desperate to reveal Helck's true intentions by carefully crafting a plan to make Helck lose. If she proves to be successful, she might uncover where his loyalty truly lies before the demon world is endangered.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Helck was released on Blu-ray in four volumes from October 27, 2023, to April 26, 2024.

Characters & Voice Actors

Vermilio

Main
Komatsu, Mikako
Japanese

Helck

Main
Konishi, Katsuyuki
Japanese

Piwi

Main
Izawa, Shiori
Japanese

Azudora

Supporting
Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu
Japanese

Alicia

Supporting
Kondou, Reina
Japanese

Hyura

Supporting
Maeda, Rena
Japanese

Asta

Supporting
Aoki, Shiki
Japanese

Isuta

Supporting
Shiraishi, Haruka
Japanese

Rococo

Supporting
Tokui, Sora
Japanese

Cless

Supporting
Ono, Motoharu
Japanese

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Opening Theme

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1: "It’s My Soul" by Hiroki Nanami
2: "HELP" by Aimi
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Ending Theme

1: "Statice (スターチス)" by saji
2: "hikari (ヒカリ)" by Kanoe Rana




Reviews

Dec 24, 2023
Although there are hints of a potentially serious story at the beginning, I almost disregarded 'Helck' as a pointless comedy because let's be real, many anime waste their potential, such as Spy x Family who could be so much better just by ACTUALLY EXPLORING ITS PREMISE and having the characters work together. Disregarding 'Helck' would have been a big mistake! A mistake a lot of people apparently made, but I'm glad I stuck with it - very much so - because the story does get real!

First, let's get the concise stuff out of the way.

Art: 6/10, fine. Not much wrong with it, if any. Subjectively, ...
Feb 27, 2024
Mixed Feelings
I'm making this review mainly to tell you that the anime doesn't finish the plot, it ends in a cliffhanger. I don't think it's worth it to watch the 24 episodes while there's not a continuation out there to watch.
All in all, Helck has a vibe similar to the old 2000's animes, which is really refreshing. You can see that in the art style and also in the type of comedy that is scattered here and there and softens the plot, which is actually surprisingly dark.
Art style: amazing.
Animation: really good, well-balanced fighting scenes.
Plot: the main plot is surprisingly good, but it doesn't finish, and it's ...
Dec 19, 2023
Sometimes when you have a complete dud of a series, it can be hard to know where things went wrong. Not so in the case of Helck, where there is one simple, glaringly obvious problem lit up in neon lights that makes the rest of it unsalvageable. Namely, it looks ugly as sin.

Modern Satelight is depressing for many reasons, but this effort on Helck has to stand as one of the studio's lowlights in its 20 some years of production. The character designs are poor, the animation is stiff in the best of times, but rarely deviates from its baseline level of "hideous". The action ...

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