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SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table
Synopsis
The story
At just seventeen, Yuki is a professional death game player. She’s survived enough rounds to know that survival is calculation, not luck—and that failure is final. For most players, the games are a nightmare with no escape. For Yuki, they’re simply business. Yet in a world where rooms turn into graves and every choice could be her last, even experience offers no protection. Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~47 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.
ActionDramaMysteryPsychologicalThriller
Episode guide
11 episodes
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01Episode 1Unwatched · Aired02Episode 2Unwatched · AiredAired Jan 14, 202603Episode 3Unwatched · AiredAired Jan 21, 202604Episode 4Unwatched · AiredAired Jan 28, 202605Episode 5Unwatched · AiredAired Feb 4, 202606Episode 6Unwatched · AiredAired Feb 11, 202607Episode 7Unwatched · AiredAired Feb 18, 202608Episode 8Unwatched · AiredAired Feb 25, 202609Episode 9Unwatched · AiredAired Mar 4, 202610Episode 10Unwatched · AiredAired Mar 11, 202611Episode 11Unwatched · AiredAired Mar 18, 2026Characters & voices
500 credited
Yuki Sorimachi
Main
Moegi
Supporting
Kinko
Supporting
Momono
Supporting
Sumiyaka
Supporting
Airi
Supporting
Beniya
Supporting
Kokutou
Supporting
Hakushi
Supporting
Aoi
Supporting
Mishiro
Supporting
Azuma
Supporting
Keito
Supporting
Chie
Supporting
Kotoha
Supporting
Mishiro no Agent
Background
Ookami
Supporting
Yuuki no Agent
Supporting
Production staff
500 credited
Takahiro KishidaMonster Design (eps 3, 4)
Yumi NakayamaAnimation Director (eps 6, 9)
Osamu YamasakiStoryboard (ep 3)
Akira KasaharaKey Animation (eps 2, 4, 6)Akira Kasahara2nd Key Animation (eps 2, 3, 5)
Shinji IshihiraStoryboard (eps 4, 8)
Noriyuki AbeStoryboard (ep 2)
Shinobu TagashiraStoryboard (ep 11)
Shunji YoshidaEpisode Director (eps 4, 9)Naomi HayakawaKey Animation (eps 5, 9)Yutaka KawasujiKey Animation (eps 4, 8)
Eri OsadaCharacter DesignEri OsadaChief Animation Director (eps 1, 3)
MachicoInsert Song Performance (eps 4, 7)Hirofumi MorimotoChief Animation Director (eps 2, 4-6, 8, 9)
Junichi MatsumotoMusicMasahiko MatsuoChief Animation Director (eps 1, 4, 6, 9, 10)Masahiko Matsuo2nd Key Animation (eps 1, 10)Masahiko MatsuoKey Animation (ep 2)
Rintarou IkedaSeries CompositionThemes & motifs
AniList community tags
Primarily Female CastCast-Main Cast97%
Female ProtagonistCast-Main Cast96%
Death GameTheme-Other96%
Achronological OrderSetting-Time80%
PhilosophyTheme-Other78%
KuudereCast-Traits75%
SurvivalTheme-Other60%
YuriTheme-Romance56%
Ojou-samaCast-Traits56%
SeinenDemographic50%
LGBTQ+ ThemesTheme-Other46%
MaidsCast-Traits45%
CGITechnical33%
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Planning17,929
Completed17,464
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What viewers say
500 community reviews
Ueno’s direction makes ghosts of everything, which is both its great attractor and great repellent.
@ZNote80/98 helpful
You are complicit. Don't you dare look away.
@TheAnimeBingeWatcher31/54 helpful
"This is a story about a deranged world. But this is also the story of the world they lived in."
@Baleygr20/30 helpful
So many death games, but so little time…
@HeartbreakRebel5/14 helpful