The Misfit of Demon King Academy

魔王学院の不適合者～史上最強の魔王の始祖、転生して子孫たちの学校へ通う～ (Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha: Shijou Saikyou no Maou no Shiso, Tensei shite Shison-tachi no Gakkou e Kayou)

8.3(2)

OtakuDen

7.3(530,315)

MAL Score

Ranked #3126

Popularity #227

Action
Fantasy
Reincarnation
School

Episodes: 13
Duration: 23 min per ep
Aired: Jul 4, 2020 to Sep 26, 2020
Status: Finished Airing

Synopsis

Long ago, a brutal war between humans and demons plunged the world into chaos. Demon King Anos Voldigoad ended the bloodshed by sacrificing his own life, choosing reincarnation in the hope that he would awaken to an era of peace.

Two thousand years later, Anos returns to find a very different world: magic has grown markedly weaker, and history no longer remembers him as he truly was. He enrolls in the Demon King Academy—an institution created to identify the reborn king—only to discover that his name, achievements, and legacy have been rewritten and attributed to an impostor, leaving him branded as an unprecedented “misfit.” Unshaken, Anos sets out to expose those who tampered with the past and to make his descendants accept the return of their rightful ruler.

Otaku Consensus

The Misfit of Demon King Academy wins less through novelty than through execution: SILVER LINK. and the Shin Oonuma/Masamfumi Tamura team keep the 13-episode run fast, cocky, and joke-aware, letting Anos Voldigoad’s absurd composure become the show’s central engine. Fans responded strongly to its unapologetic power-fantasy swagger, while the most persistent criticism is that its dark-fantasy violence can feel excessive for a series that often plays like a magical-school comedy.

Why You Should Watch

Watch this if you want the overpowered-protagonist pleasure of The Irregular at Magic High School with the demonic theatrics of Overlord, but without the slow-burn empire-building. The appeal is not suspense over whether Anos can win; it is the comic timing of how completely he breaks every rule the academy, magic system, and social hierarchy tries to impose on him. SILVER LINK. treats the material with enough straight-faced polish that the ridiculous feats land as both hype scenes and punchlines. It is especially easy to recommend to viewers who like magic-school settings, duels, reincarnation lore, and a male lead whose confidence is so extreme it becomes the series’ main form of comedy.

Key Characters

A
Anos Voldigoad(VA: Tatsuhisa Suzuki)
Anos is remembered by fans less as a standard strong lead than as a walking punchline to power-scaling debates, delivering impossible feats with deadpan certainty.
M
Misha Necron(VA: Tomori Kusunoki)
Misha brings the kuudere side of the cast into focus, giving the series a quieter emotional counterweight to Anos’s theatrical dominance.
S
Sasha Necron(VA: Yuko Natsuyoshi)
Sasha supplies the show’s sharper tsundere energy, turning academy politics and magical pride into more personal friction.
L
Lay Glanzudlii(VA: Takuma Terashima)
Lay stands out as the swordplay-oriented presence in a cast otherwise defined by overwhelming magic, giving the action a different rhythm whenever he is involved.

What Makes It Stand Out

1
SILVER LINK. produced the 2020 season as a compact 13-episode run, airing from July 4 to September 26, 2020, which gives the adaptation a brisk seasonal-anime pace rather than a long-form academy crawl.
2
The creative hierarchy is unusually layered: Shin Oonuma is credited as chief director, Masafumi Tamura as director, and Mirai Minato as assistant director, a setup that helps explain the show’s mix of dark-fantasy spectacle and sharply timed comedy.
3
Jin Tanaka handled series composition, an important credit for a show that has to move between school ranking systems, reincarnation mythology, family conflict, and large-scale magical battles inside only 13 episodes.
4
Keiji Inai composed the music, giving the series a suitably grand fantasy sound rather than treating it like a purely comedic power fantasy.
5
The AniList tag spread is unusually clear about the show’s identity: Demons and Magic both sit at 96%, Reincarnation at 91%, School at 84%, and Super Power at 83%, while Gore at 45% reflects why several reviews singled out the violence as more intense than expected.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: The anime credits Shuu for the original story and Yoshinori Shizuma for the original character designs, while Kazuyuki Yamayoshi handled the animation character designs for the TV version.
Fun fact 2: Despite a moderate MAL score of 7.3 and rank of #3126, the series is extremely visible in database terms, sitting at MAL popularity #227 with more than 530,000 votes in the provided data.
Fun fact 3: AniList records the series at 72/100 with 6,424 favourites, closely mirroring the MAL reception: broadly liked, heavily watched, and stronger as a fan-favorite power fantasy than as a critical prestige title.
Fun fact 4: Ryousuke Naya served as sound director, while Emi Harada is specifically credited as music producer for the opening and ending themes, separating the show’s theme-song production from Keiji Inai’s score work.
Fun fact 5: Review coverage around the series repeatedly converges on the same split: Anos’s charisma and humor are the hook, while the combination of goofy academy comedy and harsh dark-fantasy violence is the main point of contention.