One of my absolute favorite under the radar series from the past few years has finally gotten a license pickup with Beelzebub now in Discotek Media’s hands. The company is looking to bring it out as a complete series in 2016 on DVD in one box set. Based on the original manga by Ryuuhei Tamura, the series was animated by Studio Pierrot and ran for sixty episodes. The Japanese home video release also included several specials but it hasn’t been said whether these will be included or not. The show was directed by Norihiro Takamoto with Masahiro Yokotano doing the overall composition and many of the scripts alongside others. Yukiko Ban served as the chief animation director while Takeshi Yoshioka handled the character designs,
The original manga began in 2009 and completed in March of this year after 250 chapters compiled in 28 volumes. Crunchyroll previously simulcast the series.
Plot concept: The story follows the “strongest juvenile delinquent,” Tatsumi Oga, a first year at Ishiyama High, the school for delinquents. One day while sleeping next to a river, he sees a man floating down it. Tatsumi pulls him to shore, and the man splits in half revealing a baby boy. This boy is the son of the demon king, and Tatsumi has been chosen as the one to raise it with the baby’s demon maid, Hilda. The story follows his life with the child at the delinquent school.
