A new anime adaptation was announced in February 2022 that arrived in 2023 as Nanaki Nanao confirmed that their series Helck is getting an anime adaptation. The show saw a summer 2023 debut with HIDIVE handling the distribution for it.
The series saw a two-cour run that was continuous with it debuting on July 11th, 2023. With it having wrapped up, we learned yesterday that the series is getting an April 2nd, 2024 premiere of the English dub. Episodes will be coming out weekly for the twenty-four-episode run and they provided the trailer yesterday as well.
Now, HIDIVE has revealed that Kyle Colby Jones is the ADR director and worked on the scripts alongside Marta Bechtol.
The English cast includes:
| Helck | Andrew Love |
| Vermilio | Kira Vincent-Davis |
| Alicia | Melissa Engler |
| Askune | Scott Gibbs |
| Asta | Kara Greenberg |
| Augis | Jeremy Gee |
| Azudra | Joe Daniels |
| Big Piwi | Jessica Boone |
| Borgen | Nathan Wilson |
| Chef Ajikaba | Blake Shepard |
| Chef Moonmi | John Gremillion |
| Chef Touga | Benjamin McLaughlin |
| Chupabra | Adam Gibbs |
| Cless | Houston Hayes |
| Cooking Host | Mark X Laskowski |
| Corstag | Kyle Colby Jones |
| Dorshe | Michael Wronski |
| Edil | Adam Gibbs |
| Erillean Princess | Olivia Swasey |
| Gaoriule | Joe P |
| Great Witch | Shelley Calene-Black |
| Hamman | Greg Cote |
| Haraoul | James Marler |
| Hipponik | Kyle Colby Jones |
| Hon | John Swasey |
| Hyura | Brianna Roberts |
| Iris | Kelley Peters |
| Island Chief | Rob Mungle |
| Ista | Annie Wild |
| Kenros | Jack Stansbury |
| Kushiki | Scott Gibbs |
| Lantos | Jovan Jackson |
| Lelepus | Rob Mungle |
| Lotto | Emi Lo |
| Mikaros | Brandon Hernsberger |
| Narrator | Jay Hickman |
| Piwi | Jessica Boone |
| Raphaed | John Gremillion |
| Rebero | Kyle Colby Jones |
| Rococo | Karlii Hoch |
| Shalamy | Cat Thomas |
| The Human King | David Wald |
| Tothman King | Cyrus Rodas |
| Young Cless | Donna Bella Litton |
| Young Helck | Luci Christian |
| Zeruzeon | Ty Mahany |
The show has Tatsuo Sato directing it with Toshizo Nemoto and Mitsutaka Hirota working on the scenario. Yoshinori Deno is working on the character designs with Satelight handling the animation production.
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The Japanese cast includes:
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Helck
- Mikako Komatsu as Vermilio
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Azudora
- Akira Ishida as Hon
- Shiki Aoki as Asuta
- Haruka Shiraishi as Isuta
- Hiroyuki Yoshino as Kenros
- Rena Maeda as Hyura
- Takuya Nakashima as Dorūshi
- Sora Tokui as Rococo
- Shiori Izawa as Piwi
- Motoharu Ono as Cless
- Reina Kondo as Alicia
- Atsushi Miyauchi as Rafaed
- Daisuke Hirakawa as Mikaros
- Yumiri Hanamori as Sharuami
- Hiroki Nanami as Edil
- Shūta Morishima as Zeldion
- Satoshi Niwa as Haraol
- Aimi as Iris
- Yukaka as the Witch
- Shuuichi Ikeda as the narrator
The series began in 2014 as serialized on Ura Sunday with it wrapping up in 2017 with twelve volumes total.
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Plot Concept: After a crushing defeat at the hands of humanity, the demons are ready to elect their new Demon King! Only demons don’t decide their rulers at the ballot box. Instead, a fighting tournament will determine who inherits the crown and the task of leading the demons back to their former glory. The latest tournament of succession is going smoothly—except for the tiny detail that a former HUMAN hero named Helck just walked away victorious! Sure, Helck claims he hates humans as much as the next demon, but his new subjects aren’t so sure of his motivations. They send Red Vermilio, one of the Four Heavenly Demon Kings, to investigate Helck’s true intentions for the demon realm. The title of Demon King is at stake, and now the fate of the demon world is in Red’s demonic hands!
