Chillin' in My 30s After Getting Fired From the Demon King's Army
Chillin' in My 30s After Getting Fired From the Demon King's Army
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Chillin' in My 30s After Getting Fired From the Demon King's Army

7.5
Yr 2023
Rt 24m
Status Ended
Animation Action & Adventure Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Series Brief

Overview

Dariel, a dark soldier in the demon king's army who cannot use magic, has risen to the position of assistant to the Four Generals with his talent and energy, and has been wielding his skill. However, as soon as the Four Generals are replaced, Dariel is fired from the army. Dariel is devastated, but when he arrives in a human village, he finds that his adventuring skills, which are supposed to be useless to demons, have blossomed! "I was... human?" Dariel decides to spend his second life in this village, and the requests start pouring in! Trouble! False charge! Duel! With his natural skills and the adjusting power that he developed in his old place, the former dark soldier solves them all!

Critical Reception

What critics are saying

Score 68 /100

Critical response to Chillin' in My 30s After Getting Fired From the Demon King's Army describes the show as a pleasant, middle-of-the-road fantasy series. While reviewers initially expected a standard, assembly-line anime filled with generic tropes, the show turned out to be a surprisingly engaging watch.

Ultimately, critics viewed the series as reliable comfort food. Though it rarely strays from familiar conventions, Dariel's post-army adventures provide a mild, satisfying, and agreeable watching experience.

“Chillin’ in My 30s is just okay. It’s the frozen apple pie of anime: it’ll always be decent...”

“This was absolutely not what I expected.”

“feels like it came off an assembly line”

Transmission Paths

Where to Watch

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Why fans love it

The premise pivots on the irony of a high-achieving careerist finding that his most valuable corporate skills are only applicable once he crosses the border to the human side. By stripping away his ability to wield magic, the show forces a focus on the logistical grit and bureaucratic finesse he honed while serving the Demon King. His transition from an elite military assistant to a village problem-solver reframes the typical genre action as a series of professional hurdles.

Tomokazu Sugita voices the protagonist during this unexpected mid-life reset. The appeal lies in how Dariel applies his experience with duels and false charges to mundane village life, treating neighborhood crises with the same intensity as army operations. It balances fantasy combat with the rhythms of a slice of life career shift, showing that even in a world of monsters and magic, success often comes down to knowing how to manage chaos.

Featured Players

Cast

Credited 31
Regulars 13
Longest run 11 eps
Tomokazu Sugita
Tomokazu Sugita
as Dariel (voice)
Akane Fujita
Akane Fujita
as Marika (voice)
Atsushi Abe
Atsushi Abe
as Bashvaza (voice)
7 episodes
Tetsuya Kakihara
Tetsuya Kakihara
as Gashita (voice)
11 episodes
Rumi Okubo
Rumi Okubo
as Zeviantes (voice)
9 episodes
Akari Kito
Akari Kito
as Lady (voice)
7 episodes
Mai Nakahara
Mai Nakahara
as Droyes (voice)
3 episodes
Satoshi Tsuruoka
Satoshi Tsuruoka
as Beseria (voice)
3 episodes
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Shinnosuke Tachibana as Lizette (voice) 6 episodes Kenji Hamada as Enbil (voice) 10 episodes Hiroshi Iwasaki as Smith (voice) 1 episode Masaki Terasoma as Granbaza (voice) 5 episodes Kazuhiko Inoue as Arantzil (voice) 5 episodes Keiko Watanabe as Gran (voice) 8 episodes Maaya Torigoe as Adonis (voice) 3 episodes Takaki Otomari as Fitbitan (voice) 8 episodes Yuki Kudo as Satome (voice) 9 episodes Aoi Inase as Polga (voice) 1 episode Atsushi Tamaru as Commander (voice) 1 episode Hiromichi Tezuka as Sessha (voice) 8 episodes Rie Kugimiya as Demon King (voice) 1 episode Kotaro Shinohara as Bestfred (voice) 2 episodes Emi Miyajima as Bird (voice) 11 episodes Atsushi Kosaka as Villager A (voice) 7 episodes Takuya Nakashima as Friend A (voice) 8 episodes Tomohiro Ono as Sakai (voice) 2 episodes Kei Kinjo as Blacksmith B (voice) 1 episode Maki Kawase as Dariel (Childhood) (voice) 1 episode Takaya Kuroda as Demon King (voice) 1 episode Tetsu Inada as Gigantomachia (voice) 1 episode Daisuke Hirakawa as Demon King (voice) 1 episode
Production Board

Crew

Supervising Animation Director
Sakae Shibuya Fumiaki Sato Ayumu Samukawa Satomi Yonezawa
Art Designer
Kazuhiro Arai Takahiro Koyama
Art Direction
Kazuhiro Arai
Music Producer
Satoru Kuwabara
Sound Director
Hiroto Morishita
Color Designer
Shiori Shoji
Theme Song Performance
Hinano Takashima
Director of Photography
Yasuyuki Itou
Director
Yuuma Imura Xu Fufeng
Series Director
Fumitoshi Oizaki
Storyboard Artist
Fumitoshi Oizaki Yoshihide Yuuzumi Koichi Ohata Takashi Iida
3D Director
Yukie Yamamoto
Scenario Writer
Hitomi Amamiya
Series Composition
Hitomi Amamiya
Character Designer
Satomi Yonezawa
Producer
Takanori Matsuoka
Assistant Director
Yoshihide Yuuzumi
Associate Producer
Yuri Terao
Key Animation
Bi Ziqiang
Novel
Rokuyon Okazawa
Animation Director
Kim Na-num Ahn Min-mi
Signal Match

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Keyword Cloud

Keywords

fight magic career romance slice of life based on manga job hunting seinen ecchi anime
Technical Sheet

Details

First Aired
January 07, 2023
Status
Ended
Episode Runtime
24 minutes
Origin
JP
TMDB Votes
66