Soul Eater (2008) — Story, Release Date, Rating

Synopsis:

Set within Death City, a hub for training Shinigami, *[Anime Title]* follows the students of the Death Weapon Meister Academy (Shibusen). The academy's purpose is to cultivate individuals capable of becoming powerful Death Scythes, partners to the Shinigami in their fight against evil. Central to the story are Soul Eater Evans and his meister, Maka Albarn, whose contrasting personalities shape their dynamic as they navigate rigorous training alongside fellow students like Black☆Star and Death the Kid.

The narrative explores themes of self-improvement and teamwork as these young individuals embark on missions to gather souls from evil beings and protect the city. The anime presents a blend of action and character-driven moments, examining the personal growth required to master one's abilities and confront moral complexities within a world teeming with supernatural threats. The series emphasizes the importance of mental fortitude alongside physical prowess in striving toward becoming capable protectors.

Trailer:

Streaming Platforms:

Crunchyroll

Episodes:

Episode 1: Resonance of the Soul: Will Soul Eater Become a Death Scythe? (Aired: 04/07/2008)
Episode 2: I Am the Star!: The Big Man Is Showing Up Here? (Aired: 04/14/2008)
Episode 3: The Perfect Boy: Death the Kid's Magnificent Mission? (Aired: 04/21/2008)
Episode 4: Engage the Witch Hunter! A Remedial Lesson in the Graveyard? (Aired: 04/28/2008)
Episode 5: Shape of the Soul: Enter the Ultimate Meister Stein? (Aired: 05/05/2008)
... and 46 more episodes

Characters:

Albarn, Maka (Main) - Voice Actors: Bailey, Laura, Omigawa, Chiaki, Puccio, Veronica, Csifó, Dorina, Kim, Seon Hye, Rotard, Céline, Bäcker, Manuela, Marie, Jeane, Leguizamo, Denisse
Black☆Star (Main) - Voice Actors: Karbowski, Brittney, Kobayashi, Yumiko, Czető, Roland, Kim, Il, Bertolotti, Monica, Lambotte, Jessie, Harloff, Fabian, Martins, Gabriel, Quezada, Rubén
Death the Kid (Main) - Voice Actors: Miyano, Mamoru, Haberkorn, Todd, Coltorti, Emiliano, Hamvas, Dániel, O, In Seong, Kotulla, Robert, Montalto, Jean-Marco, Alonso, Renan, Fernández, Iván
Evans, Soul Eater (Main) - Voice Actors: Uchiyama, Kouki, Crescentini, Stefano, Créton, François, Sánta, László, Solusod, Micah, Son, Won Il, Borowski, Rasmus, Almeida, Lucas, Leguizamo, Elliot
Nakatsukasa, Tsubaki (Main) - Voice Actors: Nazuka, Kaori, Rial, Monica, Volpé, Isabelle, Szabó, Zselyke, Yun, Yeo Jin, Gioncardi, Chiara, Draeger, Kerstin, Stefane, Mayara, Lujambio, Nadia
Thompson, Elizabeth (Main) - Voice Actors: Watanabe, Akeno, Marchi, Jamie, Forest, Nayéli, Han, Chae Eon, Dal Fabbro, Marzia, Sperber, Traudel, Nogueira, Bruna, Estrada, Effy, Eszter Anna, Sipos
Thompson, Patricia (Main) - Voice Actors: Leigh, Cherami, Takahira, Narumi, Tamási, Nikolett, Bienaimé, Nathalie, Song, Do Yeong, Leoni, Joyce, von Stengel, Marion, Carvalho, Nina, Castañeda, Diana
Albarn, Spirit (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mignogna, Vic, Ookawa, Tooru, Juhász, Zoltán, Souterelle, Frédéric, Byeon, Hyeon Wu, Loddi, Loris, Sangregório, Bruno, Vidal, Arturo Sian
Alcapone (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Iizuka, Shouzou, Inman, Jeremy, Gasperini, Mauro, Quijano, Rafael
Arisa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nishimura, Trina, Chemin, Pascale, Koike, Izumi, Guilen, Nathalia, Nitzsche, Ela
Asura (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Patton, Chris, Furukawa, Toshio, Fekete, Zoltán, Kim, Min Seok, Coblentz, Mathieu, Certoma, Roberto, Córdova, Thiago, Kuri, Víctor
Azusa, Yumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yukana, Palencia, Brina, Volpé, Isabelle, Brusa, Angela, von Keller, Katharina, Franchi, Glaucia, González, Yesica
Barrett, Sid (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Williams, Kent, Kimura, Masafumi, Maday, Gábor, Souterelle, Frédéric, Draghetti, Roberto, Marques, Guilherme, Pineda Díaz, Ignacio, Oseguera, Samuel
Blair (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Katou, Emiri, Clark, Leah, Ward, Monica, Molnár, Ilona, Lee, Ji Yeong, Melloul, Céline, von Stengel, Marion, Martelli, Carla, Vázquez, Camila
Buttataki, Joe (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Douglas, Jason, Ono, Atsushi, Leblan, Jean-Pierre, Draeger, Sascha, Bombardieri, Mario, Imperador, Alessandro, Echeverría Casellas, César
Crona (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakamoto, Maaya, Chemin, Pascale, Whitehead, Maxey, Szentesi, Dóra, Crispino, Gilberta, Kotulla, Robert, Horta, Luísa, Mendoza, Rose
D. Éclair, Harvar (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hatano, Wataru, Freeman, Scott, Coblentz, Mathieu, Incen, Maury, Soares, Wallace
Diehl, Kim (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Saitou, Chiwa, Glass, Caitlin, Cenciarelli, Maura, Melloul, Céline, Ida, Letícia
Eibon (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sabat, Christopher, Kase, Yasuyuki, Guedes, Jonathan
Excalibur (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koyasu, Takehito, Baker, Troy, Chatelet, Julien, Rajkai, Zoltán, Hong, Si Ho, Dal Fabbro, Luca, Peters, Joshy, Rinaldi, André, Rivas Villareal, Fernando
Fisher King (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kitagawa, Takurou, Holdorf, Jürgen, Monteiro, Lucas, Slavens, J Paul
Flying Dutchman (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsumoto, Yasunori, Parsons, Phil, Noérie, Patrick, Guarnieri, José Otávio, Reynoso, Carlos
Ford, Ox (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yoshino, Hiroyuki, Grelle, Jessie James, Csongor, Szalay, Hong, Si Ho, Vitelli, Omar, Espiasse, Jean-Adrien, Hanisch, Volker, Magno, Carloz, Valverde, Mauricio
Free (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Willingham, Travis, Nishi, Rintarou, Varga, Rókus, Seugnet, Christophe, Ragno, Emiliano, Bideller, Michael, Ávila, Cassiano, Rodríguez, Bernardo
Frog, Eruka (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fukuen, Misato, Latini, Ilaria, Oxley, Kate, Laudon, Andrea, Rivière, Bénédicte, Schreier, Nadine, de Brito, Giulia, Martínez, Azucena
Giriko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Canna, Nobutoshi, Tatum, J. Michael, Sörös, Miklós, Chatelet, Julien, Brusa, Stefano, Schmidt, Tobias, Casemiro, Bruno, Castillo, Abraham
Gorgon, Arachne (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Neya, Michiko, Young, Stephanie, Boccanera, Laura, Szőlőskei, Tímea, Lee, Ji Yeong, Darmon, Emma, Souza, Patrícia, Rodríguez, Adriana
Gorgon, Medusa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kuwashima, Houko, Christian, Luci, Lenghi, Laura, Wégner, Judit, Song, Do Yeong, André, Julie, Sperber, Traudel, Cunha, Maitê, Gortárez Campos, Mariana
Hiro (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shimono, Hiro, Markovics, Tamás, Bolton, Zach, Raffaeli, Daniele, D'Armor, Thierry, Neves, Gabriel, Montaño, Emiliano
Jack the Ripper (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Cason, Chris, Sakaguchi, Kouichi, Freitas, Francisco
Jackson, Tadpole (Supporting)
Law, Justin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fujita, Yoshinori, Vale, Eric, Pálmai, Szabolcs, Espiasse, Jean-Adrien, Grimm, Jesse, Lopez, Gabriele, Campos, Fábio, Venosa, Emiliano
Leon, Angela (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Saitou, Ayaka, Bullard, Majken, Boudonnat, Lucille, Tavares, Amanda, Hernández, Ana Karen
Little Demon (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ootsuka, Houchuu, Yandell, Barry, Bolla, Róbert, Seugnet, Christophe, Colombo, Ambrogio, Raj, Wallace, Miranda, Jonathan
Lunge, Kilik (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suzumura, Kenichi, McDonald, Joel, Byeon, Hyeon Wu, Veltroni, Simone, Freire, Caio
Lupin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Campbell, Charles, Mochizuki, Kenichi, Alves, Raan
Mabaa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Powell, Wendy, Kataoka, Tomie
Mifune (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsuda, Kenjirou, McCollum, Robert, Chatelet, Julien, Szatmári, Attila, Ward, Luca, Bang, Seong Jun, Daunt, Ricardo
Mizune (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nishimura, Trina, Makiguchi, Mayuki, Boudonnat, Lucille, Ricci, Kate Kelly, Tapia, Krishna
Mjolnir, Marie (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Clinkenbeard, Colleen, Honda, Chieko, Dögei, Éva, Lambotte, Jessie, Gianni, Elena, Haruno, Mari
Mosquito (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Stoddard, Mark, Inagaki, Takashi, Leblan, Jean-Pierre, Lopez, Giorgio, Holdorf, Jürgen, Seidl, Carlos
Nakatsukasa, Masamune (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hebert, Kyle, Shimono, Hiro, Tsuchida, Hiroshi, Seszták, Szabolcs, Leblan, Jean-Pierre, Certoma, Roberto, Mahlich, Leonhard, Martim, Rodrigo
Nygus, Mira (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Noda, Junko, Moore, Shay, Collomb, Catherine, Scorsoni, Vanessa, Monzón Flores, Jessica
O. Lantern Dupré, Jacqueline (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Oki, Kanae, Saxton, Jad, Collomb, Catherine, Custodi, Stephany
Pharaoh (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakata, Jouji, Mathis, Brian, Falcão, Jonas
Pot of Fire (Supporting)
Pot of Thunder (Supporting)
Ragnarök (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Strait, Sonny, Himeno, Keiji, Tokaji, Csaba, Bléger, Lucas, Quatraro, Davide, Moreno, Victor, Padilla, Erick
Rasputin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Houki, Katsuhisa, Magruder, Bob, Falcão, Jonas
Risa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Cranz, Cynthia, Makiguchi, Mayuki, Lambotte, Jessie, Menezes, Ana
Ryoku (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kumai, Motoko, Pate, Justin, Baráth, István, Ribeiro, Matheus
Samantha (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suzuki, Reiko, Leonard, Linda, Mello, Rosângela
Shinigami (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koyama, Rikiya, Swasey, John, Galbenisz, Tomasz, May, Martin, Bang, Seong Jun, Noérie, Patrick, Baldini, Oreste, Neto, Nizo, Román, Juan Carlos
Sonson J. (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Uo, Ken, Brignon, Jean-Yves
Stein, Franken (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Huber, Chuck, Uchida, Yuuya, Iansante, Christian, Burnett, Chris, May, Martin, Kang, Su Jin, Lescurat, François, Rossatto, Raphael, Ramírez, Aldo, Hanba, Tomoe, Minei, Luciana
... and 2 more characters

Staff:

Cook, Justin (Producer)
Oyabu, Yoshihiro (Producer)
Yamanishi, Tahei (Producer)
Yoshino, Aya (Producer)
Igarashi, Takuya (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard)
Wakabayashi, Kazuhiro (Sound Director)
Andou, Ken (Episode Director)
Anzai, Takefumi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Asai, Yoshiyuki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Chiba, Daisuke (Episode Director)
Fuchigami, Makoto (Episode Director)
Ikehata, Hiroshi (Episode Director)
Ikezoe, Takahiro (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Irie, Yasuhiro (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Kaneko, Shingo (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Matsuo, Shin (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Narita, Toshinori (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Okamura, Tensai (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Saitou, Hiroya (Episode Director)
Satou, Ikurou (Episode Director)
Suzuki, Norimitsu (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Toukairin, Shinichi (Episode Director, Key Animation)
Yoneda, Mitsuhiro (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Lebret, Gwen (Script)
Shimizu, Megumi (Script)
Tsumura, Yoneki (Script)
Yamatoya, Akatsuki (Script, Series Composition)
Fukuda, Michio (Storyboard)
Ikuhara, Kunihiko (Storyboard)
Ishihira, Shinji (Storyboard)
Masui, Souichi (Storyboard)
Terahigashi, Katsumi (Storyboard)
Asakura, Daisuke (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement)
Diggy-MO' (Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Composition)
HOW MERRY MARRY (Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Performance)
Inoue, Akio (Theme Song Lyrics)
Ishizaki, Hikaru (Theme Song Arrangement)
JUNKOO (Theme Song Arrangement)
Kawase, Tomoko (Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance, Inserted Song Performance)
Kishi, Toshiyuki (Theme Song Composition)
Maeda, Kazuhiko (Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition)
Makino, Yui (Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics)
Nishino, Kana (Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics)
Okuda, Shunsaku (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement)
STANCE PUNKS (Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement)
T.M.Revolution (Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance)
Tabuchi, Tomoya (Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Composition)
Tsuda, Naoshi (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement)
Tsuji, Shion (Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Composition)
UNISON SQUARE GARDEN (Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Performance)
... and 281 more staff

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Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, School, Shounen
Themes: School
Demographics: Shounen
Studios: Bones
Producers: Aniplex, Dentsu, Fonishia, Media Factory, TV Tokyo
Licensors: Funimation
Rating: 7.85 / 10
Rank: #959
Popularity: #63
Users Listed: 1,715,512
Users Scored: 882,452
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 04/28/2025
Aired: April 7, 2008 – March 30, 2009 (Spring)
Type: tv
Source: manga
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 51
Broadcast: Monday at 18:00 (JST)

Soul Eater