Anime



The anime version of Beelzebub is produced by Studio Pierrot and directed by Yoshihiro Takamoto. Yomiuri Television has announced on January 4, 2011 that the Beelzebub anime series would be their biggest project for the year with an anime series comprising over 50 episodes. It began broadcasting in Japan on January 9, 2011 on Nippon Television and Yomiuri Television. Each episode first aired every Sunday at 7:00am JST. It is also licensed and simulcast online by Crunchyroll in North America, parts of Europe, parts of Australasia and Brazil.

Following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the anime had been postponed for two weeks because of the provocative nature of the series. The anime's regular timeslots on March 13 and 20 had been replaced with reruns of Yumeiro Patissiere. Originally scheduled as episode 10 was the two-part episode Berubō: The Assessment Test/Hilda: Dear Great Demon King, while episode 11 was originally scheduled as The Delinquency Had Changed Inside a Swimsuit. These two episodes have skipped airing, leaving the originally scheduled episodes immediately following those two aired first (The Disciple is Ready and The Things Money Can't Buy, Found). It is currently unknown when the two skipped episodes will air.

In addition to the regular series, the anime also comprises one OVA.