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.

Because of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the anime had been postponed for three weeks starting with Episode 10, replaced with reruns of Yumeiro Patissiere in its regular timeslots between. Episode 10 was originally to be the two-part episode Berubō: The Assessment Test/Hilda: Dear Great Demon King.

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