50 Fun Facts About Seraph of the End

What wipes out most of humanity in Seraph of the End, sparing only children under thirteen?

A virus described as man-made kills nearly everyone past childhood, and the vampires emerge from below ground at the same moment to take charge of the survivors.

Yuichiro and Mikaela are not related, so what gives them the shared surname Hyakuya in Seraph of the End?

Their orphanage gave both boys its name: Yuichiro was born with the surname Amane and Mikaela with the surname Shindo.

What order must Yuichiro Hyakuya obey at school before Guren Ichinose lets him hunt vampires in Seraph of the End?

Make friends, Guren orders, and Shinoa Hiragi is sent to watch whether the vengeful loner can manage it.

Which weapon does Shinoa Hiragi's pen-sized demon tool unfold into in Seraph of the End?

A scythe is the fighting form of Shikama Doji, whose name means four-scythe child, and Shinoa keeps it folded small until she needs it.

Which company, also behind the first three seasons of Attack on Titan, animated Seraph of the End?

Wit Studio was founded in 2012 by producers from Production I.G, the same year the Seraph of the End manga began its run.

Which vampire queen saves the dying Mikaela Hyakuya with her own blood in Seraph of the End?

Krul Tepes is a Third Progenitor, the strongest vampire in Japan, and her blood is what turns the boy into a vampire himself.

In which Tokyo district do Yuichiro and the vampire Mikaela finally meet again in Seraph of the End?

Shinjuku is where Mikaela fights Guren Ichinose and then comes face to face with Yuichiro, four years after the escape that separated them.

Which two-word subtitle, also given to the anime's first half, extends the title Seraph of the End?

Vampire Reign covers the first twelve episodes, while the second twelve are named after the battle they build toward.

Seraph of the End is named after which kind of biblical being, described by Isaiah as six-winged?

An angel of the highest rank is what Christian tradition makes of a seraph, and in Isaiah's vision each one uses two wings to cover its face, two its feet and two to fly.

What are the demon-possessed weapons of the vampire-hunting soldiers called in Seraph of the End?

Cursed Gear holds a demon inside each weapon, and a new soldier has to face that demon in a trial of the mind or be possessed by it.

Which Seventh Progenitor kills Yuichiro's adopted family during their escape in Seraph of the End?

Ferid Bathory leaves Yuichiro the only one to get out, and centuries earlier he was the vampire who turned Crowley Eusford.

Which vampire capital holds Yuichiro and Mikaela captive as boys at the start of Seraph of the End?

Sanguinem is the vampires' Third Capital, and the anime closes with the human army conquering it in the months after the last battle.

Which vampire extermination unit led by Guren Ichinose does Yuichiro join in Seraph of the End?

Moon Demon Company members were the first people Yuichiro met on the surface: they picked him up straight after his escape.

Which demon lives inside the katana that Yuichiro Hyakuya wields in Seraph of the End?

Asuramaru gives Yuichiro power whenever he asks and is often surprised by his gentle side, and over the anime the two become friends.

Which gentle Shinoa Squad archer in Seraph of the End enlists to avenge an older sister?

Yoichi Saotome saw his sister die protecting him from a vampire, and his bow Gekkoin lets the frailest member of the squad strike from far away.

Why does Shiho Kimizuki, who fights with twin swords, enlist in the army in Seraph of the End?

For his sister's treatment, he needs army money: Mirai lies ill in hospital, and Guren brings him news of her a week before an aptitude test.

Which sister of Shinoa, once Guren Ichinose's lover, is the demon in his sword in Seraph of the End?

Mahiru developed the demon weapons herself, and she gave up her own life to become the one that Guren carries.

What does Yuichiro call everyone nearby when a hidden power takes him over in Seraph of the End?

Sinners is his word for comrade and enemy alike in that state, and it takes Shinoa embracing him to bring him back to himself.

Which substance does Yuichiro control by the Seraph of the End anime finale, earning him a royal title?

Salt gives him the title King of Salt: he can turn his enemies into it and shape weapons out of it.

What does Mikaela refuse to do for four years in Seraph of the End, leaving him an incomplete vampire?

Drink human blood is the one thing he will not do, so he lives on the queen's blood until the battle of Nagoya, where Yuichiro offers him his own.

Which Progenitor rank does Crowley Eusford hold in Seraph of the End, well below his true strength?

Thirteenth is the rank on paper, but Crowley hides strength equal to a Seventh Progenitor, enough to overpower several elite soldiers at once.

What was Crowley Eusford in his human life, some eight centuries before the events of Seraph of the End?

A crusader who fought for God is what he was in the Middle Ages, and the vampire who turned him is the noble whose faction he still serves.

Which carefree vampire serves Crowley Eusford alongside the more sisterly Horn Skuld in Seraph of the End?

Chess Belle often cannot stop feeding until her victim is dead, while Horn prefers Crowley's blood to anyone else's.

What does Crowley Eusford become to the Shinoa Squad after it deserts the army in Seraph of the End?

Their ally, improbably: he trains Yuichiro in combat and slowly wins over a squad that starts out distrusting him.

At which Nagoya landmark does Crowley Eusford hold captured soldiers hostage in Seraph of the End?

City Hall is where Crowley waits with his two aides, having worked out that a traitor among the vampires is passing information to humans.

Which voice actor, also the English Ken Kaneki in Tokyo Ghoul, plays Crowley Eusford in Seraph of the End?

Austin Tindle also voices Karma Akabane in Assassination Classroom and Accelerator in A Certain Magical Index.

Which biblical destroyer is summoned through the captive Mirai Kimizuki in the Seraph of the End anime finale?

Abaddon rampages against humans and vampires alike until Yuichiro, transformed himself, destroys the demon and leaves Mirai alive.

Which Hiragi commander tortures Yuichiro's squadmates to test his loyalty in Seraph of the End?

Kureto suspects Yuichiro of being a spy, and he later kills his own father to take over as head of the family.

Which golden instrument does Yuichiro find inside his own mind late in the Seraph of the End anime?

A trumpet waits in his subconscious: his demon blocks him from it at first, and when he finally uses it in the last battle he awakens with the power to end a rampage.

Which class of weapon do the katanas of Yuichiro Hyakuya and Guren Ichinose belong to in Seraph of the End?

Black Demon Series weapons are fearsome enough that Crowley Eusford shows his strength by beating several of their wielders at once.

Which composer, also behind the Kill la Kill score, produced the music for the Seraph of the End anime?

Hiroyuki Sawano shared the score with three other composers but wrote the first opening and ending himself, sung by vocalists from his own song project.

Which company licensed the Seraph of the End anime for North America and streamed its English dub weekly?

Funimation announced the dub in May 2015, while the first half was still airing in Japan, and ran it on its Dubble Talk block every Wednesday.

Which Japanese voice actor, also Satoru Gojo in Jujutsu Kaisen, plays Guren Ichinose in Seraph of the End?

Yuichi Nakamura is also Gray Fullbuster in Fairy Tail and Bruno Bucciarati in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind.

Which Japanese voice actress, also Yor Forger in Spy × Family, plays Shinoa Hiragi in Seraph of the End?

Saori Hayami also voices Shinobu Kocho in Demon Slayer and Shoko Nishimiya in the film A Silent Voice.

Which English voice of Izuku Midoriya in My Hero Academia also plays Mikaela in Seraph of the End?

Justin Briner starred as Mikaela opposite Micah Solusod's Yuichiro, and the two were later cast together again in Black Clover.

In which format is the Seraph of the End prequel Catastrophe at Sixteen, about a teenage Guren Ichinose, told?

Light novels, seven volumes of them, follow Guren eight years before the manga begins, and they were later adapted into a manga of their own.

Which two items does Mikaela obtain from a vampire noble to plan the escape that opens Seraph of the End?

The map and gun come from the noble Mikaela has been secretly giving his blood to, and the same noble then cuts the escaping children down.

Which heavy weapon does Mitsuba Sangu's demon Tenjiryu take the form of in Seraph of the End?

A battle axe of giant size suits Mitsuba, who lost her previous squad and now insists on strict teamwork from her new one.

Shots from Shinya Hiragi's demon rifle take the shape of which animals in Seraph of the End?

White tigers burst from the rifle, and its owner earned his place in the Hiragi family by winning a survival contest as a ten-year-old.

Which monthly Shueisha magazine, launched with Claymore among its first series, runs the Seraph of the End manga?

Jump Square arrived in 2007 as the replacement for a monthly anthology Shueisha had just closed, and its SQ is said to stand for supreme quality.

Which pop act, known for A Certain Scientific Railgun themes, performs the second opening of Seraph of the End?

Fripside, a trance-pop act formed in 2002, supplied the opening for the twelve episodes of the Battle in Nagoya arc.

Which writer, creator of The Legend of the Legendary Heroes, scripts the Seraph of the End manga?

Takaya Kagami also drafted the story for anime episodes that ran ahead of the manga and supervised the scripts through to the final episode.

Which artist, illustrator of the Kure-nai books, draws the Seraph of the End manga?

Yamato Yamamoto works from storyboards by a third credited creator, Daisuke Furuya, and earlier turned Kure-nai into a manga for the same magazine.

Norito Goshi's illusion-casting weapon Kakuze takes the form of which everyday object in Seraph of the End?

A smoking pipe of the traditional Japanese kind lets Goshi fool opponents with illusions while Guren fights at close range.

What are the young soldiers of Seraph of the End given to swallow in combat to boost their weapons' power?

Stimulant pills are issued on the way into the first big battle, and at Nagoya Yuichiro takes two at once in defiance of orders and collapses.

In which Tokyo neighbourhood does the Shinoa Squad carry out its first mission together in Seraph of the End?

Harajuku is where the squad saves a little girl from a monster, and her tip then leads them to captives held at Omotesando Station.

Which Seraph of the End sergeant, the only survivor of his squad at Nagoya, deserts the army with the Shinoa Squad?

Makoto Narumi starts out distrusting Mikaela before accepting him, and his weapon is a trident that can throw up multiple shields.

The Second Progenitor Urd Geales rules the vampires of which country in Seraph of the End?

Russia answers to Urd Geales, who enjoys watching humans sing and dance and values their lives more than most of his kind do.

Which handheld console received the Seraph of the End strategy game Unmei no Hajimari from Bandai Namco?

PlayStation Vita owners got the game in December 2015, under three months after the same publisher released a smartphone game called Bloody Blades.

Which army rank does Guren Ichinose hold in Seraph of the End while commanding its vampire extermination unit?

Lieutenant Colonel is modest for the unit's commander: Guren's family is a lesser branch belittled by the ruling Hiragi, whom he secretly plans to dethrone.