Series synopsis
Hell Girl, also known as 地獄少女 is a Japanese animation drama mystery sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on Tokyo MX on October 4, 2005. It ended on September 30, 2017. It stars Masaya Matsukaze, Mamiko Noto, Takayuki Sugo and Takako Honda.
A supernatural system allows people to take revenge by having other people sent to Hell via the services of a mysterious entity and her assistants who implement this system. Revenge, injustice, hatred, and the nature of human emotions are common themes throughout the series.
Premise
A supernatural system allows people to take revenge by having other people sent to Hell via the services of a mysterious entity and her assistants who implement this system. Revenge, injustice, hatred, and the nature of human emotions are common themes throughout the series.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Masaya Matsukaze as Ichimokuren
- Mamiko Noto as Ai Enma
- Takayuki Sugo as Wanyūdō
- Takako Honda as Hone Onna
- Eriko Matsushima as Ai's Grandmother
- Hidekatsu Shibata as The Spider
- Kanako Sakai as Kikuri
- Hekiru Shiina as Yamawaro
Supporting cast
- Nana Mizuki as Tsugumi Shibata
- Satomi Sato as Yuzuki Mikage
- Kanae Oki as Akie Takasugi
- Misaki Watada as Michiru
- Yuji Ueda as Hajime Shibata
- Tanuki Sugino as Father Muroi (voice)
Guest cast
Episodes
This series spans 5 seasons with 101 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 11 | January 11, 2006 | August 25, 2017 |
| Season 1 | 26 | October 4, 2005 | April 8, 2006 |
| Season 2 | 26 | October 7, 2006 | April 7, 2007 |
| Season 3 | 26 | October 4, 2008 | April 4, 2009 |
| Season 4 | 12 | July 14, 2017 | September 30, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | January 11, 2006 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | January 18, 2006 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | January 25, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Other Side of Twilight Hashimoto Mayumi, a typical high school girl. She plans on seeking revenge on her classmate Kuroda Aya for bullying and torturing her. One day, she finds a strange ad regarding sending tormentors to hell. Is this hotline to hell real? Will she get her revenge? |
October 4, 2005 |
| 2 |
Demon-possessed Girl How nice would it be to be to be able to send someone to Hell with just a simple click of the button? A girl named Ryouko is haunted by a stalker.Desperate to get this despicable man from stalking her any further, she types in his name (only known to her as Stalker) on the Jigoku Shoujo web site, and later receives a call confirming her request. She meets Enma Ai and explains her situation to her and her team, but Ryouko finds out that its not as simple as it appears not only will her stalker go to Hell, but so will she as a consequence for using their services. Is it worth the price of going to Hell for eternity? |
October 11, 2005 |
| 3 |
Impure Mound Muroi Kouichi was a high school student with high aspirations to play in his first baseball tournament, but his short life had been plagued by the constant bullying from the star player Hanagasa Mamoru who enjoyed tormenting him with his baseball bat, and it became so bad that it eventually lead to his death or even suicide. His friend Iwashita had kept the bullying a secret until the very end, but it ended up backfiring on him when Murois mother publicly accused him of murdering her son instead of blaming the real culprit. Iwashita decides to take matters into his own hands and summons Enma Ai to take care of the dirty work for him. Will he pull the string? |
October 18, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The girl in the dark Onda Maki is being bullied in class, but she doesn't know who is bullying her. She spends every night typing her classmates' names into the Hotline to Hell engine, but always erases it. Her science teacher Kamishiro tries to help her, but Onda always refuses.Eventually, she finds out that Kamishiro is the one who has been bullying her and sends her to Hell. Onda has a new friend, and as they are working after school on a project, Onda discovers that her friend had been helping Kamishiro bully her. |
October 7, 2006 |
| 2 |
Transient Yayoi's sister, Sumire is missing. She is constantly hearing the sound of bubbles from underwater. She after a while begins to realize her sister is dead. But because she doesn't know the identity of the killer, she can't get onto the website to get her sister's revenge. She blames herself for Sumire's death because Sumire vanished on a day Yayoi didn't walk with her. Yayoi falls into a fountain and has a vision of what happened to her sister. Sumire was kidnapped, raped, killed, and dumped in a lake, which explains the bubbles. Yayoi knows the identity of the killer and sends him to Hell for Sumire. |
October 14, 2006 |
| 3 |
Beloved Kei-chan A girl named Tae-pon is obsessively protective of her neighbor, Kei-chan. She refuses to admit her love for Kei-chan because she thinks their relationship would change and then they would drift apart. She knows his girlfriend is a two-timer, but refuses to tell him because she's "protecting" him. Kei-chan enters her room through her window, admits he knows his girlfriend is cheating on him, and then sleeps with Tae-pon when she comforts him. She becomes afraid that their relationship is now in danger of changing and refuses to open her window when Kei says he loves her. She opens her window to see if he's still there, causing him to lose his balance and fall to his death. The next day, Tae-pon sends his ex-girlfriend to Hell for causing Kei-chan to be distraught enough to alter his relationship with Tae-pon and for calling him pathetic. Tae-pon moves to a new area and her new window neighbor looks almost exactly like Kei-chan... |
October 21, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Girl Who was Taken Since Ai's death, her companions have gone their separate ways. But Kikuri announces her return, and they gather as faculty and staff at a school. |
October 4, 2008 |
| 2 |
Caged Bird Yuzuki is troubled by the experience involving Ai, Tange, and Itsuko's recent transfer to a new school. Akira Kitayama, a middle schooler, goes to see a shopkeeper, Mitsuko, with whom he is in love. Akira later sees her husband Seiji beating Mitsuko and wrongly accusing her of seducing Akira. Yuzuki sees visions of Akira accessing the Hell Correspondence website. Akira tries to persuade Mitsuko to leave her husband, but when an angry Seiji attacks both of them, Akira sends him to Hell to save Mitsuko. The next morning however, Akira finds Mitsuko's shop abandoned, as Mitsuko has left, leaving Akira to ponder the consequence of his decision. |
October 11, 2008 |
| 3 |
The Rotten Fruit Yuzuki and her best friend Akie rescue an idol, Jun Moriyama, from a stalker, and meet a woman, Masako Momota, who asks them to pass an envelope to Jun, containing photos of Jun in provocative outfits of the time before she debuted. Masako had attended the same talent agency as Jun but Jun bullied Masako until she could take no more and left, sacrificing her dream of becoming a singer. Ai's companions wonder if Ai is possessing Yuzuki because she doesn't have a body of her own in the real world. In the present, Masako makes Jun apologize, and demands that Jun vouch for her to debut. Jun refuses, stating that Masako cannot sing. At her concert, Jun attempts to make a public apology to Masako for her bullying, but an enraged Masako sends Jun to Hell. |
October 18, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Can't Be Seen, Can't Be Heard Mayama Shizuka is relentlessly bullied by her classmates in her class' group chat. |
July 14, 2017 |
| 2 |
There's Only You Haru & Nanako are a comedy duo. In public, Nanako is the leader and Haru the goofball, but in reality, Haru is the dominant leader while Nanako her naive follower. As they become successful, Haru begins to get annoyed at Nanako's dependence and physically strikes her at one point. |
July 22, 2017 |
| 3 |
Someday, Somebody Will... The Nagatas are a dysfunctional family of disturbed individuals. Both parents are neglectful and selfish, while the oldest daughter Asuka is a bully. Only the two younger children, a boy Akira and a girl Arina, are decent. |
August 6, 2017 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Tokyo MX |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 4, 2005 |
| Last aired | September 30, 2017 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Friday at 00:00:00 |