Amagane Rinne has a fatal accident while hurrying to her first day of school. She suddenly arrives at an awkward school... in Hell, filled with demons. While she struggles and wishes to go back to the world from whence she came, Rinne befriends her demon schoolmates and develops an uncommon bond.
Direction
Yamakawa's bonkers tonal whiplash between horror and hijinks
Writing
Biblical references played for volleyball tournament drama
Director
Yoshinobu Yamakawa
Misato Fukuen
Linne Amagane (voice)
Daisuke Kishio
Ryu Kutou (voice)
Hidenobu Kiuchi
Mario (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro
Stealer (voice)
Yui Kano
Phantoma (voice)
Romi Park
Linne's mother (voice)
Cho
God (voice)
Fumihiko Tachiki
Headmaster Helvis (voice)
Keiji Fujiwara
Who (voice)
Akeno Watanabe
Luca (voice)
Ami Koshimizu
Kiki (voice)
Hiroki Yasumoto
Male gatekeeper (voice)
Nobuyuki Hiyama
Franken (voice)
Nozomi Sasaki
Student (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Sin'Ichi Hiromoto's manga, the film mashes Japanese school life tropes with Western Hell imagery—a cultural collision that shouldn't work but absolutely does.
The volleyball tournament arc eats up 40 minutes of runtime because apparently even Hell respects sports anime structure. Director Yamakawa reportedly fought to keep it.
JP
