If you are an anime fan then you are in a treat cause this Winter season is jam-packed with highly anticipated new anime like Hell’s Paradise, Oshi no Ko and Dead Mount Death Play and fan-favourite titles like Demon Slayer Season 3 and DR Stone Season 3 returning.
Now with so many big hitters airing at the same, it will become quite difficult for anyone to keep track of each of them, so that’s why we have created this Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku Release Schedule which will help you keep up with the release dates of each of episodes, let you know the air time and answer some of the frequently asked questions about the series.
With that being said, let’s start this topic by looking at what Hell’s Paradise is about.
Hell’s Paradise also known as Jigokuraku in Japanese is an upcoming dar-shounen anime based on the manga created by Yuji Kaku. The series began serialization on Shuiesha’s ShonenJump+ website in January 2018 and ended on January 2021 spanning over 13 volumes.
The anime adaption of the manga by powerhouse Studio MAPPA was announced in January 2021 with Kaori Makita as the series director, Akira Kindaichi as the scriptwriter, Koji Hisaki as the character designer, and Yoshiaki Dewa as the music composer.
The anime follows Gabimaru the Empty, a former ninja assassin feared as a heartless husk of a man, who spends his days on death row wondering when an executioner skilled enough to so much as harm him will arrive, as he thinks nothing of seeing an end to his meaningless existence.
Then the lady executioner, Asaemon the Beheader, rekindles his hope with an astounding proposition. If he ever wishes to see his beloved wife again, he must embark under the auspices of the shogunate on a perilous voyage to the mysterious mystic island said to house the elixir of immortality.
Should he be the one among many rival death-row fiends and scoundrels to find the elixir, he’ll earn a full exoneration, and, more importantly, a chance at an ordinary married life with the light of his life: the woman who made the world seem not so ugly.
Hell’s Paradise (Jigokuraku) Episode 1 titled “The Death Row Convict and the Executioner”, is set to release on Saturday, April 1, 2023, at 11:00 PM JST on various local television channels.
Based on this information, the release time for the various international regions will be as follows:
Do not that the release date and timings will vary depending on your time zones, so please keep that in mind.
The next episode of Jigokuraku once this Countdown ends.
Hell’s Paradise will have 13 episodes and will follow a regular weekly schedule where a new episode will release every Saturday. Here’s the episode list and the expected air dates of each episode:
| List of Episodes | Japanese Air Date | Netflix Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Episode 1 | April 1, 2023 | April 1, 2023 |
| Episode 2 | April 8, 2023 | April 8, 2023 |
| Episode 3 | April 15, 2023 | April 15, 2023 |
| Episode 4 | April 22, 2023 | April 22, 2023 |
| Episode 5 | April 29, 2023 | April 29, 2023 |
| Episode 6 | May 6, 2023 | May 6, 2023 |
| Episode 7 | May 13, 2023 | May 13, 2023 |
| Episode 8 | May 29, 2023 | May 20, 2023 |
| Episode 9 | June 3, 2023 | June 3, 2023 |
| Episode 10 | TBA | TBA |
| Episode 11 | June 10, 2023 | June 10, 2023 |
| Episode 12 | June 17, 2023 | June 17, 2023 |
| Episode 13 | June 24, 2023 | June 24, 2023 |
Note: Jigokuraku: Hell’s Paradise episode 9 has been delayed by one week to June 3, 2023. We will update the release dates for the rest of the episodes once more information will be available.
The new episodes of Hell’s Paradise will first make thier on local television channels like any other anime so the anime fans residing in Japan can enjoy the show on TV Tokyo and other affiliates.
As for anime’s release outside Japan, Crunchyroll and Netflix have acquired the license to stream the series in both English sub and dub.
The series is also available on Amazon Prime exclusively for Japanese residents.
Crunchyroll has confirmed that an English dub for Hell’s Paradise will be available shortly. The English dubbed episodes will be released two weeks after the Japanese version starting April 15th, 2023, and will continue to air on a weekly basis. Here is the schedule for the release of dubbed episodes:
| List of Episodes | English dub Release Date |
|---|---|
| Episode 1 | April 15, 2023 |
| Episode 2 | April 22, 2023 |
| Episode 3 | April 29, 2023 |
| Episode 4 | May 6, 2023 |
| Episode 5 | May 13, 2023 |
| Episode 6 | May 20, 2023 |
| Episode 7 | May 27, 2023 |
| Episode 8 | June 3, 2023 |
| Episode 9 | June 17, 2023 |
| Episode 10 | TBA |
| Episode 11 | TBA |
| Episode 12 | TBA |
| Episode 13 | TBA |
Following are the main cast members working on the dub:
As confirmed on Twitter, Hell’s Paradise will have a total of 13 episodes which will air from April 1, 2023, till June 24, 2023. A new episode will be released on weekly basis every Saturday at 11:00 PM JST.
The Hell’s Paradise manga finished and concluded its publication in January 2021. A special epilogue chapter by Yuji Kaku titled “Forest of Misfortune” to commemorate the release of anime was released on April 3, 2023.
| Directed by | Kaori Makita |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Nozomi Ishii |
| Written by | Akira Kindaichi |
| Music by | Yoshiaki Dewa |
| Studio | MAPPA |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll Netflix |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | April 1, 2023 – June 24, 2023 |
| Episodes | 13 |
Hell’s Paradise” is a manga and anime series that follows the story of a group of criminals who are sent to an isolated island to retrieve the elixir of immortality.
“Hell’s Paradise” is created by Mangaka Yuji Kaku.
There are currently 13 volumes of the manga series.
No, the manga series has been completed as of January 2021.
There are a total of 13 episodes in the anime series.
“Hell’s Paradise” is a dark fantasy and action-adventure series.
The main character of “Hell’s Paradise” is a skilled ninja named Gabimaru.
No, “Hell’s Paradise” is not suitable for children due to its violent and mature content.