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The Future Diary

Mirai Nikki未来日記

2011 · TV · 26 eps Finished

AniList average score
69%
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435,417

What is The Future Diary about?

The Future Diary is a TV anime series of 26 episodes animated by Asread, adapted from a manga. It aired from October 9, 2011 to April 15, 2012. AniList classifies it as action, horror, mystery and psychological.

This psychological thriller, based on the manga written and illustrated by Sakae Esuno, is about Yuki, a loner who's not very good with people. He prefers to write a diary on his cell phone and talk to his imaginary friend, Deus Ex Machina – The God of Time and Space. However, Yuki soon learns that Deus is more than a figment of his imagination when he makes Yuki participate in a battle royale with eleven others. The contestants are given special diaries that can predict the future, each diary possessing unique features that give it both advantages and disadvantages. Within the next 90 days, the contestants must try to survive until there is only one left standing. The winner will become the new God of Time and Space.

Synopsis from AniList, which credits FUNimation. The summary above it is written by FreeAnime.xyz from AniList's data.

Themes AniList users associate with it: Battle Royale, Death Game, Survival, Yandere, Gore, Gods, Male Protagonist, Crime, Heterosexual, Urban.

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Main characters

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  • Yukiteru Amano 天野雪輝

    Main character

    The main male protagonist of the series and the First Diary user. Also known as Yuki (ユッキー, Yukkī), he is a 14-year-old middle schooler who is a rather quiet boy with an anti-social behavior who doesn't talk much. He mostly sees things around him as a bystander and writes it down in his cell phone diary.

    Japanese voice: Misuzu Togashi

  • Yuno Gasai 我妻由乃

    Main character

    Yuno Gasai is obsessively in love with Yukiteru. Yukiteru's condition and actions are recorded every ten minutes in her "Yukiteru" diary, it also provides small commentary made by Yuno in some of the entries.

    Japanese voice: Tomosa Murata

Supporting characters

  • Deus Ex Machina デウス・エクス・マキナ

    Supporting character

    The god of time and space, Yukiteru's supposed imaginary friend and the mastermind behind the game. He is looking for a successor, which is why he gave future diaries to twelve candidates and placed them in a game of life and death.

    Japanese voice: Norio Wakamoto

  • Mur Mur ムルムル

    Supporting character

    Deus' servant, Mur Mur is often seen with the eliminated candidates in omake panels. As of chapter twenty-four it is revealed her favorite is Yuno Gasai, and she is betting on her to win the game. She has a rather playful and nonchalant attitude toward Deus despite his warnings to her.

    Japanese voice: Manami Honda

  • Minene Uryuu 雨流みねね

    Supporting character

    Minene Uryuu is a terrorist bomber. Like the Fourth, her "Escape" diary goes along with the type of profession she is involved in. Whenever Minene faces a dire situation, the diary will chart out the best course of actions she can take in order to get out of a tight spot.

    Japanese voice: Mai Aizawa

  • Tsubaki Kasugano 春日野椿

    Supporting character

    Tsubaki Kasugano is a maiden and figurehead of the Omekata religion. Her "Thousand League Eyes" diary is unlike the other diaries, as it is a scroll, rather than a cell phone. As its name would suggest, it is able to report the future of all her followers.

    Japanese voice: Eri Sendai

  • Keigo Kurusu 来須圭悟

    Supporting character

    Keigo Kurusu is a police officer, so it follows with reason that his diary relates to his work. The "Investigation" diary gives Keigo information of future crimes and activities committed anywhere within the prefecture he is assigned to.

    Japanese voice: Masahiko Tanaka

  • Reisuke Houjou 豊穣礼佑

    Supporting character

    Houjou Reisuke is a seemingly harmless 4-year-old child. His parents were killed during the Sacred Eye incident and so he was asked to be taken care of by a co-worker of theirs, Yukiteru's mother Amano Rea. He is named after Ceres —the Roman goddess of fertility.

    Japanese voice: Asami Sanada

  • Aru Akise 秋瀬或

    Supporting character

    A classmate in Yukiteru's school, Aru Akise dreams of one day becoming the world's greatest detective. The student detective is able to correctly deduce the culprit behind the serial dog murders even before the police.

    Japanese voice: Akira Ishida

  • Takao Hiyama 火山高夫

    Supporting character

    Takao Hiyama is a teacher in Yuki's school and is the serial killer reported within its vicinity. Not much is known about Takao character-wise, since the man was only given four lines of dialogue in the series, all related with finding and being surprised by Yukiteru. He is the Third diary owner.

    Japanese voice: Jin Domon

  • Yomotsu Hirasaka 平坂黄泉

    Supporting character

    Yomotsu Hirasaka is a blind man who makes use of a tape recorder that he dubs the "Justice" diary, where it records the wrong-doings of future events he thinks need correcting.

    Japanese voice: Yoshihisa Kawahara

  • Hinata Hino 日野日向

    Supporting character

    A classmate of Yukiteru and Yuno.

    Japanese voice: Yuki Matsuoka

  • Mao Nonosaka 野々坂まお

    Supporting character

    Another of Yukiteru's classmates, Mao is good friends with Hinata.

    Japanese voice: Yukana

  • Masumi Nishijima 西島真澄

    Supporting character

    Chief Investigator and Keigo's subordinate, Masumi was part of the investigation team assigned to protect Father Haiman from the terrorist, Minene Uryuu. Masumi had feelings for Minene and, much to Minene's confusion and dismay, would take every opportunity to ask "her" out for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

    Japanese voice: Makoto Ishii

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