15 Best Anime About Demons or Demon Lords To Watch For Best Action

There are plenty of popular anime about demons available that got enormous love and attention from fans, such as Demon Slayer, Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, and Dororo. However, we didn’t talk about these popular anime and brought some really great anime about demon lords.

Each of these anime is mainly focused on the Demon Lord and depicts its thrilling journey filled with action and magic. So let’s get straight to this fantastic list of the 15 best anime about demons and demon lords.

Note: The ranking of these anime is done according to their popularity and involvement of demon lords instead of their My Anime List ratings. 

List of 15 Best Anime About Demons or Demon Lords

15. I’m Quitting Heroing

This series follows the emotional journey of a war hero, Leo, who saved mankind from the Demon Queen‘s invasion. Despite being praised by mankind, he got banished by them and had no place to go.

As a result, he went to the Demon Queen’s place to live but was instantly rejected by the queen herself. However, the generals of the Demon Queen accept him and allow him to work secretly for the demon kingdom.

14. Everything for Demon King Evelogia

This series follows the story of Toshiaki Gozu, a handsome guy with abs who is usually involved in criminal activities. After being killed by a gunshot, he reincarnated into his favorite gaming world instead of going to heaven or hell.

However, he got the role of assassinating the Demon Lord, whom he admired a lot. As a result, he decides to neglect his role and chooses to be with the Demon Lord and support him.

13. Demon King From Today

Now comes Demon King from Today, a very popular comedy anime about demons. It follows the journey of Yuri, a young high school guy who is transported to another world as a King of Demons.

Due to not being familiar with the demon world, he made so many mistakes, but all these mistakes worked in his favor. His encounter with other demons is so hilarious that it makes you laugh out loud.

12. Seven Mortal Sins

You have already met plenty of demon kings blessed with demonic powers; now it’s time to meet the demon queen. It follows the story of Lucifer, a beautiful archangel who turned into a demon lord through a curse cast by seven sins.

Now she teams up with Maria, a human girl, and Leviathan, an aspiring demon lord, to break the curse. In order to break it, she needed to defeat all seven sins, who were extremely beautiful and blessed with demonic powers.

11. Demon King Daimao

Demon King Daimao is one of the best fanservice anime, filled with ecchi scenes and slutty female characters. It depicts the story of Akuto, a young guy who just wants to become the top magician in the world.

Just after enrolling in an elite magical academy, his test predicts his future as a demon king. Since that day, all the beautiful girls in his school have taken so much interest in him and wanted to be with him.

10. Demon Lord Retry

Demon Lord Retry follows the journey of a young guy, Akira, who creates a very popular role-playing game, “Infinity Game”. While about to shut down this game, he mysteriously summoned himself into its fantasy world as a Demon Lord.

Now he went to solve the mystery of his mystical summons—why he got summoned and who was behind it. Throughout his journey, he meets several gaming characters and asks for their help to solve the mystery.

9. Eden Zero

Eden Zero is one of the best fantasy anime about demons with a touch of the outer world and spaceships. It follows the journey of a young boy who went on a search for the cosmic goddess along with his friends in a spaceship called Eden Zero.

Moreover, he has the power to control gravity, and later he becomes the demon king. Throughout his journey, he fought several powerful AI-controlled robots and brought us some of the best action sequences.

8. Blue Exorcist

Blue Exorcist is another great anime about demons and demon lords that has top-notch animation. It follows the story of Rin and Yukio, the twin sons of Satan who were raised by a human guardian.

After witnessing the murder of their guardian by the hand of their father Satan, Rin decides to take revenge on him. As a result, Run gets enrolled in an elite magical academy to become the exorcist and awaken the hidden demonic powers that he inherited from his father’s side.

7. The Devil is a Part-Timer

This series revolves around the demon Lord Satan, who wants to conquer the world of Ente Isla with the help of his four generals. During their fight against the heroes of Ente Isla, including hero Emilia, Demon Lord Satan has no choice but to leave the battlefield.

As a result, he comes to the modern world through a magical gate and lives as an ordinary guy to survive. Now, Demon Lord Satan is working at a fast food restaurant as a part-timer, and his one surviving general works as a houseman.

6. Heavenly Official Blessings

Heaven Official Blessings is one of the best BL anime, with top-notch animation and attractive characters. It features the beautiful love story of Xie Lian, an unlucky god, and Hua Cheng, a ghost king.

After failing two times to ascend to the heavens, Xie Lian finally succeeded in his third attempt. However, he has no idea what’s waiting for him in this new world—a lover who has been waiting for him for a long time, along with many more challenges.

5. How Not to Summon a Demon Lord

The series follows the story of a young gamer, Takuma, who is mysteriously summoned into a gaming world as a Demon Lord Diablo. Moreover, Shera and Rem, two hot anime girls, are the ones who summoned him to make him their slave.

Despite becoming their slaves, these girls themselves became the slaves of Demon Lord Diablo because of his magic of reflection spells. Now, they all went on a thrilling adventure to explore the magical world filled with plenty of mysterious species, such as elves, pantheons, fallen beings (demonic beings), and many more.

4. The Misfits of Demon King Academy

This series depicts the story of Demon King Anos, who sacrificed his own life to end the ongoing war between demons and humans. Now, after a long period of time, the Demon King has reincarnated and finds out that the magic in the world has drastically decreased.

In order to get his title of Demon King back, he needs to graduate from Demon King Academy. Now he tries his best to prove his worthiness for the title and show them the true power of the Demon King.

3. The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn As A Typical Nobody

It is one of the best isekai anime where a demon lord Varvatos, gets reincarnated as a human boy, Ard Meteor. Despite being a human, he learns all of his magical powers and abilities at a very young age due to having past memories.

Later, he gets enrolled in the Academy of Magic along with his beautiful elf friend, Olhyde, and also makes a new friend, Ginny, a hot succubus girl. Now their journey is filled with plenty of magical battles and fanservice moments that you don’t want to miss.

2. Overlord

Overlord is one of the best harem anime, filled with a wide range of hottest female characters, especially Albedo, a hot girl with horns. The series revolves around a popular VR game that is about to shut down within a few hours.

However, Momonga, the main character, wants to spend as much time playing this game as possible until it gets shut down. As a result, he unfortunately got stuck in the game world, and he became the new overlord of the gaming world.

1. Seven Deadly Sins

Seven Deadly Sins is not only the best anime about demons but also one of the greatest anime of all time. The series follows the thrilling adventure of a group of seven warriors led by Meliodas, a demon lord.

However, he has no past memory and is completely unaware of his incredible demonic powers. Throughout his journey, he gradually gets all his memories back and struggles to control his demonic powers.

Conclusion:

That’s it for the post! We hope you found this fantastic list of the 15 best anime about demons and demon lords. Each of these series has high-quality animation and is filled with plenty of action sequences and hilarious moments.

So whether you are a fan of fantasy, isekai, action, adventure, or magic, you will definitely find something to your taste in this list.

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Sahil Khan

I am Sahil Khan and I was born in Dhanbad and raised in New Delhi, India. I am currently pursuing my graduation while also pursuing my passion for writing about anime. This is because I have been an otaku since I was 7 and writing about anime helps me overcome my stress while also honing my writing skills. Aside from writing, I am a filmmaker and an actor.