The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me?
2020 · TV Series · TV-14 · 25 min · ★ 7.6
An ordinary office worker wakes up in another world as the eighth son of a poor noble family with little status or future. Finding unexpected talent for magic, he tries to build independence and a place for himself while dealing with class pressure, politics, and lingering loneliness.
Based on The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me?
Also known as The Eighth Son? That Can't Be Right! · The 8th Son Are You Kidding Me
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Streaming on Crunchyroll.
5 hours to watch · 12 episodes.
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Details
- Original title
- 八男って、それはないでしょう！
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-04-02
- Network
- AT-X
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 25 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (144 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like easygoing isekai stories about magic, status, and self-made progress, especially in the vein of Knight's & Magic or Reincarnated as a Sword; Not for you if you want high-stakes world-saving drama.
Pros: easygoing fantasy setup; magic-based growth; noble politics angle | Cons: familiar isekai beats; modest stakes; social constraints focus
Themes
- reincarnation
- fantasy world
- anime
- isekai
- based on light novel
Cast & crew
Asuka Nishi
as Elize (voice)
Junya Enoki
as Wendelin (voice)
Daisuke Namikawa
as Alfred (voice)
Hiro Shimono
as Erwin von Alnim (voice)
Mao Ichimichi
as Wilma (voice)
Masashi Yamane
as Klimt Kristoff von Armstrong (voice)
Mikako Komatsu
as Iina (voice)
Shizuka Ishigami
as Wendelin (Young) (voice)
Tomohito Takatsuka
as Roderich (voice)
Tomokazu Sugita
as Kurt (voice)
Episodes1 season · 12 episodes
Season 112 episodes
- S1E1The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me?24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E2A Succession Dispute? Are You Kidding Me?24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E3A Loner? Are You Kidding Me?24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E4Obligations? Are You Kidding Me?!24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E5Political Marriage? Are You Kidding Me?24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E6A Bullet Tour? Are You Kidding Me?24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E7No Magic? Are You Kidding Me?24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E8Presumed Dead? Are You Kidding Me?!24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E9People Hate Me? Are You Kidding Me?!24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E10Toxic? Are You Kidding Me?!24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E11Between a Rock and a Hard Place? Are You Kidding Me?!24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E12The 8th Son? I Guess That's Not So Bad!24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video