The BEST episodes of King's Game: The Animation season 1

Every episode of King's Game: The Animation season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of King's Game: The Animation season 1!

Nobuaki Kanazawa, who transferred to a high school far away, is afraid of getting intimate with his new classmates because of the events that happened from his previous school. This led him to shut his heart. However, he starts to open up during the sports festival's class relay. He and all his classmates received an email from "Ousama." At first, his classmates didn’t take what they were told seriously, thinking it's just a joke, but Nobuaki, the only one who knows the real meaning of it, fights against the "death" game that will soon begin…

Last Updated: 11/19/2024Network: AT-XStatus: Ended
Determination (Blood | Judgment)
star
7.15
20 votes

#1 - Determination (Blood | Judgment)

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/2017

Riona asks Nobuaki to meet her--and shares a secret about Natsuko. Plus, the new day brings with it a new order for everyone in class...

Directors: Noriyoshi Sasaki
Writer: Kenji Konuta
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Race (Evil | Run)
star
7.12
17 votes

#2 - Race (Evil | Run)

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/2017

The next order is a race, and Nobuaki begins in dead last place...

Directors: Noriyoshi Sasaki
Writer: Kenji Konuta
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Friendship (Melting Emotion)
star
7.04
27 votes

#3 - Friendship (Melting Emotion)

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/2017

Kenta comes to Nobuaki's rescue, but a suddenly changed Natsuko urges Mizuki to kill both of them. Then, Nobuaki continues the story of the last King's Game, which moved on to a deadly popularity vote...

Directors: Noriyoshi Sasaki
Writer: Kenji Konuta
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Chaos (Scars Disorder)
star
6.87
31 votes

#4 - Chaos (Scars Disorder)

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/2017

Nobuaki begins to tell the story of the King's Game that happened at his old school to his new classmates, who have just witnessed the death of one of their own firsthand. The orders started out simple enough, but quickly escalated...

Directors: Noriyoshi Sasaki
Writer: Kenji Konuta
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Breakthrough (Solution | Hades)
star
6.84
25 votes

#5 - Breakthrough (Solution | Hades)

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/2017

Nobuaki, Kenta, and Mizuki leave for the abandoned village where the first King's Game took place. On the trip, Nobuaki tells them what happened when he theorized that King was a member of his old class...

Directors: Noriyoshi Sasaki
Writer: Kenji Konuta
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Advance (Forward | Invade)
star
6.83
18 votes

#6 - Advance (Forward | Invade)

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/2017

Nobuaki and Riona are still in last place of the deadly race, with a scheduled punishment coming up--how will they decide who survives?

Directors: Noriyoshi Sasaki
Writer: Kenji Konuta
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Solidarity (Wedge | Binds)
star
6.79
19 votes

#7 - Solidarity (Wedge | Binds)

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/2017

Teruaki carries out a plan to take back the upper hand from Natsuko, who stole Teruaki and Nobuaki's phones--but will it work?

Directors: Noriyoshi Sasaki
Writer: Kenji Konuta
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Wail (Karma | Tears)
star
6.77
22 votes

#8 - Wail (Karma | Tears)

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2017

The death count rises as Nobuaki and classmates try to find a way out of the game. Can they figure out the meaning of the cryptic newest order before it kills them all?

Directors: Noriyoshi Sasaki
Writer: Kenji Konuta
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Demise (End | Grudge)
star
6.63
19 votes

#9 - Demise (End | Grudge)

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/21/2017

The survivors of the race barely have any time to catch their breath before the next grotesque order arrives from King. Can Nobuaki and Natsuko put their differences aside to find a way to end the King's Game?

Directors: Noriyoshi Sasaki
Writer: Kenji Konuta
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Eternity (Forever | Dread)
star
6.57
21 votes

#10 - Eternity (Forever | Dread)

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/2017

Nobuaki, Kenta, and Mizuki arrive in Yonaki Village to search for clues about the first King's Game.

Directors: Noriyoshi Sasaki
Writer: Kenji Konuta
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Begin Again (Break Again)
star
6.41
37 votes

#11 - Begin Again (Break Again)

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2017

Transfer student Kanazawa Nobuaki has a secret--one that makes him afraid of making friends with his new class. His classmates aren't so easily pushed away, and start breaking down the wall around his heart. But it might all fall apart when the entire class receives orders for something called the King's Game...

Directors: Noriyoshi Sasaki
Writer: Kenji Konuta
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Revolt (Counter/Oppress)
star
6.32
22 votes

#12 - Revolt (Counter/Oppress)

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2017

Only ten members of Nobuaki's original class remain. This time, the number of lives that will be claimed is left up to a gruesome game of chance...

Directors: Noriyoshi Sasaki
Writer: Kenji Konuta
Watch Now:Amazon