Rooster Fighter
Japanese manga series
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Rooster Fighter (Japanese: ニワトリ・ファイター, Hepburn: Niwatori Faitā) is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Shū Sakuratani. It has been serialized on Hero's Inc.'s Comiplex manga website since December 2020. An anime television series adaptation, produced by Sanzigen and Viz Media Hero's, premiered internationally from March to May 2026 and in Japan in April of the same year.
WrittenbyShū Sakuratani
PublishedbyHero's Inc.
| Rooster Fighter | |
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Keiji | |
| ニワトリ・ファイター (Niwatori Faitā) | |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Shū Sakuratani |
| Published by | Hero's Inc. |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Comiplex |
| Original run | December 18, 2020 – present |
| Volumes | 12 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Daisuke Suzuki |
| Produced by | Joseph Chou |
| Written by | Hiroshi Seko |
| Music by | Tetsuya Takahashi |
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| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, Cartoon Network Japan, BS NTV |
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| Original run | March 15, 2026 – May 31, 2026[a] |
| Episodes | 12 |
Plot
Three years ago, mutant demons began appearing in Japan. While some are harmless or helpful towards humans, others are troublesome. Created from humans suffering from extreme emotional distress or unresolved trauma, these mutant demons began to wreak havoc as they began to evolve to be more intelligent and dangerous.
A lone rooster named Keiji wanders around various cities of Japan while defeating mutant demons he encounters. His ultimate goal is to find and kill the mutant dubbed "The White Demon" who killed his sister, Sara, in order to avenge her death.
Characters
Main characters
- Keiji (ケイジ)
- Voiced by: Kenta Miyake[3] (Japanese); Patrick Seitz[4] (English)
- A self-described "migratory bird" who vows to defeat the demon that killed his sister. He wanders around Japan and has a policy to never stay longer than necessary. Keiji has a strict code of conduct that he follows regarding respect and appreciation. Despite despising children or any youngsters that he deemed disrespectful or annoying, he has a soft spot for some of them, like Piyoko. His abilities include a powerful Cock-a-doodle-doo that induces resonance and great aim when throwing items with his beak.
- Elizabeth (エリザベス, Erizabesu)
- Voiced by: Mariko Honda[3] (Japanese); Luci Christian[4] (English)
- Adopted into a wealthy family shortly after her birth, Elizabeth is a hen who lived a luxurious yet dissatisfying life when she witnessed a demon wreak havoc on her city and nearly killed her and her family. It was Keiji that rescued them and she immediately fell in love with him, only to be abandoned right after their short affair. She ended up resenting Keiji for abandoning her and initially trained herself to get revenge against him; however, as she witnessed more mutant demons kill off her loved ones after Keiji's departure, she began training to defeat them for the next six months. After reuniting with Keiji, she decides to join his efforts in fighting against the White Demon. Elizabeth fights with a lightning staff and is shown to be tech savvy.
- Piyoko (ピヨコ)
- Voiced by: Shiori Izawa[3] (Japanese); Kimoy Lee[4] (English)
- Raised by a yakuza to initially be sold with other chicks, Piyoko became a beloved pet instead before witnessing her owner turn into a mutant demon. Witnessing Keiji defeat and save her owner, she decides to follow him on his journey to defeat the White Demon and Keiji reluctantly let her join him after she helped nurse him back to health. She is attached to him, believing that she will marry him once she is older, and was given the name Piyoko by him after asking for a name. She has the word "Duty" (仁義, Jingi) written on her back after asking her former owner to give her a tattoo similar to his. For reasons unknown, Piyoko does not age, as she remains in her chick form after travelling with Keiji and Elizabeth for months.
- Morio (モリオ)
- Voiced by: Mitsuaki Kanuka[5] (Japanese); Roger Rose[4] (English)
- A friendly demon who was manifested by a middle-aged man who was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer, but was abandoned when his human host learned of his misdiagnosis. After constantly being attacked by locals, Morio shrank to human size and has lived his life as a hermit when he meets and befriends Keiji.
- Keisuke (ケイスケ)
- Voiced by: Tomohiro Ōno[5] (Japanese); Robbie Daymond[4] (English)
- Keiji's younger, crested half-brother who matches him in strength. He joins Keiji on his quest in order to rescue their father after he is captured by demons.
Other characters
- One-Eyed Silver (片目の銀, Katame no Gin)
- A one-eyed sea turtle with a personal vendetta against birds after witnessing a flock of gulls eat his siblings after hatching, he is initially hostile towards Keiji. However, he helps him defeat a demon at sea after realizing that Keiji was not like the seagulls he despised. He lets Keiji off to go avenge his sister but makes him promise that they will have a proper battle once he returns.
- Zena (ゼナ)
- An elderly toucan taken from his home in Brazil and now overseeing the Southern Birds exhibit in the zoo, he took Keiji into the exhibit after finding him unconscious in the rain. He was a beloved member of the community and protected his bird family from a demon attack before succumbing to his injuries. Keiji took one of his feathers, hoping to return it to Zena's sisters one day.
- Sara (サラ)
- Voiced by: Hikaru Tono[6] (Japanese); Erin Yvette[7] (English)
- Sara is the sister of Keiji. It is Sara's death that led Keiji to avenge her; however, Keiji noted that the bird used by the White Demon resembles her.
- Gakuma (嶽磨) / White Demon (白鬼獣, Hakkijū)
- A white-skinned and four-horned demon. The mutant is responsible for killing Keiji's sister, Sara. Known as the "White Demon", he is a giant that also has a fire-like bird that it uses to burn what it wants. He also has a circular mark on its neck, which Keiji uses to identify it. He is later revealed to be the leader of all demons, and to have the human form of a young man named Gakuma.
- Kugone (クゴネ)
- Voiced by: Yūko Kaida[6] (Japanese); Anjali Kunapaneni[8] (English)
- Gakuma's right-hand woman who is creating demons all over Japan on his orders.
- Yuji (裕二, Yūji)
- Voiced by: Jun Kasama[6] (Japanese); Alejandro Saab[9] (English)
- Hikari (ヒカリ)
- Voiced by: Natsumi Fujiwara[6] (Japanese); Zeno Robinson[10] (English)
- Keizan (ケイザン)
- Voiced by: Akio Otsuka[6] (Japanese); Kirk Thornton[11] (English)
- Keiji, Keisuke and Sara's father.
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Shū Sakuratani, Rooster Fighter started on Hero's Inc.'s Comiplex manga website on December 18, 2020.[12][1] The series' first tankōbon volume was released on May 1, 2021.[13] As of April 3, 2026, twelve volumes have been released.[14]
The manga is licensed in North America by Viz Media, with the first volume released on August 16, 2022.[15][16]
Volumes
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | ||
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| 1 | May 1, 2021[17] | 978-4-86468-801-7 | August 16, 2022[16] | 978-1-9747-2984-5 | ||
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| 2 | October 5, 2021[18] | 978-4-86468-835-2 | November 15, 2022[19] | 978-1-9747-3388-0 | ||
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| 3 | March 4, 2022[20] | 978-4-86468-872-7 | February 21, 2023[21] | 978-1-9747-3651-5 | ||
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| 4 | August 5, 2022[22] | 978-4-86468-119-3 | August 15, 2023[23] | 978-1-9747-3891-5 | ||
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| 5 | January 26, 2023[24] | 978-4-86468-146-9 | December 19, 2023[25] | 978-1-9747-4112-0 | ||
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| 6 | August 29, 2023[26] | 978-4-86468-193-3 | June 18, 2024[27] | 978-1-9747-4687-3 | ||
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| 7 | January 29, 2024[28] | 978-4-86468-229-9 | February 18, 2025[29] | 978-1-9747-5226-3 | ||
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| 8 | August 5, 2024[30] | 978-4-86468-274-9 | August 19, 2025[31] | 978-1-9747-5553-0 | ||
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| 9 | January 6, 2025[32] | 978-4-86805-028-5 | January 20, 2026[33] | 978-1-9747-6102-9 | ||
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| 10 | July 4, 2025[34] | 978-4-86805-083-4 | July 21, 2026 | 978-1-9747-1681-4 | ||
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| 11 | January 5, 2026[35] | 978-4-86805-146-6 | — | — | ||
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| 12 | April 3, 2026[14] | 978-4-86805-174-9 | — | — | ||
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Anime
In July 2024 at San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that the manga would receive an anime television series adaptation in collaboration with Hero's Inc. The series is produced by Viz Media under the production label Viz Media Hero's, while animation is handled by Sanzigen. Sola Entertainment contributes as an associate producer (with CEO Joseph Chou serving as its representative). It is directed by Daisuke Suzuki, with Hiroshi Seko handling series composition, and music composed by Tetsuya Takahashi.[36][37] The 12-episode series premiered English dubbed in the United States on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block from March 15 to May 31, 2026,[38] before streaming the same day on Hulu (in the United States) and Disney+ (internationally) shortly after each linear broadcast. The streaming release includes the Japanese subtitled version.[39] It is also premiered in Japan on Tokyo MX, Cartoon Network Japan and BS NTV approximately three weeks later on April 6, 2026.[40][41][42] The opening theme song is "What's a Hero?", performed by Daruma Rollin', while the ending theme song is "We're Loose Stars", performed by Tetsuya Takahashi.[43][44] Medialink has licensed the series in Asia-Pacific for streaming on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel and Crunchyroll.[45][46]
Episodes
| No. | Title [47][48] | Directed by [b] | Storyboarded by [b] | English air date [49][c] | Japanese air date [40][d] | |
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| 1 | "A Rooster Among Cranes" Transliteration: "Gunkeinoikkaku" (Japanese: 群鶏一鶴) | Hajime Yamanokuchi | Daisuke Suzuki | March 15, 2026 | April 6, 2026 | |
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A rooster is shown rescuing a boy from a three-headed maternal demon before confronting it head-on. One year earlier, a wandering rooster named Keiji goes off into a suburb shortly after an incident in where his sister, Sara, was eaten by a demon. While fleeing from two boys who planned on feeding him to a cat, Keiji takes refuge at an old man's home. During his stay with the old man, a demon is manifested by a desperate car salesman and it begins throwing vehicles around a busy street. When the demon is about to kill one of the boys and the old man, Keiji intervenes and battles it. Keiji manages to kill it with his Kokekokko audible attack, which causes the demon's head to explode. After discovering the demon does not bear the tattoo of the one who killed his sister, Keiji helps the old man and the two boys clean up around the neighborhood before leaving the suburb to continue his quest for revenge. Elsewhere, a transvestite demon terrorizes a city before he is defeated by a mysterious hen armed with a conductive ground rod baton. | ||||||
| 2 | "The Caged Bird" Transliteration: "Rōchōkanen" (Japanese: 籠鳥檻猿) | Takumi Miyata | Shōko Hayashi | March 22, 2026 | April 13, 2026 | |
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In Tsurukame, a human named Yasuo Oda attempts to make a living selling chicks. One of them is bullied by the other chicks, but becomes closely attached to Oda. Already owing money to the yakuza, Oda discovers he has an additional debt of 10 million yen after being tricked by a friend into signing a debt transfer contract. The rage stemming from his childhood memories of his mother abandoning him unleashes a demon that begins wreaking havoc on the town. Keiji arrives to confront the demon, but the chick pleads with him not to harm Oda. Despite this, Keiji kills the demon by using Kokekokko. Keiji and the chick discover that Oda is still alive, having been freed from despair in his heart. The chick decides to pursue Keiji after Oda urges her to follow her own path. Later, Keiji eliminates a slug demon but is severely wounded after saving the chick from a surviving piece of the demon. The chick drags Keiji into a back alley and nurses him back to health. A recouped Keiji allows the chick to tag along for saving him. Suddenly, the duo are ambushed by a hen named Elizabeth, who intends on killing Keiji. | ||||||
| 3 | "The Parable of the Three Birds" Transliteration: "Sanchōshumō" (Japanese: 三鳥出網) | Motomu Endo | Daisuke Suzuki & Motomu Endo | March 29, 2026 | April 20, 2026 | |
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Elizabeth chases down Keiji with her baton, furious he does not remember her. She reminds Keiji that six months ago, he saved her and the wealthy family that adopted her from a demon before having a one-night stand with her that same night and immediately abandoning her. Feeling a sense of betrayal over it, Elizabeth vowed vengeance on the rooster. During their present-day scuffle, Keiji manages to defuse the situation by kissing Elizabeth before all three birds are forced to retreat into a forest to evade a human police officer. While in the forest, Elizabeth shares information with Keiji regarding the demon who devoured Sara. After watching Elizabeth's cell phone video of the demon spouting out a phoenix-like weapon resembling his sister, Keiji erupts into a fit of rage before asking the two other birds to give him time alone. The next day, the trio of chickens visit an unoccupied hot springs to bathe in. As the trio recoup, Keiji bestows the chick with the name Piyoko and begins to question whether the demon from the video is the same one he is hunting down. As Keiji and Elizabeth converse away from Piyoko, the chick is nabbed by a cat. | ||||||
| 4 | "Homing in on Desire" Transliteration: "Kinsokuchōshi" (Japanese: 禽息鳥視) | Daiki Uchida | Shōko Hayashi | April 5, 2026 | April 27, 2026 | |
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Keiji and Elizabeth pursue the cat that has taken Piyoko, only to discover she is attempting to feed her hungry litter after their owner became obsessed with digging holes. The cat explains that the entire village has fallen into this same strange behavior, while the children have been locked away in a shed. With assistance from the animals, the children escape and reveal that a demon has possessed the adults, forcing them to endlessly dig for something. Though Keiji initially refuses to get involved, he changes his mind when Elizabeth promises to mate with him if he helps defeat the demon. The next morning, one of the children, Sei, confronts the demon, which turns out to be his father, consumed by greed and the desire to find buried treasure. Sei pleads with him to stop, but he refuses, allowing the demon to take control and wreak havoc. Keiji and Elizabeth arrive, managing to defeat the demon without killing Sei's father. Keiji quickly realizes Elizabeth deceived him and lashes out, nearly harming Sei's father before stopping out of pity for his son. Attempting to smooth things over, Keiji charms Elizabeth, but she sees through this and kicks him in the pelvis. | ||||||
| 5 | "The Motley Flock Scatters" Transliteration: "Jūshūchōsan" (Japanese: 獣聚鳥散) | Hajime Yamanokuchi | Kenta Sasaki & Kayoko Ezoe | April 12, 2026 | May 4, 2026 | |
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After going viral from a man catching footage of their last battle, the trio of chickens are forced to evade capture by humans. Elizabeth suggests they lay low, but this idea irritates Keiji as he likes to go wherever, whenever he pleases. Thus, Keiji decides to abandon Elizabeth and Piyoko. While wandering around the local town, Keiji encounters a human-sized demon named Morio inside a casino. Although initially reluctant around the demon, Keiji discovers that Morio is good-willed. The two spend the rest of the day together on the outskirts of town before Keiji departs that evening. Later that night, Elizabeth and Piyoko encounter a young girl outside during a thunderstorm. Worried about their well-being, the girl brings the chickens into her house where she and her sickly grandfather reside. In the early morning hours, the town's river begins to breach its banks, forcing everyone near the river to seek higher ground. During their retreat, the grandfather's wheelchair gets stuck in a crack. The girl and the pair of chickens manage to successfully pry the wheelchair out and up onto a slope just before floodwaters reach them. Meanwhile, Morio senses that the town's dam is on the verge of collapsing. | ||||||
| 6 | "Built like a Brick Coop" Transliteration: "Chōkakukihi" (Japanese: 鳥革翬飛) | Takumi Miyata & Hajime Yamanokuchi | Kenta Sasaki & Kayoko Ezoe | April 19, 2026 | May 11, 2026 | |
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Elizabeth and Piyoko discover via the humans that the dam is about to fail and to travel to it. Meanwhile, Morio also makes his way towards the dam. When Morio arrives, he attempts to slow down its collapse by using his big demon form to plug up the cracks. Elizabeth and Piyoko arrive shortly thereafter, being tailed by the man who captured the viral footage of them. While livestreaming Morio, the man accidentally falls over the edge of the dam before being rescued by Keiji, who just arrived. Keiji commends Morio for his heroic actions. However, the dam gives way and drags Morio down into its rushing floodwaters. Keiji races down the river and attempts to block the flood with boulders. When that fails, he rushes downstream again and discovers a pinnacle he can use to completely block it off. Using Super Kokekokko, Keiji rips through the base of the pinnacle and makes it fall into the river. Despite it briefly getting lodged in an angled position, Keiji manages to down it into the basin. The trio of chickens discover Morio survived as they depart the town. After they leave, a humanoid female entity approaches Morio and seemingly kills him. | ||||||
| 7 | "Crowing over a Feather" Transliteration: "Taizanmeidō" (Japanese: 大山鳴動) | Motomu Endo | Shōko Hayashi | April 26, 2026 | May 18, 2026 | |
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Keiji is approached by two cock pigeons who ask him to join them on a triple date with hen pigeons. He accepts the invitation and during the date, Keiji grows irritable when the hens find no attractive qualities in chickens. Frustrated that none of his attempts to win them over work, Keiji disrupts the date and prepares to leave, telling the hens he does not care what they think. This gets the hens to finally find him attractive, until a jealous Elizabeth rats him out as a man-whore and all the pigeons fly away. Some time later, the trio share a fish meal together. After trying out his portion, Keiji becomes greedy and takes Piyoko's serving when she tells him she is not hungry. Piyoko begins to develop an inferiority complex once she realizes she cannot actually fight demons like Keiji and Elizabeth, attempting to compensate by rescuing a lizard from being bullied by other lizards. This backfires on her when the boss lizard turns into a demon and chases her. After being saved by Keiji and Elizabeth, Piyoko grows more depressed. Suddenly, the trio are approached by a mysterious rooster, who addresses Keiji as his older brother before collapsing. | ||||||
| 8 | "Not All Feathers Hold a Song" Transliteration: "Gakeitōken" (Japanese: 瓦鶏陶犬) | Hajime Yamanokuchi | Kenta Sasaki & Kayoko Ezoe | May 3, 2026 | May 25, 2026 | |
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The rooster has his wounds treated by Elizabeth and later awakens, blushing upon seeing her. Elizabeth notices this and attempts to tease him before they are interrupted by Keiji. The rooster reveals himself as Keisuke, Keiji's younger half-brother, a Silkie raised by Keiji's father, Keizan. Keisuke informs Keiji that Keizan was captured and is being held hostage in Akamori City by human-like entities known as devils. Keisuke also reveals that he and Keiji are descendants of the Goshikidori family of chickens, gifted with martial arts abilities so that they may defeat demons. Keisuke asks Keiji to fight alongside him to rescue Keizan. Keiji however refuses, explaining that their father abandoned him and his biological mother. Keizan's decision resulted in Keiji's mother's death due to heartbreak, but not before she successfully incubated his younger sister, Sarah. Keisuke brawls with Keiji after he repeatedly slanders Keizan. During their fight, Keisuke effortlessly overpowers Keiji and defeats him. Overnight as Keiji attempts to humble himself, Elizabeth discovers via her phone that Morio is causing destruction in Akamori City, prompting Keiji and crew to depart immediately. Once there, they disable an active rampaging octopus demon. A lower devil spots them and notifies the upper echelon. | ||||||
| 9 | "Gone to the Birds" Transliteration: "Jūteichōseki" (Japanese: 獣蹄鳥跡) | Daiki Uchida | Shōko Hayashi | May 10, 2026 | June 1, 2026 | |
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A parasite escapes from the octopus demon's head and is killed by Keiji. Having regained control, the octopus demon explains that the devils have been going around injecting parasites into demons to personally control them. Elizabeth tells the other chickens to go on ahead without her. Keiji, Piyoko and Keisuke arrive at the warehouse, where they are greeted by two devils named Hikari and Yuji. After a heated confrontation, the trio of birds are attacked by parasite-controlled demons on Hikari's command. Elizabeth arrives and incapacitates the active demons with an electroshock weapon she requested from her foster father. Hikari activates even stronger demons, one of which is Morio. After unsuccessful attempts to get Morio to regain control, Piyoko instructs Keiji to help her get into his body so she can eliminate the parasite with a nail. With assistance from the octopus demon, Piyoko enters Morio's nostril and wiggles her way into his brain where the parasite is hiding. After a few unsuccessful attempts from its front, Piyoko attacks the parasite from the back before getting critically stabbed through her torso by one of its tentacles. After Piyoko loses consciousness, a mysterious symbol suddenly appears on her chest and reawakening eyes. | ||||||
| 10 | "To Back a Bird into a Corner" Transliteration: "Kinkonfukusha" (Japanese: 禽困覆車) | Motomu Endo | Kenta Sasaki & Kayoko Ezoe | May 17, 2026 | June 8, 2026 | |
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Inside Piyoko's subconscious, the chick begins to suspect she has died. A pair of eyes with the same symbols appear, deducing she does not remember him. The mysterious apparition takes control over Piyoko's body and begins tormenting the parasite. Back outside Morio's body, the rest of the chickens take on Yuji, who has assumed his true form to launch a barrage of missiles from his weaponized arm at the trio. Yuji quickly runs out of ammo, giving Keiji and Keisuke a chance to strike him. However, Yuji's armor protects him from both of their assaults. After reloading, Yuji launches target-seeking missiles at the chickens, making them run around constantly to evade them. Keiji runs back towards Yuji while using Kokekokko as the missile follows, hitting them both and seemingly killing Keiji. However, it is revealed that Keiji hid inside the weapon's barrel and has thrown deformed metal into it, causing Yuji's entire arm to explode. Keisuke sees an opportunity and kills Yuji as he writhes in pain. Hikari steps in to take on Keisuke as Elizabeth and a severely injured Keiji watch. Despite significantly surpassing his own body's limits to directly strike Hikari, Keisuke fails to even wound the devil. | ||||||
| 11 | "It Takes Two Wings to Fly" Transliteration: "Koshōnanmei" (Japanese: 孤掌難鳴) | Hajime Yamanokuchi | Shōko Hayashi, Kenta Sasaki & Kayoko Ezoe | May 24, 2026 | June 15, 2026 | |
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Hikari begins to dominate in the fight against Keisuke and is about to kill him when Keiji steps back in to stop him. Around the same time, Morio regains control over his body and attempts to combat the devil but quickly gets knocked unconscious. Keisuke questions why Keiji would continue to fight someone he knows he has no chance of beating. Keisuke suddenly realizes that what he himself was missing is perseverance, and overcomes his doubts to awaken his true power as Keiji reaches his physical limits. Before the rematch, a renewed Keisuke instructs Elizabeth to go find Keizan inside the warehouse. The rooster begins turning the tables on Hikari and seemingly kills him. However, the devil regenerates into his true form. Meanwhile, Elizabeth chases after the lower devil who has ran off with Keizan. Back near the warehouse, Hikari begins attacking Keisuke with multiple bladed tentacles. While giving the rooster a challenging round of hits to evade, Morio regains consciousness and manages to immobilize the devil. Hikari quickly regains mobility by effortlessly killing Morio with his tentacles. Having just witnessed his friend die right in front of him, an enraged Keiji begins to awaken a dormant power from within. | ||||||
| 12 | "What the Birds, Beasts, and Trees Share" Transliteration: "Kinjūsōmoku" (Japanese: 禽獣草木) | Motomu Endo & Daisuke Suzuki | Kenta Sasaki & Kayoko Ezoe | May 31, 2026 | June 22, 2026 | |
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Elizabeth successfully rescues Keizan. Back near the warehouse in his awakened state, Keiji maxes out his Kokekokko on the sphere in Hikari's chest, destroying it and incapacitating the devil. Elizabeth returns with an unconscious Keizan. Piyoko eagerly greets Keiji, but the rooster regrettably informs her that Morio is dead. As the chick cries on Morio's head it is revealed that the demon survived his injuries, deducing that his strong will to survive kept him from dying. As the chickens find relief in his survival, Hikari gets back up. To their astonishment, the devil transforms back into his human form and thanks them before losing consciousness. The group decides to take Hikari with them, and they all fall asleep in a nearby forest. Once they awaken, Hikari reveals that a devil above him named Kugone brainwashed him after he turned into a demon, convincing him that she was his real mother as she transformed him into a devil. He also reveals that another devil exists above her named Gakuma. Keiji discovers this is the white demon he has been after all this time. The chickens and demons depart later that evening, with Keiji determined to track down Gakuma and rescue Sara. | ||||||
Reception
Since its premiere, Rooster Fighter has been popular abroad, especially in Spanish-speaking countries such as Mexico, Spain and Argentina, with the manga receiving translation publication offers from more than 12 countries and regions.[13]
Reviewing the first eight volumes of the series, Bolts of Anime News Network found the story predictable and that it does not do anything new, but praised the art and fight choreography, commenting that the series treats itself very seriously in the best way.[50]
The anime series has been nominated for the 2026 Astra TV Awards in the Best Anime Series category.[51]
Notes
- The anime series was released internationally approximately three weeks ahead of Japan. As such, the original run shown reflects this.
- Production staff information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.
- Adult Swim listed the series premiere as airing on March 14 at 24:00, which is effectively March 15 at midnight EDT.
- Tokyo MX and Cartoon Network Japan list the series premiere as airing on April 5 at 24:00, which is effectively April 6 at midnight JST.