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Siren Visual to Stream The Devil is a Part-Timer! on AnimeLab
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Siren Visual's post goes on to confirm that they plan to release more series through AnimeLab. You can view AnimeLab's streaming library here
If you would like to know exactly what The Devil Is a Part-Timer! is like, ANN reviewer Theron Martin has you covered with a review of Funimation's release.
The Devil Is a Part-Timer!
On the world of Ente Isla, Devil King Sadao is just about to conquer the entire world when he is defeated by the heroine, Emilia Justina. Forced to jump dimensions he ends up on Earth with no powers, no cash and no job skills beyond "conquering the world" the Devil King is forced to take a part-time job at a fast food restaurant to make ends meet. Now living under the name Sadao Maō, the Devil King must work his way up the MgRonald corporate ladder to conquer Japan and avoid Emilia who has followed him to Earth to ensure that he is destroyed.
The Devil Is a Part-Timer! is adapted from Satoshi Wagahara's original fantasy light novel series that have been published by ASCII Media Works on the Dengeki Bunko imprint since 2011, ten books have been published to date. The series has also inspired two manga adaptations alongside this 13 episode anime series.
Naoto Hosoda (The Future Diary, Shuffle!) directed the anime at WHITE FOX and Atsushi Ikariya (Fate/Zero) adapted original novel illustrator 029's characters for anime. Masahiro Yokotani (Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club, Maria Holic) was in charge of the series scripts. The series premiered on the 4th of April 2013 on Tokyo MX and several other channels. Funimation licensed the title and streamed the series in North America and released the title on home video in July 2014. The English dub includes John Grelle (Tori Aoi in Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere) as Sadao Maou/Satan, Felecia Angelle (Mana Takamiya in Date A Live) as Emi Yusa/Emilia and Tia Ballard (Happy in Fairy Tail) as Chiho Sasaki.
Siren Visual will be releasing The Devil Is a Part-Timer! on DVD and Blu-ray on the 17th of September 2014. You can view the pages for Siren Visual's Blu-ray and DVD releases of The Devil Is a Part-Timer! here and here respectively.