The Legendary Hero Is Dead!

Director(s)Rion Kujo
Production year2023
Genre(s)Animation
Approx. running minutes24m
CastJustin Briner, Ricco Fajardo, Alexis Tipton

The Legendary Hero Is Dead!

moderate sex references, bloody images
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

THE LEGENDARY HERO IS DEAD! is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Touka's life changes forever when he accidentally kills the hero Sion.

sex
Scenes include sexualised focus on the bodies of female characters. A man comments on a woman's thighs and there is close-up visual focus on them. He also appears to become aroused by a vegetable, resulting in a female calling him a 'pervert'. A woman tells a man to go into the corner and "play with your sausage".
injury detail
There is sight of pools of blood and blood splatter after a character falls into a pit. There is a brief blood spurt in the aftermath of a fight. A man's eye comically falls out after he is punched.
additional issues
Scenes of mild threat include sight of demonic creatures and a large beast declaring he wants to eat a human. There are moments of mild violence. Use of mild bad language ('piss', 'crap', 'frickin', 'shit', 'ass') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'damn', 'hell' and 'jerk'.
strong injury detail, sexual harassment, nudity
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

THE LEGENDARY HERO IS DEAD is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, Touka suspects a man isn't the ally he claims to be.

sexual violence and sexual threat
Male characters harass a woman, expressing their desire to see her without clothes on, though this behaviour is challenged. A man makes inappropriate suggestive comments towards a younger girl. A person ogles and dresses a woman as she sleeps, though he is strongly reprimanded.
injury detail
Blood spurts into the air as a result of off-screen violence.
nudity
There is sight of buttock nudity when character's clothes are fantastically dissolved.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Moderate sex references include a focus on the physical attributes of female characters. Fantastical violence occurs, including a man casting a spell which slices up the body of an attacking creature, causing black liquid resembling blood to spurt. Scary creatures including skeletons and animated demons appear and threaten heroic characters. There is use of mild bad language ('crap', 'ass', 'asshole', 'frickin'), as well as milder terms ('damn', 'hell', 'jerk').
sexual violence
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

THE LEGENDARY HERO IS DEAD! is a Japanese fantasy comedy adventure anime series; in this episode, the companions travel to the Royal Capital in the hope of reversing Touka’s unfortunate transformation.

sexual violence and sexual threat
A villain with a sexual fetish for human bones chains up a scantily-clad female prisoner and gropes her upper thigh while using an x-ray spell to leer at the bone within. In another scene a man proposes to ‘examine’ a woman’s body in return for providing her friend with medical treatment; this is followed by a sexualised image of the woman looking embarrassed as she stands semi-naked, with her breasts partially exposed. Another man spies on a bathing woman but is quickly caught and punished. The episode also contains still images of a man lifting women’s skirts without their consent in order to admire their thighs.
additional issues
Moderate sex references include occasional visual focus on the bodies of female characters in revealing outfits. A man tells a woman that he’s going to ‘date [her] brains out’. Bad language includes ‘bastard’, ‘ass’, ‘hell’, ‘cretin’, ‘jerk’ and ‘damn’. The episode also features mild fantastical injury detail, threat and violence.
strong sex references, sexualised threat
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

THE LEGENDARY HERO IS DEAD! is a Japanese fantasy comedy adventure anime series; in this episode, Touka attends the masquerade with his royal fiancée, but the festivities are interrupted by a murderous plot.

threat and horror
A villain with a sexual fetish for human bones captures and imprisons women with the intention of removing their flesh from their skeletons. In one scene he uses a blade to slice open his captive’s dress and into her skin, resulting in close-up images of a thin line of blood down the centre of her exposed cleavage. However, she is rescued before he can go further.
sex
A comic scene contains visual and verbal references to urolagnia. There is occasional sexualised visual focus on the bodies of female characters wearing revealing clothing.
additional issues
A man is slashed with a sword, creating a brief spurt of blood. Comic scenes of sexual harassment include one in which a man dons a magic x-ray mask to see women stripped to their underwear, until one of the women kicks him in the face. Bad language includes ‘shit’, ‘asshole’, ‘crappy’, ‘damn’ and ‘hell’.
moderate sex references, violence
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

THE LEGENDARY HERO IS DEAD! is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, the Princess admits her feelings for Touka.

violence
A person is attacked by zombie creatures and bitten on the shoulder, which results in a small blood spurt. Mild fantastical violence includes fighting with energy blasts and swordplay.
sex
There is occasional emphasis on the physical attributes of female characters, with partial breast and buttock nudity, as well as images of the characters in underwear. The suggestiveness is of a comic nature, and includes comments about a male character’s stocking fetish.
additional issues
There is mild bad language (‘bastard’), as well as very mild terms (‘damn’, ‘hell’, ‘heck’). There is mild fantastical threat. Mild rude humour includes a joke about peeing. There is a passing reference to a person overdosing on a fictitious drug.
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

THE LEGENDARY HERO IS DEAD! is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, in order to save Yuna from the effects of a zombie bite, Anri casts a spell which causes Touka to possess her body.

sex
There is occasional emphasis on the physical attributes of female characters, with partial breast and buttock nudity, as well as images of the characters in underwear. The suggestiveness is of a comic nature, and includes verbal references to a male character’s stocking fetish.
additional issues
There is mild, fantastical threat and violence involving zombies and demonic entities. There is mild bad language (‘ass’, ‘crap’, ‘screwed’), as well as very mild terms (‘damn’, ‘hell’, ‘heck’, ‘jerk’, ‘moron’).
strong sex references, sexual harassment references
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

THE LEGENDARY HERO IS DEAD! is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Yuna and Milly are reunited with their father Fieri and his embarrassing ways.

sex
There is occasional emphasis on the physical attributes of female characters, with partial breast and buttock nudity, as well as images of the characters in underwear. The suggestiveness is of a comic nature, and includes verbal references to one male character’s stocking fetish and another’s obsession with breasts, which led to accusations of sexual harassment.
additional issues
Moderate violence features people being stabbed, with sight of stylised bloodshed. Mild fantastical violence includes battles with zombies and demonic entities. There is moderate bad language (‘whore’), as well as milder terms (‘fricking’, ‘shit’, ‘crap’, ‘tits’, ‘asshole’, ‘freaking’, ‘moron’, ‘damn’, ‘hell’).
strong sex references
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

THE LEGENDARY HERO IS DEAD! is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Touka confronts the necromancer Ethel, who taught him survival skills after his parents’ deaths.

sex
There is emphasis on the physical attributes of female characters, with partial breast and buttock nudity, as well as images of the characters in underwear. The suggestiveness is of a comic nature, and includes verbal references to a male character’s stocking fetish, a comment about groping, and a scene in which a shortsighted man touches a woman’s breasts over her clothing, apparently by accident.
additional issues
There is mild bad language (‘son of a bitch’, piss’, ‘shit’, ‘ass’, ‘crap’, ‘frigging’), as well as very mild terms such as ‘damn’, ‘hell’ and ‘heck’. There is mild fantastical threat and violence involving demonic entities. Mild rude humour includes poo jokes.
strong sex references, sexual harassment
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

THE LEGENDARY HERO IS DEAD! is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Touka awakens in a familiar place and quickly realises he is reliving his past.

sex
There is frequent and sexualised focus on the bodies of female characters, often in states of undress; however, nudity is largely hidden from sight.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man becomes aroused as he puts stockings on a woman and there are references to his 'thigh' obsession. He is called a 'pervert' and 'gross' for his repeated interest in a woman's body.
additional issues
A boy is slapped across the face offscreen by his father and there are verbal and visual references to him being beaten frequently by him as a child. His mother later apologises to him for not being able to stop the domestic abuse. Other scenes include mild, fantastical moments of violence. A character is briefly seen with a bloody injury to his abdomen following an implied violent incident. After his father hits him, a boy has a bruised face. A character becomes upset as his mother dies in his arms. Use of mild bad language ('crap', 'piss', 'shit', 'frickin', 'asshole', 'screw') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'hell' and 'damn'. There is mild fantastical threat throughout.
strong sex references, sexual threat, injury detail
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

THE LEGENDARY HERO IS DEAD is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, the legendary hero's party finally reaches Elvania, while the king makes his own plans to stop the necromancers' plot.

sex
There are strong sex references, such as mentions of fetishes and men discussing how much they like 'tits'. Scenes also include frequent, sexualised focus on female characters' bodies with partial breast and buttock nudity.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Female characters are seen naked with their hands covering their breasts as devil creatures threaten them. A woman is captured by a man in a sexually threatening manner with him commenting on her attributes as he holds her captive. A clothed woman is seen tied up and gagged at the same time as men make crude, sexual remarks about another woman.
injury detail
A character is decapitated with sight of bloody detail; however, his head immediately reattaches in a fantastical manner. A similar bloody incident occurs when his hand is severed. A man is stabbed and lays dead in a pool of blood.
additional issues
In moments of moderate and often fantastical violence, characters are stabbed with swords. There is infrequent, implied use of strong language ('f**k') which is accompanied by milder terms such as 'tits', 'crap', 'ass' and 'damn'.
moderate violence, sex references, sexual harassment
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

THE LEGENDARY HERO IS DEAD is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, Touka attempts to lead his allies in a climactic battle.

violence
A man's arm is fantastically cut off causing a small spurt of blood, however he is able to reattach it magically.
sex
There are moderate sex references, including focus on the attributes and underwear of female characters, as well as use of innuendo.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Women in their underwear are chased by male characters, though this behaviour is clearly disapproved of and called out.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
People are seen with blood on their faces as a result of violence. There is use of mild bad language ('crap', 'tits', 'ass', 'piss', 'frickin') as well as milder terms ('jerk', 'damn', 'hell'). Brief scenes of threat occur.
strong sex references, nudity
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

THE LEGENDARY HERO IS DEAD is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, the battle continues to rage, even with Touka down.

sex
A woman strips to her underwear, having promised to let a man touch her legs. There is extensive focus on the physical attributes of female characters, who are seen in states of undress.
nudity
A group of nude women are seen, with sight of buttock and partial breast nudity.
additional issues
There are sequences of moderate fantasy violence, including one in which a man stabs a supernatural enemy repeatedly with a blade. A man is menaced by two demonic creatures who brandish sharp claws and attack him. A man's face is seen with a small amount of blood on it. There is use of mild bad language ('crap', 'frickin', 'shit') as well as milder terms such as 'hell' and 'damn'.
Please note: each rating can only be used for the distribution method listed in the Use column. For more information on each Use click here.
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Crunchyroll Limited
Classified date11/01/2024
LanguageEnglish
sex
Scenes include sexualised focus on the bodies of female characters. A man comments on a woman's thighs and there is close-up visual focus on them. He also appears to become aroused by a vegetable, resulting in a female calling him a 'pervert'. A woman tells a man to go into the corner and "play with your sausage".
injury detail
There is sight of pools of blood and blood splatter after a character falls into a pit. There is a brief blood spurt in the aftermath of a fight. A man's eye comically falls out after he is punched.
additional issues
Scenes of mild threat include sight of demonic creatures and a large beast declaring he wants to eat a human. There are moments of mild violence. Use of mild bad language ('piss', 'crap', 'frickin', 'shit', 'ass') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'damn', 'hell' and 'jerk'.
strong sex references, nudity
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
A woman strips to her underwear, having promised to let a man touch her legs. There is extensive focus on the physical attributes of female characters, who are seen in states of undress.
nudity
A group of nude women are seen, with sight of buttock and partial breast nudity.
additional issues
There are sequences of moderate fantasy violence, including one in which a man stabs a supernatural enemy repeatedly with a blade. A man is menaced by two demonic creatures who brandish sharp claws and attack him. A man's face is seen with a small amount of blood on it. There is use of mild bad language ('crap', 'frickin', 'shit') as well as milder terms such as 'hell' and 'damn'.
moderate violence, sex references, sexual harassment
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man's arm is fantastically cut off causing a small spurt of blood, however he is able to reattach it magically.
sex
There are moderate sex references, including focus on the attributes and underwear of female characters, as well as use of innuendo.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Women in their underwear are chased by male characters, though this behaviour is clearly disapproved of and called out.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
People are seen with blood on their faces as a result of violence. There is use of mild bad language ('crap', 'tits', 'ass', 'piss', 'frickin') as well as milder terms ('jerk', 'damn', 'hell'). Brief scenes of threat occur.
strong sex references, sexual threat, injury detail
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are strong sex references, such as mentions of fetishes and men discussing how much they like 'tits'. Scenes also include frequent, sexualised focus on female characters' bodies with partial breast and buttock nudity.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Female characters are seen naked with their hands covering their breasts as devil creatures threaten them. A woman is captured by a man in a sexually threatening manner with him commenting on her attributes as he holds her captive. A clothed woman is seen tied up and gagged at the same time as men make crude, sexual remarks about another woman.
injury detail
A character is decapitated with sight of bloody detail; however, his head immediately reattaches in a fantastical manner. A similar bloody incident occurs when his hand is severed. A man is stabbed and lays dead in a pool of blood.
additional issues
In moments of moderate and often fantastical violence, characters are stabbed with swords. There is infrequent, implied use of strong language ('f**k') which is accompanied by milder terms such as 'tits', 'crap', 'ass' and 'damn'.
strong sex references, sexual harassment
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is frequent and sexualised focus on the bodies of female characters, often in states of undress; however, nudity is largely hidden from sight.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man becomes aroused as he puts stockings on a woman and there are references to his 'thigh' obsession. He is called a 'pervert' and 'gross' for his repeated interest in a woman's body.
additional issues
A boy is slapped across the face offscreen by his father and there are verbal and visual references to him being beaten frequently by him as a child. His mother later apologises to him for not being able to stop the domestic abuse. Other scenes include mild, fantastical moments of violence. A character is briefly seen with a bloody injury to his abdomen following an implied violent incident. After his father hits him, a boy has a bruised face. A character becomes upset as his mother dies in his arms. Use of mild bad language ('crap', 'piss', 'shit', 'frickin', 'asshole', 'screw') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'hell' and 'damn'. There is mild fantastical threat throughout.
strong sex references
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is emphasis on the physical attributes of female characters, with partial breast and buttock nudity, as well as images of the characters in underwear. The suggestiveness is of a comic nature, and includes verbal references to a male character’s stocking fetish, a comment about groping, and a scene in which a shortsighted man touches a woman’s breasts over her clothing, apparently by accident.
additional issues
There is mild bad language (‘son of a bitch’, piss’, ‘shit’, ‘ass’, ‘crap’, ‘frigging’), as well as very mild terms such as ‘damn’, ‘hell’ and ‘heck’. There is mild fantastical threat and violence involving demonic entities. Mild rude humour includes poo jokes.
strong sex references, sexual harassment references
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is occasional emphasis on the physical attributes of female characters, with partial breast and buttock nudity, as well as images of the characters in underwear. The suggestiveness is of a comic nature, and includes verbal references to one male character’s stocking fetish and another’s obsession with breasts, which led to accusations of sexual harassment.
additional issues
Moderate violence features people being stabbed, with sight of stylised bloodshed. Mild fantastical violence includes battles with zombies and demonic entities. There is moderate bad language (‘whore’), as well as milder terms (‘fricking’, ‘shit’, ‘crap’, ‘tits’, ‘asshole’, ‘freaking’, ‘moron’, ‘damn’, ‘hell’).
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is occasional emphasis on the physical attributes of female characters, with partial breast and buttock nudity, as well as images of the characters in underwear. The suggestiveness is of a comic nature, and includes verbal references to a male character’s stocking fetish.
additional issues
There is mild, fantastical threat and violence involving zombies and demonic entities. There is mild bad language (‘ass’, ‘crap’, ‘screwed’), as well as very mild terms (‘damn’, ‘hell’, ‘heck’, ‘jerk’, ‘moron’).
moderate sex references, violence
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is attacked by zombie creatures and bitten on the shoulder, which results in a small blood spurt. Mild fantastical violence includes fighting with energy blasts and swordplay.
sex
There is occasional emphasis on the physical attributes of female characters, with partial breast and buttock nudity, as well as images of the characters in underwear. The suggestiveness is of a comic nature, and includes comments about a male character’s stocking fetish.
additional issues
There is mild bad language (‘bastard’), as well as very mild terms (‘damn’, ‘hell’, ‘heck’). There is mild fantastical threat. Mild rude humour includes a joke about peeing. There is a passing reference to a person overdosing on a fictitious drug.
strong sex references, sexualised threat
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A villain with a sexual fetish for human bones captures and imprisons women with the intention of removing their flesh from their skeletons. In one scene he uses a blade to slice open his captive’s dress and into her skin, resulting in close-up images of a thin line of blood down the centre of her exposed cleavage. However, she is rescued before he can go further.
sex
A comic scene contains visual and verbal references to urolagnia. There is occasional sexualised visual focus on the bodies of female characters wearing revealing clothing.
additional issues
A man is slashed with a sword, creating a brief spurt of blood. Comic scenes of sexual harassment include one in which a man dons a magic x-ray mask to see women stripped to their underwear, until one of the women kicks him in the face. Bad language includes ‘shit’, ‘asshole’, ‘crappy’, ‘damn’ and ‘hell’.
sexual violence
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sexual violence and sexual threat
A villain with a sexual fetish for human bones chains up a scantily-clad female prisoner and gropes her upper thigh while using an x-ray spell to leer at the bone within. In another scene a man proposes to ‘examine’ a woman’s body in return for providing her friend with medical treatment; this is followed by a sexualised image of the woman looking embarrassed as she stands semi-naked, with her breasts partially exposed. Another man spies on a bathing woman but is quickly caught and punished. The episode also contains still images of a man lifting women’s skirts without their consent in order to admire their thighs.
additional issues
Moderate sex references include occasional visual focus on the bodies of female characters in revealing outfits. A man tells a woman that he’s going to ‘date [her] brains out’. Bad language includes ‘bastard’, ‘ass’, ‘hell’, ‘cretin’, ‘jerk’ and ‘damn’. The episode also features mild fantastical injury detail, threat and violence.
strong injury detail, sexual harassment, nudity
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sexual violence and sexual threat
Male characters harass a woman, expressing their desire to see her without clothes on, though this behaviour is challenged. A man makes inappropriate suggestive comments towards a younger girl. A person ogles and dresses a woman as she sleeps, though he is strongly reprimanded.
injury detail
Blood spurts into the air as a result of off-screen violence.
nudity
There is sight of buttock nudity when character's clothes are fantastically dissolved.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Moderate sex references include a focus on the physical attributes of female characters. Fantastical violence occurs, including a man casting a spell which slices up the body of an attacking creature, causing black liquid resembling blood to spurt. Scary creatures including skeletons and animated demons appear and threaten heroic characters. There is use of mild bad language ('crap', 'ass', 'asshole', 'frickin'), as well as milder terms ('damn', 'hell', 'jerk').
moderate sex references, bloody images
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
Scenes include sexualised focus on the bodies of female characters. A man comments on a woman's thighs and there is close-up visual focus on them. He also appears to become aroused by a vegetable, resulting in a female calling him a 'pervert'. A woman tells a man to go into the corner and "play with your sausage".
injury detail
There is sight of pools of blood and blood splatter after a character falls into a pit. There is a brief blood spurt in the aftermath of a fight. A man's eye comically falls out after he is punched.
additional issues
Scenes of mild threat include sight of demonic creatures and a large beast declaring he wants to eat a human. There are moments of mild violence. Use of mild bad language ('piss', 'crap', 'frickin', 'shit', 'ass') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'damn', 'hell' and 'jerk'.
Director(s)Rion Kujo
Production year2023
Genre(s)Animation
Approx. running minutes24m
CastJustin Briner, Ricco Fajardo, Alexis Tipton
Classified Date:
11/01/2024
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Crunchyroll Limited
Classified date11/01/2024
LanguageEnglish