Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord

Director(s)Minoru Yamaoka
Production year2024
Genre(s)Animation, Fantasy
Approx. running minutes24m
CastAi Fairouz, Azumi Waki, Taku Yashiro

Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord

mild violence, scary scenes, language
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

VILLAINESS LEVEL 99: I MAY BE THE HIDDEN BOSS BUT I’M NOT THE DEMON LORD is a Japanese fantasy anime series: in this episode, Yumiella causes a stir on her first day at the academy.

violence
In a battle which plays like fantastical fighting in a videogame, a powerful boss villain hurls multiple darts at a group of players who repel the missiles with elaborate weapons and magical powers. A person mistaken for an intruder is beaten with a broom in comic fashion.
threat and horror
Magical powers are used to conjure up wolf-like and skeletal monsters. Milder scenes include a person falling accidentally through a skylight and landing on someone below in comic fashion.
language
There is infrequent mild bad language (‘screwed up’).
mild violence, threat
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

VILLAINESS LEVEL 99: I MAY BE THE HIDDEN BOSS BUT I’M NOT THE DEMON LORD is a Japanese fantasy anime series: in this episode, Yumiella is threatened with expulsion for lying about her power level, but demonstrates that she was being truthful.

violence
In battles which play like fantastical fighting in a videogame, a person kills boss monsters in undetailed fashion. Two people engage in a mock fight with wooden swords.
threat and horror
In a demonstration of her abilities a person uses magic powers to create a black hole in the sky that starts to suck in matter and causes panic, but she closes the hole and no-one comes to harm.
additional issues
There is infrequent very mild bad language (‘butt’).
mild threat
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

VILLAINESS LEVEL 99: I MAY BE THE HIDDEN BOSS BUT I'M NOT THE DEMON LORD is a Japanese fantasy animation; in this episode, Yumiella is summoned to meet the royal family.

threat and horror
A woman with magic powers creates a black hole in the sky. A man charges at a woman with a sword, but she ducks away.
additional issues
There is very mild bad language ('God'). Brief moments of violence include men and women using fantastical weapons during the opening title sequence.
mild violence, brief injury detail
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

VILLAINESS LEVEL 99: I MAY BE THE HIDDEN BOSS BUT I’M NOT THE DEMON LORD is a Japanese fantasy anime series: in this episode, Yumiella takes charge of a field mission and gives the other students rather more than they can handle.

violence
Fantastical hellhounds attack students training for battle with monsters, and are repelled with swords, spears, arrows and magic powers. The creatures disintegrate into glowing embers when they are killed.
injury detail
Following an undetailed bite from a hellhound, a stylised bloody wound is seen briefly on a person’s arm which magic quickly heals.
mild violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

VILLAINESS LEVEL 99: I MAY BE THE HIDDEN BOSS BUT I’M NOT THE DEMON LORD is a Japanese fantasy anime series: in this episode, Yumiella finds in Patrick someone who seems to understand her.

violence
Fantastical flying fish creatures attack students training for battle with monsters, and are repelled with magic powers and sword strikes which produce stylised spurts of blue blood.
injury detail
Human characters sustain injuries during battles with fantastical creatures, but magic heals the wounds quickly and completely.
mild violence, brief bloody images
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

VILLAINESS LEVEL 99: I MAY BE THE HIDDEN BOSS BUT I’M NOT THE DEMON LORD is a Japanese fantasy anime series: in this episode, Yumiella takes part in an academy martial arts tournament.

violence
A fantastical flying fish creature launches an attack and is repelled with a sword slash which produces stylised spurts of blue blood. In a martial arts tournament competitors fight with swords, delivering powerful blows that break the weapons of their opponents, but cause no injury.
very mild violence, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

VILLAINESS LEVEL 99: I MAY BE THE HIDDEN BOSS BUT I'M NOT THE DEMON LORD is a Japanese fantasy animation; in this episode, Yumiella decides to attend the end of year dance.

violence
There are brief moments in which men and women use fantastical weapons during the opening title sequence.
theme
References are made to a young woman being bullied.
mild violence, sex references
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

VILLAINESS LEVEL 99: I MAY BE THE HIDDEN BOSS BUT I’M NOT THE DEMON LORD is a Japanese fantasy anime series: in this episode, Yumiella gains an unusual prize after destroying a pair of dragons which have been terrorising a village.

violence
In battles with fantastical creatures, such as bat-winged demons and dragons, characters strike with swords and darts created by magic which destroy the monsters and cause them to disintegrate into dust.
sex
A female character holds a large dragon egg and tells a man that it is her ‘child’, to which he responds with comical outrage and demands to know ‘You and who?’ She lets him know that she's joking.
additional issues
A baby dragon grows rapidly, causing disruption and posing a comical threat with its presence
mild fantasy violence
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

VILLAINESS LEVEL 99: I MAY BE THE HIDDEN BOSS BUT I'M NOT THE DEMON LORD is a Japanese fantasy animation; in this episode, Yumiella helps Eleonora study. 

violence
A man kills goblin-like creatures using a sword. Men and women use fantastical weapons during the opening title sequence.
additional issues
The episode features very mild bad language ('damn'). When a young woman goes missing, her fellow students fear she has been kidnapped. 
mild violence, injury detail, language, threat
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

VILLAINESS LEVEL 99: I MAY BE THE HIDDEN BOSS BUT I'M NOT THE DEMON LORD is a Japanese fantasy anime series; in this episode, Alicia must master her powers in a monster-filled dungeon.

violence
Energy blasts, swords and hand-to-hand combat feature during fantastical fight sequences.
threat and horror
People are threatened by various fantastical creatures.
language
Bad language is mild ('bastard').
injury detail
A cut on persons arm is healed with magic.
mild threat, violence
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

VILLAINESS LEVEL 99: I MAY BE THE HIDDEN BOSS BUT I'M NOT THE DEMON LORD is a Japanese animated fantasy series; in this episode, Yumiella seeks those responsible for having her targeted by assassins.

violence
There are scenes of swordfighting and fantastical magical combat, including suits of armour being disintegrated.
threat and horror
Assassins and thugs target a young woman with weapons such as swords, knives, axes and arrows; she uses magic abilities to quickly resolve any danger. A group of men are restrained by magical bonds and a girl conjures a black hole with her abilities, threatening to let unsympathetic characters be sucked into it. There is brief sight of an army of skeletons.
additional issues
There is very mild bad language ('damn', 'hell'). Characters briefly kiss. There are verbal references to discrimination against people with dark hair in this fantasy world.
moderate threat, violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

VILLAINESS LEVEL 99: I MAY BE THE HIDDEN BOSS BUT I'M NOT THE DEMON LORD is a Japanese animated fantasy series; in this episode, Yumiella and her friends confront the Demon Lord in a fateful clash.

violence
There are occasional bloody stabbings and slashings, along with swordfighting in battle sequences, resulting in skeletal characters being smashed to pieces. A teenage boy is impaled by magical spikes, but quickly recovers. Characters do battle using magical powers.
threat and horror
A demonic figure grabs a girl by the throat, lifting her and briefly torturing her with spikes against her back. There are scenes of threat involving blades and magical spells. A teenage girl loses control of her body and is made to attack her friends.
injury detail
There is occasional sight of moderately bloody injury and fantastical spurts of a blood-like substance in the aftermath of violence.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('ass') along with milder terms such as 'damn'.
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Classified date17/10/2024
LanguageJapanese
violence
In a battle which plays like fantastical fighting in a videogame, a powerful boss villain hurls multiple darts at a group of players who repel the missiles with elaborate weapons and magical powers. A person mistaken for an intruder is beaten with a broom in comic fashion.
threat and horror
Magical powers are used to conjure up wolf-like and skeletal monsters. Milder scenes include a person falling accidentally through a skylight and landing on someone below in comic fashion.
language
There is infrequent mild bad language (‘screwed up’).
moderate threat, violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are occasional bloody stabbings and slashings, along with swordfighting in battle sequences, resulting in skeletal characters being smashed to pieces. A teenage boy is impaled by magical spikes, but quickly recovers. Characters do battle using magical powers.
threat and horror
A demonic figure grabs a girl by the throat, lifting her and briefly torturing her with spikes against her back. There are scenes of threat involving blades and magical spells. A teenage girl loses control of her body and is made to attack her friends.
injury detail
There is occasional sight of moderately bloody injury and fantastical spurts of a blood-like substance in the aftermath of violence.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('ass') along with milder terms such as 'damn'.
mild threat, violence
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of swordfighting and fantastical magical combat, including suits of armour being disintegrated.
threat and horror
Assassins and thugs target a young woman with weapons such as swords, knives, axes and arrows; she uses magic abilities to quickly resolve any danger. A group of men are restrained by magical bonds and a girl conjures a black hole with her abilities, threatening to let unsympathetic characters be sucked into it. There is brief sight of an army of skeletons.
additional issues
There is very mild bad language ('damn', 'hell'). Characters briefly kiss. There are verbal references to discrimination against people with dark hair in this fantasy world.
mild violence, injury detail, language, threat
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Energy blasts, swords and hand-to-hand combat feature during fantastical fight sequences.
threat and horror
People are threatened by various fantastical creatures.
language
Bad language is mild ('bastard').
injury detail
A cut on persons arm is healed with magic.
mild fantasy violence
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man kills goblin-like creatures using a sword. Men and women use fantastical weapons during the opening title sequence.
additional issues
The episode features very mild bad language ('damn'). When a young woman goes missing, her fellow students fear she has been kidnapped. 
mild violence, sex references
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
In battles with fantastical creatures, such as bat-winged demons and dragons, characters strike with swords and darts created by magic which destroy the monsters and cause them to disintegrate into dust.
sex
A female character holds a large dragon egg and tells a man that it is her ‘child’, to which he responds with comical outrage and demands to know ‘You and who?’ She lets him know that she's joking.
additional issues
A baby dragon grows rapidly, causing disruption and posing a comical threat with its presence
very mild violence, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are brief moments in which men and women use fantastical weapons during the opening title sequence.
theme
References are made to a young woman being bullied.
mild violence, brief bloody images
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A fantastical flying fish creature launches an attack and is repelled with a sword slash which produces stylised spurts of blue blood. In a martial arts tournament competitors fight with swords, delivering powerful blows that break the weapons of their opponents, but cause no injury.
mild violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Fantastical flying fish creatures attack students training for battle with monsters, and are repelled with magic powers and sword strikes which produce stylised spurts of blue blood.
injury detail
Human characters sustain injuries during battles with fantastical creatures, but magic heals the wounds quickly and completely.
mild violence, brief injury detail
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Fantastical hellhounds attack students training for battle with monsters, and are repelled with swords, spears, arrows and magic powers. The creatures disintegrate into glowing embers when they are killed.
injury detail
Following an undetailed bite from a hellhound, a stylised bloody wound is seen briefly on a person’s arm which magic quickly heals.
mild threat
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A woman with magic powers creates a black hole in the sky. A man charges at a woman with a sword, but she ducks away.
additional issues
There is very mild bad language ('God'). Brief moments of violence include men and women using fantastical weapons during the opening title sequence.
mild violence, threat
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
In battles which play like fantastical fighting in a videogame, a person kills boss monsters in undetailed fashion. Two people engage in a mock fight with wooden swords.
threat and horror
In a demonstration of her abilities a person uses magic powers to create a black hole in the sky that starts to suck in matter and causes panic, but she closes the hole and no-one comes to harm.
additional issues
There is infrequent very mild bad language (‘butt’).
mild violence, scary scenes, language
Classified Date:
17/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
In a battle which plays like fantastical fighting in a videogame, a powerful boss villain hurls multiple darts at a group of players who repel the missiles with elaborate weapons and magical powers. A person mistaken for an intruder is beaten with a broom in comic fashion.
threat and horror
Magical powers are used to conjure up wolf-like and skeletal monsters. Milder scenes include a person falling accidentally through a skylight and landing on someone below in comic fashion.
language
There is infrequent mild bad language (‘screwed up’).
Director(s)Minoru Yamaoka
Production year2024
Genre(s)Animation, Fantasy
Approx. running minutes24m
CastAi Fairouz, Azumi Waki, Taku Yashiro
Classified date17/10/2024
LanguageJapanese