Date a Live: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Thirty years ago a strange phenomenon called a "spacequake" devastated the center of Eurasia, claiming the lives of at least 150 million people. Since then, smaller spacequakes plague the world on an irregular basis. Shido Itsuka, a seemingly ordinary high schooler comes across a mysterious girl at the ground zero of a spacequake and learns from his sister Kotori she is one of the "Spirits" who are the real cause of the spacequakes that occur when they manifest themselves in the world. He also learns that Kotori is the commander of the airship Fraxinus, crewed by the organization Ratatoskr, and is recruited to make use of his mysterious ability to seal the Spirits' powers thus stopping them from being a threat to mankind. However, there is a catch: to seal a Spirit's power, he must make her fall in love with him and kiss her.

Series details

• Title: Date a Live
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Action, Anime, Romance
• Premiere date: 2013-04-06
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Tokyo MX
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.1/10
• TVMaze ID: 8199
• IMDb ID: tt2575684
• TVDB ID: 264663

Cast and credited roles

• Satomi Akesaka — Shiizaki, Hinako
• Yuko Kaida — Bailey, Jessica
• Saki Ogasawara — Fujimura, Mildred F.
• Maaya Uchida — Yamai, Kaguya
• Ayana Taketatsu — Itsuka, Kotori
• Asami Sanada — Tokisaki, Kurumi
• Kaori Sadohara — Okamine, Tamae
• Iori Nomizu — Yoshino
• Misato — Takamiya, Mana
• Takehito Koyasu — Kannazuki, Kyouhei
• Anri Katsu — Tonomachi, Hiroto
• Shizuka Itou — Mathers, Ellen Mira

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2013-04-06; final listed air date 2013-06-22; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 2014-04-12; final listed air date 2014-06-14; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 2019-01-12; final listed air date 2019-03-30.
• Season 4: premiered 2022-04-08; final listed air date 2022-06-24; episode order: 12.
• Season 5: premiered 2024-04-10; final listed air date 2024-06-26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Date a Live on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.