HELL MODE: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing
ヘルモード ～やり込み好きのゲーマーは廃設定の異世界で無双する～
Hell Mode: Yarikomi-zuki no Gamer wa Haisettei no Isekai de Musou Suru
Binge-ready
Finished airing — 12 episodes, ready to binge.
- Format
- TV
- Season
- Winter 2026
- Studio
- Yokohama Animation Lab
- Based on
- Light novel
- Episode length
- 23 min
- Started
- 10 Jan 2026
- Ended
- 28 Mar 2026
- Score
- 72/100
Action Adventure Fantasy Creature Taming Isekai Male Protagonist Animals Video Games Reincarnation Class Struggle CGI
Thirty-five-year-old Kenichi Yamada has spent his life playing every single MMORPG he can get his hands on. Tired of new games that cater to casual players, he leaps at the chance to try out a never-ending game with an intimidating “Hell Mode” that raises the difficulty (and chances to level up) to impossible heights. But, as soon as he selects the “Summoner,” Kenichi finds himself transported into the world of the game and reborn to a family of serfs as a baby named Allen! With nothing but his memories and wits to guide him, Allen sets off to conquer Hell Mode, unearth the secrets of the Summoner class, and free his newfound family from their fate. (Source: HIDIVE)
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Opening and ending songs
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Source material
Hell Mode: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing ↗ · ヘルモード ～やり込み好きのゲーマーは廃設定の異世界で無双する～
Novel · Still publishing · 2020
Source: AniList and MangaDex (publication details only).
Credits, releases and news
Staff
- Director
- Masato Tamagawa
- Original creator
- Hamuo, Enji Tetta
- Series Composition
- Daishirō Tanimura
- Character Design
- Kei Tsushima
- Music
- Shūichirō Fukuhiro, Kanade Sakuma, Junko Nakajima
- Art Director
- Hirotsugu Kakoi
- Sound Director
- Teruaki Sugawara
Japanese voice cast
- Zenoff: Akio Ōtsuka
- Butler Von Granvelle: Tomokazu Sugita
- Rodan: Hideo Ishikawa
- Theresia: Sayaka Ōhara
- Thomas Granvelle: Marie Miyake
- Allen: Mutsumi Tamura
- Mikhail Granvelle: Shōya Chiba
- Dogora: Tasuku Hatanaka
Home video releases
- 13 Jan 2027 Hell Mode - 1st Season Collection [AU] (Blu-ray)
- 15 Dec 2026 Hell Mode - 1st Season Collection (Blu-ray)
Latest news
- 27 Mar 2026 Hell Mode Anime Gets 2nd Season in July
- 1 Mar 2026 Hell Mode, Chained Soldier Season 2, More Anime Get English Dubs in March
- 11 Dec 2025 Hell Mode Anime Reveals 2 More Cast Members, Previews Ending Theme in 2nd Promo Video
- 6 Nov 2025 Hell Mode Reveals 3 New Cast Members
- 6 Nov 2025 HIDIVE to Stream Hell Mode Anime With N. American Premiere at Anime Frontier
Episode titles (12)
- 1. Born Again at Bottom-Tier
- 2. The Appraisal Ceremony
- 3. Trouble
- 4. Allen Spills the Beans
- 5. A Summoner's Potential
- 6. Outward Bound
- 7. Life with the Granvelles
- 8. Huntsman
- 9. The Murdergalsh
- 10. The Noble's Duty
- 11. Sneak Attack
- 12. The Escape
Anime News Network readers rate it 6.9/10 (69 votes).
Source: Anime News Network. Full details at Anime News Network.
Main characters
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Allen
アレン
Voiced by Mutsumi Tamura
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Cecil Granvelle
セシル・グランヴェル
Voiced by Sayaka Senbongi
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Krena
クレナ
Voiced by Mayu Iizuka
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Dogora
ドゴラ
Voiced by Tasuku Hatanaka
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Mash
マッシュ
Voiced by Makoto Koichi
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Theresia
テレシア
Voiced by Sayaka Oohara
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Airing data from AniList. Last updated 25 Oct 2026.