The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (斉木楠雄のΨ難, Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan) is a 2016 anime series based on the manga with the same name written and illustrated by Shūichi Asō. It was serialized and published in Shueisha's Weekly Shounen Jump (May 2012 to Feb. 2018) and Jump GIGA (May 2018 to July 2018) magazines from May 14, 2012 to July 26, 2018, with a total of 26 volumes.
The anime series was announced in 2016. The first two seasons was animated by J.C. Staff, and directed by Hiroaki Sakurai. The first season aired in Japan from July 4, 2016 to December 23, 2016, consisting of 120 shorts, which was recompiled into a 24-episode format afterwards. The second season of the series aired from January 17, 2018 to June 27, 2018, consisting of 24 episodes.
Funimation licensed and produced an English SimulDub of the series, which premiered on the FunimationNow streaming service on August 7, 2016[1].
Due to Netflix licensing the second season and onwards of the series, the Funimation Dub was left only for the first season, until Netflix dubbed the later Reawakened series with a new cast.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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| Main Characters | |||
| Kusuo Saiki / Kusuko Saiki (Female Form) |
Hiroshi Kamiya | Jerry Jewell | |
| Haruka Tomatsu (female) |
Jamie Marchi | ||
| Aimi Tanaka (young) |
Lara Woodhull | ||
| Secondary Characters | |||
| Riki Nendō | Daisuke Ono | David Wald | |
| Shun Kaidō | Nobunaga Shimazaki | Micah Solusod | |
| Kineshi Hairo | Satoshi Hino | Kyle Phillips | |
| Kokomi Teruhashi | Ai Kayano | Tia Ballard | |
| Chiyo Yumehara | Yukari Tamura | Jill Harris | |
| Reita Toritsuka | Natsuki Hanae | Joel McDonald | |
| Ryan Reynolds (young) | |||
| Chisato Mera | Maaya Uchida | Megan Shipman | |
| Aren Kuboyasu | Yoshimasa Hosoya | Jarrod Greene | |
| Metori Saiko | Masaya Matsukaze | Adam Gibbs | |
| Uryoku Chōno / Kōta Nakanishi |
Shōtarō Morikubo | Austin Tindle | |
| Saiki Family | |||
| Kuniharu Saiki | Mitsuo Iwata | Chuck Huber | |
| Kurumi Saiki | Rikako Aikawa | Morgan Garrett | |
| Kūsuke Saiki | Kenji Nojima | Chris Patton | |
| Shizuka Ishigami (young) |
Alison Viktorin | ||
| Recurring Characters | |||
| PK Academy | |||
| -Students- | |||
| Takahashi | Taishi Murata | Travis Mullenix | |
| Arisu Makino / Atsumi Shimoyanagi |
Nozomi Furuki | Apphia Yu | |
| Makoto Teruhashi / Tōru Mugami |
Tomoaki Maeno | Brandon McInnis | |
| Shūji Murata / Takahashi's Friend |
Genki Muro | Chris Thurman | |
| Kōki Sawakita | Yūsuke Kobayashi | Justin Briner | |
| Tsuyoshi Kongō | Tarusuke Shingaki | Dave Woodard | |
| Zolbe Kadenokōji Sherbelite | Makoto Yasumura | Rick Keeling | |
| Taiga Kashimura | Junichi Yanagita | Stephen Sanders | |
| Taira Matsuo | Kentarō Kumagai | Blake Shepard | |
| Takeru Shinoda | Yasuaki Takumi | Ricco Fajardo | |
| Tsuyoshi Kongō | Tarusuke Shingaki | Dave Woodard | |
| Jaga Yokota | Ryūichi Kijima | Alejandro Saab | |
| -Staff- | |||
| Matsuzaki | Tarō Yamaguchi | Bryan Massey | |
| Shinsuke Kanda (Principal) |
Ikuji Nose | ¿? | |
| Kyōka Shima | Harumi Sakurai | Whitney Rodgers | |
| Igarashi | Yasuyuki Sano | Duncan Brannan | |
| Hatakeyama | Ryūichi Kijima | Doug Jackson | |
| Nendo Family | |||
| Midori Nendō (Riki's Mother) |
Daisuke Ono | David Wald | |
| Shizuka Ishigami (Image) |
¿? | ||
| Riki Takeuchi (Riki's Father) |
Daisuke Ono | David Wald | |
| Others | |||
| Kumagorō Saiki | Kōichi Yamadera | R. Bruce Elliott | |
| Kumi Saiki | Rie Tanaka | Juli Erickson | |
| Amp | Yoshitsugu Matsuoka | Greg Ayres | |
| Yūta Iridatsu | Yumiko Kobayashi | Bryn Apprill | |
| Kōhei Amasaki (High School) |
Justin Duncan | ||
| Saiko's Father | Tōru Ōkawa | ¿? | |
| Kazuya Ikemi / Michael |
Motomu Kiyokawa | Christopher Bevins | |
| Gokuya Onimatsu / Editor in Chief |
Hiroshi Yanaka | Brandon Potter | |
| Michael Scofield / Museum Director |
Yutaka Aoyama | Mark Stoddard | |
| Baiku Manabe | Bike Kawasaki Bike | Jeremy Inman | |
| Yūta's Mother | Shizuka Ishigami | ¿? | |
| Takayuki Maeda | Haruki Ishiya | Ethan Gallardo | |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s). |
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| Kenji Tanihara | Kengo Kawanishi | Duncan Brannan | 5 | |
| Haruo Sugiyama | Haruki Ishiya | Tyson Rinehart | ||
| Ippei Matsuda | Hiromichi Tezuka | David L. Brehm | ||
| Kiyomi | Ai Kakuma | Megan Shipman | 6 | |
| Clairvoyance Mikiko | Sachiko Kojima | Rachel Robinson | ||
| Susumu Busujima | Nobuo Tobita | Phil Parsons | 8 | |
| Yoriko Itano | Lynn | Skyler Davenport | 10 | |
| Tom | Rikiya Koyama | Duncan Brannan | ||
| Pussy | Hisako Kanemoto | Dawn M. Bennett | ||
| Kaidō's Mother | Ayumi Tsunematsu | Anastasia Muñoz | 10, 12 | |
| Baron Cola | Daisuke Ono | David Wald | 11 | |
| Cyborg Cider-man No. 2 | Junichi Yanagita | Jerry Jewell | 11, 18 | |
| God | Kōichi Sōma | Jim Johnson | 12 | |
| Pops | Masashi Nogawa | Philip Weber | 13 | |
| Sōji Aizawa | Kōhei Amasaki | Jean-Luc Hester | 15 | |
| Kōsaku Nakamaru | Hirofumi Nojima | Charles Campbell | 16 | |
| Kenta Yamagishi | Yō Taichi | Ryan Reynolds | ||
| Kenta's Mother | Arisa Sakuraba | ¿? | ||
| Hyakkimaru | Ryūnosuke Watanuki | Marcus D. Stimac | 17 | |
| Kunio Saitō | Ryūichi Kijima | ¿? | 19 | |
| Fumiyoshi | Itaru Yamamoto | ¿? | 20 | |
| John Komatsu | Ryūichi Kijima | David Wald | ||
| Miiko | Ayaka Asai | Jeannie Tirado | ||
| Maimai | Marika Kōno | Whitney Rodgers | ||
| Rinati | Shizuka Ishigami | Sally Haden | ||
| Blue Scorpion Jr. | Junichi Yanagita | Anthony Bowling | ||
| Jamie | Ryūichi Kijima | Jessie James Grelle | 21 | |
| John McMahon | Junichi Yanagita | J. Michael Tatum | ||
| Cyborg Cider-Man Ramune | Hiromichi Tezuka | T.H. Angelle | 22 | |
| Kinsuke Honekawa | Makoto Yasumura | Chris Cason | ||
| Tennis Team Coach | Yasuhiro Mamiya | ¿? | ||
| Kaijin L. Ginger | Ryūichi Kijima | ¿? |
Additional Voices[]
Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date(s) | Category | Format | Content | Country | |
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August 7, 2016 | Anime | Digital | 24 Eps. | United States | 
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Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
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2017 |  + 
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Episodes 1-12 | 1 NTSC A DVB-T |
United States |
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| 4 Discs | ||||||
See Also[]
References[]
External Links[]
- The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. at the Internet Movie Database.
- The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (anime) on the Anime News Network’s encyclopedia.
- The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. on Behind The Voice Actors.