{ "id": "epqhbhf577", "slug": "my-daemon", "title": "My Daemon", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_anime_manga", "label": "Anime and manga", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_anime_manga" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_anime_series", "label": "Anime series, episodes, and franchises", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_anime_series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_anime_series.anime_ovas_onas_streaming", "label": "OVAs, ONAs, and streaming-original anime", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_anime_series.anime_ovas_onas_streaming" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_anime_series.anime_ovas_onas_streaming", "label": "Asia (other) · 2021 and later: OVAs, ONAs, and streaming-original anime", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_anime_series.anime_ovas_onas_streaming", "path": [ { "id": "geo.asia", "label": "Asia (other)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021", "label": "Asia (other) · 2021 and later", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_anime_manga", "label": "Anime and manga", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_anime_manga" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_anime_series", "label": "Anime series, episodes, and franchises", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_anime_series" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_anime_series.anime_ovas_onas_streaming", "label": "OVAs, ONAs, and streaming-original anime", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_anime_series.anime_ovas_onas_streaming" } ] } ], "excerpt": "My Daemon (Boku no Daemon) is a 2023 Netflix CGI anime series, 13 episodes, created by Otsuichi, directed by Nat Yoswatananont, animated by Thailand's Igloo Studio; boy Kento and daemon Anna cross post-apocalyptic Japan.", "snippet": "My Daemon (Boku no Daemon) is a 2023 Netflix CGI anime series, 13 episodes, created by Otsuichi, directed by Nat Yoswatananont, animated by Thailand's Igloo Studio; boy Kento and daemon Anna cross post-apocalyptic Japan.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_anime_series.anime_ovas_onas_streaming", "markdown": "# My Daemon\n\n**My Daemon** (*Boku no Daemon*) is a 2023 computer-animated streaming series in which an elementary school boy raises a creature called a daemon and journeys across a post-apocalyptic Japan to save his mother. It was created and written by the Japanese author Hirotaka Adachi, known by his pen name Otsuichi, directed by Nat Yoswatananont, and animated by the Thai studio Igloo Studio for Netflix, which released all 13 episodes on November 23, 2023.[1](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81261227) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28612257/) Animation World described it as the first series co-produced between Thailand and Japan.[3](https://www.animationworld.net/news/6965/)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Format | Netflix anime series, 1 season, 13 episodes, released November 23, 2023[1](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81261227) • [4](https://www.netflix.com/nz/title/81261227) |\n| Creative leads | Created and written by Hirotaka Adachi (Otsuichi); directed by Nat Yoswatananont[1](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81261227) |\n| Animation | CGI animation by Igloo Studio, a Bangkok-based Thai studio[3](https://www.animationworld.net/news/6965/) • [5](https://www.thailandnow.in.th/interviews/how-a-thai-studio-helped-bring-dispatch-to-life/) |\n| Premise | A nuclear blast causes Earth to momentarily overlap with hell; Kento raises a daemon named Anna and later sets out to save his mother[1](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81261227) |\n| Main cast | Miyuri Shimabukuro (Kento), Kokoro Kikuchi (Anna), Fumiko Orikasa, Ayane Sakura, Jouji Nakata[1](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81261227) |\n| Reception | IMDb 7.9/10 from about 2,000 user ratings; Rotten Tomatoes average Tomatometer 92%[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28612257/) • [6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/my_daemon) |\n| Rating | TV-14 in the United States[6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/my_daemon) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise and story\n\nThe series is set in the near future, after a nuclear blast causes Earth to momentarily overlap with hell and pollutes the air with sandstorms carrying sand from hell. Kento, an elementary schooler living in downtown Tokyo, finds a red grain of sand in a forest and raises it as a daemon, a creature he names Anna. The two live happily until people begin to hate and try to kill Anna. When Kento's watchful mother has an unfortunate accident, Kento and Anna set out on an adventure to save her.[1](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81261227)\n\nThe journey structure is visible in the episode titles: after Kento starts raising Anna in the premiere, \"The Grave Journey,\" the pair hitch rides with westward travelers, pass through a truck stop town in Shizuoka, and later travel through Nagoya and Osaka, where Kento seeks help from the Peace Organization to get Anna back.[4](https://www.netflix.com/nz/title/81261227) Common Sense Media summarizes the goal of the travels as finding a daemon who can manipulate time and bring Kento's mother back to life, with Kento and Anna deciding whether the people they meet are friend or foe.[7](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/my-daemon)\n\n## Production and the Thai connection\n\n**Igloo Studio** is a Bangkok-based animation and VFX studio that became known in Thailand for the 2018 animated film *The Legend of Muay Thai: 9 Satra* and has worked internationally since producing *My Daemon*.[8](https://welcon.kocca.kr/ko/ovs-company-info/1550) Nat Yoswatananont, the studio's founder and CEO, directed the series; Thai press noted that he was one of the directors of *9 Satra*.[9](https://thestandard.co/my-daemon/) Thai animators interviewed about the production described working as episodic directors, a role that manages the direction of individual episodes under the overall director across a series with many episodes.[10](https://thematter.co/entertainment/animation/som-aor-thai-animators/218862)\n\nThe production has had a longer industrial afterlife. Yoswatananont said that his studio's partnership with the U.S.-based AdHoc Studio began a few years earlier during the *My Daemon* project, when AdHoc was looking for a studio to collaborate with on an interactive project and reached out after discovering Igloo's work; the collaboration later continued on the indie game *Dispatch*.[5](https://www.thailandnow.in.th/interviews/how-a-thai-studio-helped-bring-dispatch-to-life/)\n\n## Reception\n\nOn IMDb the series holds a 7.9/10 rating from about 2,000 users, with an unweighted mean of 8.3; per-episode ratings range from 8.2 to 8.9, with the highest-rated episodes late in the season.[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28612257/) • [11](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28612257/ratings/) Rotten Tomatoes lists an average Tomatometer of 92% and a Popcornmeter audience score based on 50+ ratings.[6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/my_daemon) Common Sense Media's review called it an action-packed sci-fi anime reminiscent of a grittier *Digimon Adventures*, praising Kento's sincerity and Anna's loyalty while noting that the fast pace and straightforward dialogue can make it feel a little cheesy.[7](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/my-daemon)\n\nAccording to a Thai industry profile, *My Daemon* has been streamed worldwide on Netflix, ranked in the Top 5 most popular content in Thailand, and won Best Animated Content from BIDC (Thailand).[12](https://thaisourcing.jp/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/CONTENT-TOKYO.pdf)\n\n## Availability and classification\n\nNetflix lists the series as 13 episodes with a TV-14 rating in some regions and a 16 rating in others.[4](https://www.netflix.com/nz/title/81261227) Streaming trackers list audio in Japanese (the original) plus English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish dubs, with subtitles in several languages including Thai and Chinese.[13](https://flixboss.com/series/my-daemon-81261227) Flixboss records the title as removed from Netflix in the United States on August 16, 2026, while remaining available in other countries such as Japan, Australia, Canada, France, and Germany.[13](https://flixboss.com/series/my-daemon-81261227)\n\nThe series' classification varies by database in a way that reflects its cross-border production. IMDb lists the original title as *Boku no Daemon* with Japanese as the original language,[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28612257/) while [JustWatch](https://www.edgepedia.org/justwatch) and the German guide Prisma list the original title as ดีมอนของผม with Thai as the original language and Thailand as the production country.[14](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/my-daemon) • [15](https://www.prisma.de/streaming/My-Daemon-sXpEA7z3p) Both descriptions are consistent with a series written by a Japanese creator, voiced in Japanese, and produced by a Thai studio.\n\n## References\n\n1. [My Daemon, Netflix Media Center](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81261227)\n2. [My Daemon (TV Mini Series 2023), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28612257/)\n3. [My Daemon is the first series co-produced between Thailand and Japan, Animation World](https://www.animationworld.net/news/6965/)\n4. [Watch My Daemon, Netflix Official Site (New Zealand)](https://www.netflix.com/nz/title/81261227)\n5. [How a Thai Studio Helped Bring \"Dispatch\" to Life, Thailand NOW](https://www.thailandnow.in.th/interviews/how-a-thai-studio-helped-bring-dispatch-to-life/)\n6. [My Daemon, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/my_daemon)\n7. [My Daemon: Parents' Guide & TV Review, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/my-daemon)\n8. [Thai animation production company Igloo Studio, KOCCA Welcon](https://welcon.kocca.kr/ko/ovs-company-info/1550)\n9. [My Daemon: Thai-made animation series from the team behind 9 Satra, premiering November 23 on Netflix, The Standard](https://thestandard.co/my-daemon/)\n10. [Thai animators behind the anime My Daemon, The Matter](https://thematter.co/entertainment/animation/som-aor-thai-animators/218862)\n11. [My Daemon (2023) Ratings, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28612257/ratings/)\n12. [CONTENT TOKYO, Thai Sourcing (IGLOO STUDIO profile)](https://thaisourcing.jp/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/CONTENT-TOKYO.pdf)\n13. [Where to watch My Daemon (2023) on Netflix, Flixboss](https://flixboss.com/series/my-daemon-81261227)\n14. [My Daemon: watch tv show streaming online, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/my-daemon)\n15. 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