バビロン

BABYLON

The suspense story centers around Zen Seizaki, a prosecutor with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Office. While investigating illegal acts by a certain pharmaceutical company, Seizaki stumbles across a conspiracy over an election for an autonomous "new zone" established in western Tokyo. (Source: Anime News Network)

Names

Original	バビロン (japanese)
Romaji	Babylon
English	BABYLON
Chinese	巴比伦 (simplified · via bangumi)
Also known as	Babilonia

Facts

Format	TV series · 12 ep · 23 min · 5h total
Aired	2019-10-07 → 2020-01-27 (Autumn 2019)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	REVOROOT
Source	Novel
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Genres	Drama Mystery Psychological Thriller
Themes	Suicide Philosophy Police Urban Male Protagonist Conspiracy Politics Crime Primarily Adult Cast Denpa Educational Foreign Primarily Male Cast
Streaming	Amazon Prime Video · HIDIVE

Reception

Community score	6.56 / 10
Bayesian score	6.65 / 10
Composite	43.5
On lists	53,791
Favourited	746 (1.4%)
Completion	68.4%
Drop rate	12.9%
In backlog	46.5%
Score spread σ	2.05

Score distribution

13742328366841,17351,60762,58473,66782,88091,67510876

Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Broadcast season	Autumn 2019	D	62 of 86
Source material	Novel	E	138 of 170
Genre	Thriller	E	162 of 188
Year	2019	D	253 of 339
Genre	Psychological	E	354 of 416
Genre	Mystery	E	550 of 652
Era	Late 2010s	D	1,355 of 1,863
Season (all years)	Autumn	D	1,530 of 1,921
Genre	Drama	E	1,651 of 1,917
Length	Single-cour	D	1,973 of 2,668
Format	TV series	D	2,598 of 3,322
Origin	Japan	D	5,554 of 7,157

Key staff

Director	Kiyotaka Suzuki, Norifumi Nakamura
Character design	Zain, Keisuke Gotou
Original creator	Mado Nozaki, Zain

AniList id 101349 · MAL id 37525 · Bangumi 240835 · record updated 2026-08-27