カリギュラ
Caligula
🚪 Often abandoned
The Caligula Effect is set in a virtual reality program known as "Mobius", created so people can escape pain in their lives and live in an idyllic high school setting, forced to live out their 3 years Indefinitely. The main protagonist is one of a group who realize that they are in a virtual world, and form the "Go-Home Club", a group dedicated to escaping from Mobius and its god-like overseer program, a vocal program called "μ". They oppose the "Ostinato Musicians", a group who supports μ and sees the Go-Home Club as traitors.
Names
| Original | カリギュラ (japanese) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Caligula |
| English | — |
| Also known as | The Caligula Effect |
Facts
| Format | TV series · 12 ep · 24 min · 5h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2018-04-08 → 2018-06-24 (Spring 2018) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | Satelight |
| Source | Video game |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Genres | ActionMysterySci-Fi |
| Themes | Virtual WorldIdolArtificial IntelligencePhilosophy |
| Streaming | Crunchyroll |
Reception
| Community score | 5.63 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 5.97 / 10 |
| Composite | 31.6 |
| On lists | 21,220 |
| Favourited | 120 (0.6%) |
| Completion | 57.6% |
| Drop rate | 26.4% |
| In backlog | 33.0% |
| Score spread σ | 1.98 |
Score distribution
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Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcast season | Spring 2018 | E | 80 of 84 |
| Studio | Satelight | E | 94 of 96 |
| Year | 2018 | E | 366 of 383 |
| Source material | Video game | E | 510 of 530 |
| Genre | Mystery | E | 638 of 652 |
| Genre | Sci-Fi | E | 1,385 of 1,409 |
| Era | Late 2010s | E | 1,776 of 1,863 |
| Season (all years) | Spring | E | 1,824 of 1,868 |
| Length | Single-cour | E | 2,598 of 2,668 |
| Genre | Action | E | 2,699 of 2,765 |
| Format | TV series | E | 3,254 of 3,322 |
| Origin | Japan | E | 6,988 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Junichi Wada |
|---|---|
| Series composition | Touko Machida |
| Character design | Oguchi |
| Original creator | Oguchi |
AniList id 100569 · MAL id 36828 · record updated 2026-08-26