グリムノーツ The Animation
Grimm's Notes The Animation
🚪 Often abandoned
The game takes place in a world created by a beings known as "Story Tellers." At birth, all inhabitants of this world are bestowed with a "book of fate" where all their lives are written in advance. However, rogue Story Tellers known as Chaos Tellers are writing bad events into people's books without them knowing. It is up to the holders of blank books of fate to seek out the Chaos Tellers and restore the world. (Source: Anime News Network)
Names
| Original | グリムノーツ The Animation (japanese) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Grimms Notes The Animation |
| English | Grimm's Notes The Animation |
| Chinese | 格林笔记 (simplified · via bangumi) |
Facts
| Format | TV series · 12 ep · 24 min · 5h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2019-01-11 → 2019-03-29 (Winter 2019) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | Brain's Base |
| Source | Video game |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Genres | ActionAdventureFantasy |
| Themes | Fairy TaleMagicHenshinEpisodicGender Bending |
| Streaming | Crunchyroll · HIDIVE |
Reception
| Community score | 5.46 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 6.11 / 10 |
| Composite | 32.9 |
| On lists | 13,311 |
| Favourited | 104 (0.8%) |
| Completion | 50.3% |
| Drop rate | 30.3% |
| In backlog | 40.1% |
| Score spread σ | 2.02 |
Score distribution
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Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcast season | Winter 2019 | E | 75 of 79 |
| Studio | Brain's Base | E | 83 of 87 |
| Year | 2019 | E | 324 of 339 |
| Source material | Video game | E | 501 of 530 |
| Genre | Adventure | E | 1,503 of 1,534 |
| Season (all years) | Winter | E | 1,510 of 1,557 |
| Era | Late 2010s | E | 1,753 of 1,863 |
| Genre | Fantasy | E | 2,085 of 2,142 |
| Length | Single-cour | E | 2,568 of 2,668 |
| Genre | Action | E | 2,681 of 2,765 |
| Format | TV series | E | 3,226 of 3,322 |
| Origin | Japan | E | 6,935 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Shizutaka Sugahara, Fumiyuki Gou |
|---|---|
| Series composition | Hiroshi Yamaguchi |
| Character design | Kentarou Matsumoto |
| Music | Mirai Kodai Gakudan |
AniList id 103735 · MAL id 37154 · Bangumi 235722 · record updated 2026-08-26