# Guilty Crown Guilty Crown is a 22-episode Japanese mecha anime that aired on Fuji TV from October 2011 through March 2012, directed by Tetsurō Araki at Production I.G. The series drew a devoted online fandom despite polarizing reviews, turning into a fixture on anime forums, fan art hubs, and lore wikis throughout the 2010s. ## Origin The anime premiered October 13, 2011 on Fuji TV and ran 22 episodes through March 22, 2012, directed by Tetsurō Araki at Production I.G[5]. English-speaking fans latched on immediately; a TVtropes page went up the same day as the premiere[4]. Yōsuke Miyagi and illustrator Shion Mizuki launched a manga adaptation in Monthly Shōnen Gangan a month later, running through December 2013 across seven volumes, with a spin-off novel and visual novel arriving in 2012[5]. - **Platform:** Fuji TV (broadcast) / online anime communities (fandom spread) - **Creator:** Tetsurō Araki (director, Production I.G) - **Date:** 2011 ## Overview Set in a near-future Tokyo, Guilty Crown follows a young protagonist caught in the fallout of a virus outbreak, in a world Urban Dictionary summed up as 'a mecha anime set in 2039 about some crystal virus' with an 'evil government' and romance[6]. Ratings capture the split reception: a 7.89 average on MyAnimeList[1] and a 7.6 on IMDb[3], scores fans commonly read as a strong first half undercut by a messy back half. Rebel leader Gai Tsutsugami is a fan-favorite character often defended online as underrated[6]. Fan activity settles into a few habits: character shipping, screencap threads, and 'wasted potential' postmortems that still turn up in anime discussion. Anime News Network logged the series with a very good aggregate user vote[2], while the fan-run Guilty Crown Wiki grew past 100 lore entries within three years of launch[9]. ## How It Spread Fan traffic clustered on the usual anime spaces. Threads ran on Crunchyroll, Tumblr, 4chan's /a/ board, and AnimeSuki, with the MyAnimeList entry serving as the main hub for score debates[1]. Fan-art volume backs the reach: DeviantArt returned more than 12,000 hits for the title[7], and Pixiv topped 5,500 uploads[8]. The show's official Facebook page pulled past 87,000 likes by May 2015, roughly three years after the finale aired[5]. tv.com user scores landed at 7.9, in line with the anime's broadly positive but not glowing reception[10]. Even a decade on, the Guilty Crown Wiki keeps steady traffic as new viewers work through the back catalog[9]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Guilty Crown? Guilty Crown is a 22-episode Japanese mecha anime that aired on Fuji TV from October 2011 to March 2012, directed by Tetsurō Araki at Production I.G[1]. ### Where did Guilty Crown come from? The series debuted on Fuji TV on October 13, 2011, produced by Production I.G under director Tetsurō Araki, with a TVtropes entry going up on the same premiere day[4]. ### What does Guilty Crown mean? The title covers a mecha story set in 2039 about a crystal virus outbreak with an evil government and romance elements, per Urban Dictionary[6]. ### How do you use Guilty Crown? Fans use the title as shorthand in anime discussion for debates about wasted potential, character shipping, and mecha-drama tropes, with active spaces on MyAnimeList[1] and TVtropes[4]. ### Is Guilty Crown still popular? The series holds a lasting cult following, with the Guilty Crown Wiki past 100 entries[9], DeviantArt fan art topping 12,000 results[7], and an aggregate 'very good' user vote on Anime News Network[2]. ## References 1. [https://myanimelist.net/anime/10793/Guilty_Crown]() 2. [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=12831]() 3. [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2049152/]() 4. [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/GuiltyCrown]() 5. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/guilty-crown]() 6. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Guilty%20Crown]() 7. [https://www.deviantart.com/search?q=Guilty+Crown]() 8. [https://www.pixiv.net/en/tags/GUILTY%20CROWN]() 9. [https://guiltycrown.fandom.com/wiki/Guilty_Crown_Wiki]() 10. [https://www.tv.com/shows/guilty-crown/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/guilty-crown Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library