Rooster Fighter is airing its first season on Disney+, Hulu, and Toonami. The series has drawn criticism for a transphobic gag in its premiere and has recently introduced a new class of villain called Devils.
Rooster Fighter premiered in 2026 and immediately drew sharp criticism from Anime Feminist for a transphobic joke in its first episode. The review described the episode as a one-note parody with shoddy CGI that ends with a demon rendered as a trans woman whose body makes onlookers vomit before the character is killed. The reviewer called the sequence cruel and said it ruined a premiere that was already hard to watch.
As the season progressed, Episode 10 introduced a significant expansion of the series' monster hierarchy. The episode formally distinguishes Devils from Demons, revealing that Devils are evolved forms of Demons, with some chosen for evolution and others enslaved via mind-control tumors. The episode pits the exhausted chickens against a Devil who can fire artillery, reload by eating plastic explosives, and upgrade his ammo with homing eyeball shells. Keisuke's hereditary superpower, a ball of energy stored in the gizzard, proves ineffective against this new threat. The fight breaks the series' usual monster-of-the-week formula, as neither Keiji nor Keisuke can land their one-hit knockout attacks, and the villain evolves during the battle. A brief scene shows Piyoko with unsettling blue eyes, a color previously associated with another character. The episode ends with the chickens exhausted and a new boss appearing, though it is not the final one.
Anime Feminist's weekly round-up for April 15-21, 2026, also covered the series among other premieres, maintaining a critical lens on the show's content. The series streams on Disney+ and Hulu and airs on Toonami.
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2d ago
Episode 10 of Rooster Fighter, now streaming on Disney+ and Hulu and airing on Toonami, pits the exhausted chickens against a Devil who can fire artillery, reload by eating plastic explosives, and upgrade his ammo with homing eyeball shells. The episode reveals that Devils are evolved forms of Demons, with some chosen for evolution and others enslaved via mind-control tumors. Keisuke's hereditary superpower, a ball of energy stored in the gizzard, proves ineffective. The fight breaks the series' usual formula, as neither Keiji nor Keisuke can land their one-hit knockout attacks, and the villain evolves during the battle. A brief scene shows Piyoko with unsettling blue eyes, a color previously associated with another character. The episode ends with the chickens exhausted and a new boss appearing, though it is not the final one. The review notes the show's skill at depicting bulging flesh and viscera, calling it one of the better fights this season due to its variation from the standard monster-of-the-week structure.
5d ago
Anime Feminist's weekly round-up for April 15-21, 2026, covers premieres of I Want to End This Love Game, Rooster Fighter, Yowayowa Sensei, and The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch, plus a Kamome Shirahama interview and an analysis of Journal with Witch.
6d ago
Anime Feminist's review of the first episode of Rooster Fighter finds a one-note parody that pairs shoddy CGI with a mean-spirited transphobic joke. The episode ends with a demon rendered as a trans woman whose body makes onlookers vomit before the character is killed. The reviewer calls the sequence cruel and says it ruins a premiere that was already hard to watch.