Rooster Fighter is an anime series streaming on Disney+ and Hulu and airing on Toonami, with a limited edition Blu-ray set from Viz Media released on August 4. The series has drawn criticism from Anime Feminist for a transphobic gag in its premiere and for its monster designs.
Rooster Fighter premiered in 2026 and immediately drew sharp criticism from Anime Feminist. The review of the first episode found 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 called the sequence cruel and said it ruins a premiere that was already hard to watch.
The series continued to air on Toonami and stream on Disney+ and Hulu. By episode 10, the show expanded its monster hierarchy, formally distinguishing Devils from Demons. Devils are evolved forms of Demons, with some chosen for evolution and others enslaved via mind-control tumors. The episode introduced a Devil who fires artillery, reloads by eating plastic explosives, and upgrades his ammo with homing eyeball shells. Keisuke's hereditary superpower, a ball of energy stored in the gizzard, proved ineffective, and neither Keiji nor Keisuke could land their usual one-hit knockout attacks. The villain evolved during the battle, and the episode ended with the chickens exhausted and a new boss appearing.
Anime Feminist's weekly round-up for April 15-21, 2026, covered the premiere and drew criticism for offensive content, alongside other Winter 2026 premieres. The series later received a limited edition Blu-ray set from Viz Media, released on August 4, 2026, as part of a heavy print slate that included new manga debuts.
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Anime News Network's weekly release list for August 2-8 covers one anime title and dozens of print manga volumes. The anime release is Rooster Fighter in a limited edition Blu-ray set from Viz Media. The manga slate includes new series debuts like Crescent Moon Marching, Girl Meets Rock!, and The Princess Groom, alongside ongoing series such as Kagurabachi and D.Gray-man.
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.
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.
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.