The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. is an anime television series produced by Egg Firm and J.C. Staff, based on the manga series created by Shūichi Asō and published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. The series follows Kusuo Saiki, a high school student with all manner of psychic abilities, who constantly faces misery caused by both his powers and the strange people around him. The series began airing in Japan on TV Tokyo from July 4, 2016, airing five short episodes each week followed by a compilation episode, the series will contain one hundred and twenty episodes in total, along with twenty four compilation episodes. The series is licensed in North America by Funimation, who are simulcasting the series as it airs and began releasing an English dub from August 7, 2016.[1][2]
For the first twelve compiled episodes, the opening theme is "Seishun wa Zankoku janai" (青春は残酷じゃない, Youth Isn't So Cruel) by Natsuki Hanae while the ending theme, also used for the short episodes, is "Psi desu - I Like You" (Ψです I LIKE YOU) by Denpagumi.inc. From the thirteenth compiled episode onwards, the opening theme is "Sai-Sai-Saikōchō!" (最Ψ最好調！, The Most Favorable!) by Denpagumi.inc while the ending theme is "Kokoro" (こころ, Heart) by Hanae. From Season 2, the first ending theme is "Saihakkenden!" (Ψ発見伝！) by Denpagumi.inc and the first opening theme is "Sairento Purizunā" (Ψレントプリズナー, the Silent Prisoners) by Hiroshi Kamiya, Daisuke Ono and Nobunaga Shimazaki. The second opening theme is "Oteage Psychics" (お手上げサイキクス, Psychics Who Have Given Up Hope) by Shiggy Jr and the second ending theme is "Duet Shite Kudasai" (Duet♥してくだΨ, Please Duet With Me) by Hiroshi Kamiya, Ai Kayano and Eri Kitamura.