# Where to Watch The Eminence in Shadow

**The Eminence in Shadow streams on Netflix, HIDIVE, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu — and it's the funniest, most self-aware power-fantasy isekai going. Cid Kageno wants to be the mastermind lurking in the shadows; the joke is that the world-ending conspiracy he invents to play pretend turns out to be completely real.**

## Where to Watch

- [Amazon Prime Video](https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0PXZCO5NGDNH8OWTJIDTEB8IEF/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s1)
- [HIDIVE](https://www.hidive.com/tv/the-eminence-in-shadow)
- [Hulu](https://www.hulu.com/series/the-eminence-in-shadow-66f37cf4-dba5-4511-ae26-e4092df1668b)
- [Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/81642096)

Netflix and HIDIVE both carry it, with HIDIVE being the specialist home for this kind of title, while Amazon Prime Video and Hulu round out the options. Pick whichever you already pay for — the full season is on all four.

## Synopsis

Cid Kageno has one dream: to be neither hero nor villain, but the unseen power broker who pulls every string from the darkness. Reborn into a fantasy world, he cobbles together a secret organization and an elaborate backstory purely for his own chuunibyou amusement — and then discovers, to his obliviousness, that the shadowy cult and cosmic stakes he made up actually exist. His followers take his every improvised line as scripture while he stumbles into saving the world by accident. It's a comedy about a delusional edgelord who is somehow always right.

## Fast Facts

- **Format:** TV
- **Episodes:** 20
- **Premiered:** 2022
- **Studio:** nexus
- **Score:** 8.1

## Watch Order

This is the first season and the place to start.

- Kagejitsu! — side\_story
- [Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! 2nd Season](https://hozuna.com/anime/the-eminence-in-shadow-season-2) — sequel

## If You Liked This

- **[KonoSuba](https://hozuna.com/anime/konosuba)** — KonoSuba shares the gleeful, genre-mocking comedy and a hero who's in on none of the joke.
- **[Overlord](https://hozuna.com/anime/overlord)** — Overlord offers the other side of the coin — a protagonist building a secret power base, played more straight.
- **[One-Punch Man](https://hozuna.com/anime/one-punch-man)** — One-Punch Man matches the deadpan comedy of a wildly overpowered lead the world underestimates.
- **[Frieren: Beyond Journey's End](https://hozuna.com/anime/frieren-beyond-journey-s-end)** — 
- **[Re:Zero Season 4](https://hozuna.com/anime/re-zero-season-4)** — 
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- **[Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood](https://hozuna.com/anime/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood)** — 
- **[Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2](https://hozuna.com/anime/attack-on-titan-season-3-part-2)** — 

## FAQ

### Where can I watch The Eminence in Shadow?

It's available to stream on Netflix, HIDIVE, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu.

### How many episodes is the first season of The Eminence in Shadow?

The first season runs for 20 episodes.

### Is The Eminence in Shadow a comedy or a serious isekai?

Both — it plays as a comedy about a delusional protagonist, but it delivers genuinely slick action whenever Cid decides to 'act out' his fantasy.