Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer

Yuuhi Amamiya is an average college student with average grades and an indifferent outlook on life, until a talking lizard tells him the Earth is threatened by a colossal hammer in space. The creature demands his loyalty, and before he can ignore it, a superpowered princess named Samidare Asahina shows up and coerces him into joining her. They recruit a quirky group of allies to stand against a dark mage and a terrifying homunculus, balancing slapstick banter with serious fights. The series keeps the plot moving through action, character moments, and moral tension without revealing any major twists.

Released in 2022, the anime adapts Satoshi Mizukami's original manga and lists Yuichiro Momose among its creators. The main English-credited cast includes Junya Enoki as Yuuhi and Naomi Ohzora as Samidare, with Kenjiro Tsuda voicing Neu Crescent.

Critical response has been mixed, reflected in a user vote average of 5.444/10 from 18 votes. Reviewers and viewers point out the show's tonal swings, where broad comedy collides with darker stakes. It focuses on reluctant leadership, loyalty within a found family, and how ordinary people react under extraordinary pressure, and reactions often vary depending on how much weight someone gives to tone versus character development.

The show prompted lively online discussion among fans about its balance of humor and bleak moments, and its ensemble cast has inspired fan art and theory threads. Viewers frequently talk about how the series subverts typical hero expectations and how the chemistry between the leads affects pacing and emotional payoff.

There are no widely reported major awards or high-profile nominations for this TV adaptation. The series seems to have landed more as a conversation piece among genre fans than as a mainstream award contender.