After some tearful farewells to a number of celebrities, we start the year proper with the first anime review, the Devil is a Part Timer.

The king of evil, Satan has conquered the world of Ente Isla, until the brave heroine Emilia defeats him and his army. Forced to flee, Satan ends up in modern Japan with his General unable to maintain his demon form and stuck with no money, no job and no place to live, not to mention a lack of understanding of the world he's just entered. Satan under the Japanese name of Sadao Maou now works for the unsubtly named fast food restaurant MgRonalds which he seems to take pride in, thinking that by succeeding in MgRonalds would allow him to climb the ladder back up to being king, however the hero Emilia under the Japanese name Emi Yusa follows Satan to Japan and is also working a job as she to fails to understand how Japan works.
Emilia who constantly reminds us that she's the hero remains constantly suspicious about Satan's new found groove and decides to stalk him, whether it's following him home or trying to deter Satan's work colleague Chiho not to fall in love with him. Later other devils, angels and even the church get in on the situation trying to take advantage of Emilia and Satan's situation to eliminate them.
If this anime is meant to teach me anything, then it's obviously trying to tell me that "you can't judge everything as Black & White", throughout the 13 episode run, those who have been after Satan always use the "Because he's evil" excuse to try and kill him with only Emilia actually having a plausible reason to actually go through with it but in doing so seals herself in Japan for good with no way home so she just annoys Satan instead.
The anime doesn't do serious, so it's hard to take the message it's giving seriously as certain characters who are meant to be bad ass come across as extremely pathetic such as Alciel's constant irritable bowel syndrome, Crestia Bell's sorry attempts at blending in along with Sariel's unsubtle attempts at trying to spy on Satan using the unsubtly named Sentucky Fried Chicken and is it me or does Sariel look suspiciously like James from Team Rocket with a black eye.
It's not that the anime isn't funny, it's hilarious in places but the jokes wear thin and by the time you end the 13 episodes, the show outstays it's welcome and while the show is clearly unfinished it doesn't encourage you to follow the manga afterwards. Should they make a season 2, there's a lot of work that needs doing but the dub certainly doesn't need changing as it's to the usual high standards of Funimation.
Final Verdict: It does what it set out to do, "create a weird scenario for Satan to be in" but the jokes it comes up with get exhausted and doesn't encourage you to keep going. I give this show a tentative recommendation as other shows have done better things with Satan.