A new anime adaptation was announced in September 2023 with the light novel series Re:Monster. The adaptation previously has gotten a lot of new details as it’s been set for an April 2024 premiere. We also saw Crunchyroll announce their pickup of the show for streaming and they’ve brought out a subtitled version of one of the Japanese promos below. The show will be available to audiences in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS.
With an April 4th, 2024 premiere set recently and coming up soon, the production has now dropped the first web preview of the first episode to get people primed for what’s to come.
The show has Takayuki Inagaki to direct it from the series composition by Hiroshi Yamaguchi. Junichi Takaoka is handling the character designs with Studio DEEN on the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Takuya Satō as Gobrou
- Kenta Hosoda as Gobkichi
- Ai Kakuma as Gobmi
- Kana Ueda as Gobe
- Mai Kanno as The Redhead
- Aya Yamane as Hobsei
- Nichika Omori as Hobsato
- Hibiku Yamamura as Twins
- Miyuri Shimabukuro as The Blacksmith
- Hisako Tōjō as The Alchemist
- Nene Hieda as Rubilia
The series features “Into the Fire” as performed by CHANSUNG(2PM) & AK-69 feat.CHANGMIN(2AM) as its theme song. EverdreaM will be performing the ending theme song “Sadame” for it.
The novels began in 2011 by writer Kogitsune Kanekiru and artist Yamaada and it has nine volumes out so far while listed as ongoing. The manga was licensed by Seven Seas back in 2016. “Re:Monster falls into the increasingly popular category of a hero reborn into an RPG-like world,” said Seven Seas’ publisher Jason DeAngelis. “Much like Mushoku Tensei, Overlord, or Sword Art Online, a young man is transported into a fantasy world to begin a new life, but in Re:Monster, he’s reborn as a goblin—a very, very hungry goblin. With strong artwork and a unique story, it’s sure to be a winner.”
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Plot Concept: When a young man begins life anew as a lowly goblin, he forges past all obstacles with a combination of strength, smarts, and a monstrous appetite in this action-packed shonen fantasy manga!
Tomokui Kanata has suffered an untimely death, but his adventures are far from over. He is reborn into a fantastical world of monsters and magic—as a lowly goblin! But Kanata, or Gob-Rou as he is now named, is not about to let that stop him. With a combination of memories from his old life, a brand new body, and a monstrous appetite, Gob-Rou thrives in this new world where he must devour other creatures to gain their powers. It takes strength, smarts, and a strong stomach to survive in this action-packed fantasy!
Previous promos and visuals:
