We learned in November 2022 that an anime adaptation of The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash light novel series had been announced. The show has added a few details but has otherwise just been set for sometime in 2024. Recently, the official site revealed a January 12th, 2024 premiere, and then Crunchyroll announced its pickup of the show for a same-day release. They also brought out a trailer and revealed dub plans for English, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, and Hindi versions.
With the show wrapping up, production partner Lantis has just now brought out a new ending theme song music video from the show:
The series has Shigeyasu Yamauchi as the supervising director with Naoki Horichu directing from the series composition by Katsuhiko Takayama. Feng Cheng Hu and Yuki Ikeda are handling the character designs with Studio Massket handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Aina Suzuki as Ivy, Mutsumi Tamura as Sora, Anna Mugiho as Shieru, Fumi Hirano as Rooba, Kenta Miyake as Ogoto, Kosuke Toriumi as Verivera, Masaki Terasoma as Seizerk, Taku Yashiro as Rattorua, Tomokazu Sugita as Bororuda, Hiroki Yasumoto as Rickbelt, Marina Inoue as Meera, and Shunichi Toki as Turta/Maruma.
With the English dub, Cris George is serving as the ADR director from the adaptation by Jessia Sluys.
The English cast includes Reshel Mae as Ivy. Additional voices include David Wald, Brandon Acosta, and Cody Savole.
The opening theme song is “Hate no Nai Tabi” by Aina Suzuki.
In November 2021, Seven Seas Entertainment revealed the license acquisition of the light novel and manga series The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash by Honobonoru500, Nama, and Tou Fukino. Known originally as Saijaku Tamer wa Gomi Hiroi no Tabi wo Hajimemashita, the light novels began in 2018 and have nine volumes so far and is ongoing. The manga began serialization in Comic Corona in 2020 and has five volumes to its name so far.
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Plot Concept: Young Ivy can’t catch a break. Though she has a few memories of her past life, she was reborn into an RPG-like world in the weakest class, and worse, as the weakest rank. As a no-star Tamer, even her parents want nothing to do with her, and she soon realizes she must survive on her own. She learns to live off the land and salvage what she can from other people’s leavings. But when Ivy manages to tame Sora, a lowly slime, everything changes for both of them. There’s something special about this frail little monster, and Ivy’s care will bring out the best in both of them!
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