Another manga series was teasing an anime adaptation in November 2024, as a site was registered for the Dekin no Mogura property. A confirmation arrived not long after, and the show has Hiroshi Ishiodori directing it from the scripts overseen by Shinzo Fujita. Yoko Tanabe is handling the character designs with Brains Base on the animation production. Crunchyroll previously announced its pickup of the show. It will be available to subscribers in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS.
With a July 7th, 2025, premiere date set previously, the latest update is a new promotional video and some cast additions below. Additionally, the theme songs were set with “Kamidanomi” performed by syudou and the ending theme song “Kenso feat. Aile The Shota” by Mirin Sheeno.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Yuichi Nakamura as Momoyuki Mogura
- Genki Okawa as Kuriaki Magi
- Yukiyo Fujii as Yaeko Kirihara
- Akane Fujita as Shio Inukai
- Ayumu Murase as Kyōshirō Nekozuku
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Tōshirō Nekozuku
- Atsumi Tanezaki as Kyōko Nekozuku
The newly added cast includes:
- Aki Toyosaki as Maggie
- Mafia Kajita as Sukekiyo
The manga comes from creator Natsumi Eguchi which began in 2021 and has eight volumes released so far with it ongoing through Morning for Kodansha.
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Plot Concept: I won’t die ’cause I was banned from the afterlife.”
A shady self-proclaimed hermit named Momoyuki Mogura, AKA: Mogura, is banned from the afterlife due to an incident. Now he collects spirit possessed will-o’-wisps in his lantern, hoping to make a comeback.
It seems that those who encounter him begin to see peculiar things.
This time, Natsumi Eguchi, the author of “Hozuki’s Coolheadedness,” brings a mysterious yet comedic story where living humans and ghosts intersect in the here and now!
Previous promos and visuals:
