Anime NYC is shaping up to be a major event, letting its series of premieres speak for themselves next month.
Through ANN, anime streamer HIDIVE announced that my Instant Death Ability is so strong, no one in this other world stands a chance against me! will premiere in Room 2 of Anime NYC’s Javits Center on November 17, from 8:00pm to 8:30pm (EST). The anime series is adapted from the famous isekai light novel of the same name and attracted attention when it released a teaser in early August. In the teaser, fans saw the continuation of the classic story about “classroom”. isekai” where the main character, Yogiri Takatou, finds himself and his class transported to a new world.
Famous voice actors announced Miyu Tomita (Riko, Made in Abyss), who voices Tomochika Dannoura, Koki Uchiyama (Meruem, Hunter x Hunter 2011), who voices Takatou, Yui Horie (Tsubasa Hanekawa, Monogatari), who voices Sion and Tomoko. Kaneda (Dori, Genshin Impact), who voices Mokomoko Dannoura, and Masakazu Hishida will direct the film.
My Instant Death Is Too Strong joins a slew of other premieres at Anime NYC this year streamed by HIDIVE and Crunchyroll, including Soldier in Chains, The Dangers in My Heart Season 2, My Next Life as a Villainess Movie, Classroom of the Elite and more.
J-Novel Club holds the North American license for the light novel My Possibility of Instant Death is strong and describes the first volume: “Awaken to ultimate chaos and carnage on a road trip student, Yogiri Takatou discovers that everyone in his class has been teleported to another world! He somehow managed to sleep through the entire ordeal on his own, missing the Gift – the power given to others by a mysterious Sage who appeared to transport them. Worse still, he and another classmate were cruelly abandoned by their friends, to be used as bait to distract a nearby dragon. Although he is not too bothered by the thought of death, he reluctantly decides to protect his only companion. After all, a low Level 1000 monster has no chance against his secret power to activate Instant Death with just a thought! If he can stay awake long enough to bother using it, then that is…”
My Instant Death Is Too Powerful will begin airing regularly in January 2024.
Source: Press release via Anime News Network