The first anime debuted in January 2018
Kadokawa's 18th volume list of manga adaptations of the manga by writer Hiro Ainana and character designer Death March to The Parallel World Rhapsody (Death March Kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyōsōkyoku) by character designer shri the series has cover art said a television anime sequel is in production. Volume 18 will be published on December 9.
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The television anime adaptation of the novel debuted in January 2018 and has 12 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the series with English subtitles, while Funimation streamed the English dub.
Yen Press is publishing the original novel and manga adaptation in English.
The story of the original series.
Story of the original series The light novel series is about a 29-year-old programmer who is on his way to “death combat”, but one day, he wakes up in another world after a nap. From a meteor shower, he accidentally acquired a huge fortune and he decided to go sightseeing. So begins his “touching, sometimes serious and harem” adventure in another world.
Ainana launched the series online on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō (“Let's Be Novelists”) website in 2013, and Kadokawa published the first volume with illustrations by Shri in March 2014. Ainana ended the series web novel in March 2020, but Ainana continues to write side stories online. The latest update was on November 9.
Print novels will have different endings than web novels.
Ayamegumu began a manga adaptation of the novel in Kadokawa's Age Premium magazine, but the series moved to the monthly Dragon Age when Age Premium ceased publication in July 2015.
Akira Segami launched the spin-off manga Death March Kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyōsōkyoku Ex: Arisa Ōjo no Isekai Funtōki in February 2018 and ended it in July 2018. A compiled book volume of the manga has been published. published in August 2018. A gourmet manga spin-off launched in January 2022 and the second volume is published in March 2023.
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