Bandai Namco Filmworks announced on Wednesday that Yū Shimizu and Makoto Aogiri's Otherworldly Munchkin: Let's Speedrun the Dungeon with Only 1 HP (Isekai Munchkin: HP 1 no Mama de Saikyō Saisoku Danjon Kōryaku) manga will be adapted into a television anime. and revealed that the teaser image and main staff of the anime.
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Aogiri, who is also the author of the manga, drew an illustration to commemorate the announcement:
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Mamoru Yokota (Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc, animation supervisor) is directing the anime at Durandal.
Image via Kodansha
© Yū Shimizu, Makoto Aogiri, Kodansha
Publisher Kodansha USA released the manga digitally and describes the story:
16-year-old Yukito Kirihara lives with his 14-year-old sister Sana, whom he treasures more than anyone else. But when a goblin appears outside the window looking for Sana (a shocking turn of events), Yukito rushes in to save her—and is killed. He is offered the promise of reincarnation by a mysterious woman, who gives him a character sheet from a mysterious book. But when Yukito sees Sana there too, he sets out to find her and save them both—even if he only has 1 hp to do it!
Shimizu and Aogiri launched the manga on the Nico Seiga and Kodansha Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine's “Suiyōbi no Sirius” website in February 2019. Kodansha published the manga's first compiled book volume in September 2019. and will publish the 11th volume on Friday.
Source: Press release
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