The production team for the television anime adaptation of Kogitsune Kanekiru’s Re:Monster novel series revealed additional cast, new visuals, and the anime’s premiere date on Thursday, April 4.
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The anime will premiere on Tokyo MX and BS11 on April 4, and on Hokkaido TV on April 12.
The new cast includes:
Aya Yamane as Hobsei
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Nichika Omori as Hobsato
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Hibiku Yamamura as twins
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Miyuri Shimabukuro as the Blacksmith
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Hisako Tōjō as the Alchemist
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Previously announced cast members include:
Takuya Satō as Gobrou
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Kenta Hosoda as Gobkichi
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Ai Kakuma as Gobmi
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Kana Ueda as Gobe
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Mai Kanno as Red Hair
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Takayuki Inagaki (Birdie Wing-Golf Girls’Story-, Chio’s School Road) will direct the anime at Studio DEEN. GENCO is producing the anime. Hiroshi Yamaguchi (To Heart, Comic Party, ToHeart2) is in charge of compiling the series. Junichi Takaoka (Gravion) designed the characters. Go Sakabe is composing music. Norito Kondo is the photography director.
Yuka Kadowaki is the color designer, and Kazuhiro Arai is the art director. Shuhei Abe was the sound director, while Naoto Yamaya (Sound Box) was credited for sound effects. Nobuhito Kojima (Cygames) is the sound mixer. Studio TRON is a recording studio. SABERLINKS is credited as the audio producer. Yuki Koike is the editor.
Chansung, member of Korean boy band 2PM, and Japanese hip-hop artist AK-69 are collaborating on the opening theme song “Into the Fire”, featuring vocals from boy band member 2AM Lee Changmin. Rock vocal duo EverdreaM will perform the anime’s ending theme song titled “Sadame” (written as “Unmei” or Fate).
Kanekiru originally posted the story on the Shōsetsu ni Narō website. AlphaPolis published the first volume in 2012 and the ninth volume in 2017. Yamaada illustrated the novel. AlphaPolis posts Haruyoshi Kobayakawa’s ongoing manga adaptation monthly on its website and released the 10th compiled book volume in September 2023.
Seven Seas publishes the manga adaptation and will publish the ninth volume in English on June 11. Seven Seas Seas describes the story in the manga:
Tomokui Kanata passed away early, but his adventures were far from over. He is reincarnated into a fantasy world of swords and magic–as a vile goblin! Not content to let this stop him, the now renamed “Rou” uses his new physical abilities and old memories to move forward in a world where the consumption of other creatures allows he gains their strength and power.
The series also inspired a smartphone game of the same name in which the player takes on the role of a goblin. The game launched on Android and iOS in February 2016.
Source: Press release