Image via Re:Monster anime website
©Kogitsune Kanekiru,Alphapolis/PROJECT Re:Monster
Crunchyroll announced on Friday it will stream an English dub of the television anime adaptation of Kogitsune Kanekiru's Re:Monster novel series on April 1, the same day the anime begins airing in Japan.
Cris George is directing the English dub. Zach Bolton is producing. Leah Clark is writing the English script. William Dewell was the coordinator and Jeremy Woods was the engineer.
The anime will premiere on Tokyo MX and BS11 on April 4 and on Hokkaido TV on April 12. U-NEXT and Anime Hōdai will stream the anime in Japan before airing on television on April 1. Crunchyroll will stream the anime as it airs in Japan.
Takayuki Inagaki (Birdie Wing-Golf Girls'Story-, Chio's School Road) is directing 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 11th compiled book volume on March 19.
Seven Seas published the manga adaptation and will publish the ninth volume in English on June 11. Seas describes the manga's story:
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: Crunchyroll (Liam Dempsey)
