Pony Canyon revealed a new video and visual on Friday for the television anime of Sai Naekawa's This Monster Wants to Eat Me (Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de nashi) manga. The below video has English subtitles that can be toggled on.
The anime will have a stage event at Japan Expo Paris on July 5, and the Pony Canyon booth at the Anime Expo event from July 3-6 will feature the anime.
The anime will host its U.S. premiere of episode one at Otakon on August 8. Manga creator Sai Naekawa, manga editor Takumi Kamemaru, and anime producer Ena Hamabe will attend the convention and host a talk about the manga and anime. Otakon will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C. from August 8-10.
The anime will debut in October.
The series will star:
- Reina Ueda as Hinako Yaotose.
- Yui Ishikawa as Shiori Oumi
- Fairouz Ai as Miko Yashiro
Naoyuki Kuzuya (Saiyuki Gaiden) is the chief director and Yūsuke Suzuki (Duel Masters Win, Duel Masters King Max) is directing the anime at Studio Lings. Mitsutaka Hirota (Bibliophile Princess, Days With My Stepsister) is overseeing and writing the series scripts, Nozomi Ikuyama (Duel Masters King key animation) is designing the characters, Ryōsuke Naya (365 Days to the Wedding, Love Is Indivisible by Twins) is the sound director, and Keiji Inai (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? all five seasons) is composing the music. The company Infinite is producing.
Additional staff members include:
- Color Design: Taeko Mizuno
- Art Director: Yoshitaka Kudō
- Director of Photography: Kenji Takehara
- 3DCG: Zishiro Shida
- Editor: Misato Takikawa
- Sound Effects: Michiyo Saito
- Animation Producer: Hideto Takagi
Yen Press licensed the manga and describes the story:
“I've come to eat you.” So softly utters the mermaid Shiori as she emerges from the sea and takes high school girl Hinako by the hand. Hinako lives alone in a town by the sea and possesses an unusually delicious body that is irresistible to nearby monsters. To ensure that she matures to the best condition, Shiori seeks to protect Hinako—all so that someday, she can devour every piece of her. What will become of Hinako's feelings as this looming unjust death closes in on her...?
Naekawa launched the manga in Kadokawa's Dengeki Maoh magazine in 2020. Kadokawa published the manga's first compiled book volume in 2021, and released the 10th volume on May 27. Source: Press release