Image source: Reincarnation in the Game World Dan-Katsu anime’s website, Comic Natalie — via Anime News Network
The officialwebsite for the television anime of Kaede Nishikigi's Reincarnation in the Game World Dan-Katsu: Game Addict Plays "Encouragement for Job Hunting in Dungeons" From a "New Game" (Game Sekai Tensei <Dan-Katsu> ~Gamer wa [Dungeon Shūkatsu no Susume] o <Hajime kara> Play Suru~) light novel series opened on Monday andrevealed the anime's super teaser promotional video, teaser visual, main cast, staff, andJanuary 2027 debut.
Yūto Uemura will voice the protagonist Zephyrus:
Nagisa Miyazaki (Negima!, Eternal Alice, Final Examination Kujira) is directing the anime at STUDIO MASSKET. Yūji Kobayashi (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal: Season III, Kusunoki's Garden of Gods) is in charge of scripts.
The story centers on a gamer with the player name Zephyrus, who has played the legendary dungeon-crawl game DungeonShūkatsu no Susume (Encouragement for Job Hunting in Dungeons or Dan-katsu for short) forover 8,000 hours, but he suddenly loses all his save data and dies of shock. When Zephyruswakes up, he realizes that he is reincarnated in the unconquered world of the Dan-katsu game. He immediately gets the classic strongest job as a hero, and starts "a newgame" in the world of Dan-katsu.
Nishikigi launched the story onthe Kakuyomu website in January 2021. TO Books started publishing the novels with illustration by Shuri in March 2022. The novels' 16th volume will ship on August 15.
Hiroshi Asagi launched the novels' manga adaptation on TO Books' Corona EX manga website in April 2022. TO Books published the manga's first compiled book volume in September 2022, and the fifth volume in October 2025.
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