{"rewrite":{"id":"r_bca72fb0648a7e05d2beef8b","clusterId":"c_cfd253914e159e606e1e67d8","slug":"heir-to-a-monstermancer-novel-series-gets-tv-anime","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Heir to a Monstermancer Novel Series Gets TV Anime","summary":"Hakuhodo DY Music \u0026 Pictures announced on Friday that Damu Amato and Shirabii's novel series Heir to a Monstermancer is receiving a television anime adaptation. The announcement included a teaser visual and the main cast and staff. Manaka Iwami voices Leen, Chiaki Kobayashi voices Hakura, and Akio Ōtsuka voices Ao; all three reprise their roles from a voice drama released with the first novel volume in 2024. Chihiro Kumano directs at Project No.9, with Satoru Sugizawa handling series scripts and Akane Kasasagi designing the characters. The series won the grand prize in the 2nd Drecom Media Awards. Amato originally posted the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website from 2016 to 2024. J-Novel Club publishes the novels in English. A manga adaptation by Yū Satō will launch on Drecom's Drecomi+ manga website in September. Drecom will publish the third novel volume on July 10. A promotional webtoon adaptation was produced by MITA, Gudan, and Red Seven.","whyItMatters":"The adaptation brings a web novel that ran for eight years and won a media award to screen, with the cast already established from a promotional voice drama, suggesting a planned rollout across formats.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe announcement comes from a press release distributed on Friday. Author Damu Amato said in a statement, \u0026#34;It\u0026#39;s getting an anime!? I can hardly believe it myself, but a dream I\u0026#39;ve been imagining since childhood, a big, big dream, has become reality.\u0026#34; Director Chihiro Kumano called the series \u0026#34;a work with a rare and dreamlike charm\u0026#34; and said he hopes to portray \u0026#34;both the beauty and the cruelty of this world as a hymn to all of creation.\u0026#34; Original character designer Shirabii also shared congratulations, saying they look forward to seeing the cast come to life in animation.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKumano previously directed the \u003ci\u003eOdekake Kozame\u003c/i\u003e second season and its film, and worked as an episode director on \u003ci\u003eUnnamed Memory\u003c/i\u003e. Series scriptwriter Satoru Sugizawa\u0026#39;s credits include \u003ci\u003eAmeku M.D.: Doctor Detective\u003c/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLove After World Domination\u003c/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhy Does Nobody Remember Me in This World?\u003c/i\u003e. Character designer Akane Kasasagi was a sub-character designer for \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife\u003c/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon a Witch\u0026#39;s Death\u003c/i\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story follows Leen, a descendant of the legendary witch Ringleen who can command monsters. After she saves adventurer Hakura from a hydra, the two travel together in a world where humans and monsters coexist, taking on cases involving creatures that are rarely as simple as they appear. The English translation by J-Novel Club describes them as \u0026#34;arguing and bickering every step of the way.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Heir to a Monstermancer gets a TV anime at Project No.9, with Manaka Iwami, Chiaki Kobayashi, and Akio Ōtsuka reprising their voice drama roles. The web novel ran from 2016 to 2024 and won a Drecom Media grand prize.","twitterPost":"The Heir to a Monstermancer anime adaptation is official, with a teaser visual and full staff list. Director Chihiro Kumano calls the story a hymn to all of creation. The third novel volume drops July 10.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Damu Amato and Shirabii's Heir to a Monstermancer novel series is getting a TV anime adaptation from Project No.9. 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