This Monster Wants to Eat Me Reveals Global Visual
This Monster Wants to Eat Me (Watatabe) anime revealed a "global" version of the key visual and a promotional video for it. Studio Lings (Sorairo Utility) is animating the adaptation, which is slated to premiere this October.
The anime will be featured at the PONY CANYON MATSURI 2025 panel at Japan Expo in Paris, France, on July 5, as well as at the Pony Canyon booth at the Anime Expo. The Watatabe anime will have a US premiere this August at Otakon, Washington D.C., with special guests that include Sai Naekawa (original author), Takumi Kamemaru (manga editor), and Ena Hamabe (anime producer).
The anime is adapting the This Monster Wants to Eat Me (Watashi wo Tabetai, Hitodenashi) manga, written and illustrated by Sai Naekawa. The GL (girls' love) series has been serialized in Kadokawa's Dengeki Maoh magazine since 2020. Yen Press licensed it in English.
Reina Ueda is voicing Hinkao Yaotose, Yui Ishikawa is Shiori Oumi, and Fairouz Ai is Miko Yashiro. The main staff for the This Monster Wants to Eat Me anime includes:
- Chief Director: Naoyuki Kuzuya
- Director: Yusuke Suzuki
- Series Composition / Screenplay: Mitsutaka Hirota
- Character Design: Nozomi Ikuyama
- Color Design: Taeko Mizuno
- Art Director: Yoshitaka Kudo
- Director of Photography: Kenji Takehara
- 3DCG: Zishiro Shida
- Editor: Misato Takikawa
- Sound Director: Ryosuke Naya
- Music: Keiji Inai
- Animation Producer: Hideto Takagi
- Production: infinite
Pony Canyon describes the plot of the series as:
"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. A longing thought comes to Hinako's mind; "Maybe this monster can make my wish come true."
Source: Press Release
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