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Muse Asia Licenses Re:Monster Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Muse Asia announced on Wednesday that it has licensed the television anime of Kogitsune Kanekiru's Re:Monster light novel series, and will begin streaming it in April 2024. Muse Asia is streaming an English-subtitled trailer for the anime.
The anime will premiere in Japan in April 2024.
The cast includes:
- Takuya Satō as Gobrou
- Kenta Hosoda as Gobkichi
- Ai Kakuma as Gobmi
- Kana Ueda as Gobe
- Mai Kanno as The Redhead
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 series composition. Junichi Takaoka (Gravion) is designing the characters. Go Sakabe is composing the music. Norito Kondo is the director of photography.
Yuka Kadowaki is the color designer, while Kazuhiro Arai is the art director. Shuhei Abe is the sound director, while Naoto Yamaya (Sound Box) is credited for sound effects. Nobuhito Kojima (Cygames) is the sound mixer. Studio TRON is the recording studio. SABERLINKS is credited for sound production. Yuki Koike is the editor.
Chansung, a member of South Korean boy band 2PM, and Japanese hip-hop artist AK-69 are collaborating to produce the opening theme song "Into the Fire," with vocals by 2AM boy band member Lee Changmin.
Seven Seas publishes the manga adaptation, and published the seventh volume in English on October 31. Seven Seas describes the manga's story:
Tomokui Kanata has suffered an early death, but his adventures are far from over. He is reborn into a fantastical world of swords and magic-- as a lowly goblin! Not content to let this stop him, the now renamed “Rou” uses his new physical abilities and his old memories to plow ahead in a world where consuming other creatures allows him to acquire their strengths and powers.