On the official site for the anime adaptation of the manga written and illustrated by Ryouko Kui, Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon), the first promotional video for the project was revealed. The video confirms the voice cast and production team, and announces that the premiere is scheduled for the month of January 2024 in Japan.
Kui began publishing the manga in the magazine fed up from the publisher kadokawa in February 2014. The manga was nominated in the ninth annual Taishō Manga Awards in 2016, and most recently was nominated at the 12th edition of the same event in 2019. The manga series also made it onto the 2016 Male Reader’s Recommendations list, Kono Manga ga Sugoi!and obtained the thirteenth position in the ranking of recommendations for the year 2015 of the magazine davinci in Japan.
voice cast
- Kentarou Kumagai like Laios.
- Sayaka Senbongi like Marcelle.
- asuna tomari like Chilchuck.
- Hiroshi Naka as Senshi.
Production team
- Yoshihiro Miyajima (SSSS.Dynazenon, SSSS.Gridman) is in charge of directing the anime at the studios TRIGGER.
- kimiko ueno (The Royal Tutor, Chimimo, Eternal Boys) is in charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
- Naoki Takeda (BNA: Brand New Animal) is in charge of character design and animation direction.
- yasunori mitsuda (Chrono Trigger, Xenoblade Chronicles, Black Butler: Book of Circus) is in charge of composing the soundtrack.
Synopsis of Dungeon Meshi
After the Golden Kingdom is plunged underground by a mad wizard, its king emerges, pledging all his treasure to whoever defeats the wizard, before falling apart. The guilds are heartened by this promise and traverse the labyrinthine dungeon in search of the mage. Laios, the leader of one of these guilds, encounters a dragon that annihilates his group and devours his sister Falin. Despite having lost all of his supplies and belongings, Laios, along with Marcille, an elven healer, and Chilchuck, a halfling thief, immediately re-enter the dungeon, determined to save Falin.
As time is of the essence, Laios suggests the taboo of eating the monsters in the dungeon as a means of gathering supplies. As they prepare their first meal in the dungeon, a dwarf named Senshi stops them. A monster cooking enthusiast, he helps them prepare their monster ingredients for safe consumption. Upon learning of Laios’ circumstances, Senshi expresses his desire to cook a dragon and joins his guild, thus beginning their foray into the food-filled dungeon together.
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