On the official site for the anime adaptation of the manga written and illustrated by Ryouko Kui, Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon), the full promotional video for the project was revealed. The video confirms that The series will last two consecutive arcs (i.e. a total of six months of transmission) and that the band BUMP OF CHICKEN will be in charge of performing the opening theme titled “Sleep Walking Orchestra“.
Besides, The premiere remains scheduled for January 2024 in Japanwhile the press release also revealed new members of the voice cast, including:
- Saori Hayami as Falin, a magic user who explores dungeons with his brother Laios.
- Akira Miki as Namari, a dwarf who became separated from Laios and his group.
- Shinji Kawada like Shuro, a swordsman who also left the Laios group.
Kui began publishing the manga in the magazine fed up from the publisher Kadokawa in February 2014. The manga series managed to enter the 2016 male readers’ recommendation list, Kono Manga ga Sugoi!and achieved thirteenth position in the magazine’s 2015 ranking of recommendations Da Vinci in Japan.
voice cast
- Kentarou Kumagai like Laios.
- Sayaka Senbongi Like Marcille.
- Asuna Tomari Like Chilchuck.
- Hiroshi Naka like 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.
Dungeon Meshi Synopsis
After the Golden Kingdom is driven underground by a mad wizard, its king emerges, promising all his treasure to whoever defeats the wizard, before crumbling. The guilds are encouraged by this promise and traverse the labyrinthine dungeon in search of the wizard. 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 dungeon monsters 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. After learning of Laios’ circumstances, Senshi expresses his desire to cook a dragon and joins his guild, thus beginning their foray together into the dungeon full of food.
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