On October 21, 2024, the anime adaptation of This Monster Wants to Eat Me (Watashi wo Tabetai, Hitodenashi) was announced through a teaser trailer released on the official YouTube channel of Infinite Studios, which will also be producing the anime series. Moreover, the main voice casting and staff members for the anime adaptation were also announced. The anime is set to air in 2025.
The anime adaptation is based on a manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Sai Naekawa. It is a girl's love genre manga series combined with the Seinen demographic that started its serialization in August 2020.
The anime adaptation of This Monster Wants to Eat Me is set to air in 2025
The teaser trailer for This Monster Wants to Eat Me was focused on the female protagonist, Hinako Yaotose, as she discovered the world around her. The trailer eventually saw her meeting with Shiori Oumi, showcasing their meeting with an eerie feeling.
The trailer ended with Hinako and Shiori holding hands while the latter's clothes were covered in blood. This Monster Wants to Eat Me will be animated by Studio Lings (Yuri is My Job!). The author of the source, Sai Naekawa, also shared a celebratory visual featuring the series' protagonists.
The voice casting for only Hinako Yaotose was revealed in the teaser trailer, as she will be voiced by Reina Ueda (Chinatsu from Blue Box). Other than this, the announced staff members for This Monster Wants to Eat Me include directors: Naoyuki Kuzuya (episode director for Rent-a-Girlfriend season 1) and Yuusuke Suzuki (key Animation Director for To Love Ru Darkness).
Some other announced staff members, alongside the director, include the Scriptwriter: Mitsutaka Hirota (scriptwriter for Eden's Zero), music composer: Keiji Inai (music for Burn the Witch), and character designer: Sou Ikuyama (key animator for Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World).
This Monster Wants to Eat Me synopsis
The anime is a drama-supernatural series centered around Hinako Yaotose, a high school girl who lives in a town by the sea. Hinako's body is special as it allures nearby monsters into devouring her.
One day, as Hinako was walking by the sea, a mermaid named Shiori emerged and claimed to protect Hinako from other monsters so that she could devour her when she was mature. However, with both of them spending their lives together every day, will new feelings emerge between the hunter and the hunted?
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