Pony Canyon and production studio Infinite announced the This Monster Wants to Eat Me anime series will premiere in October 2025. In addition, more cast and staff members for the anime were announced.
The cast of the This Monster Wants to Eat Me anime:
- Reina Ueda as Hinako Yaotose
- Yui Ishikawa as Shiori Oumi (new)
- Fairouz Ai as Miko Yashiro (new)
Naoyuki Kuzuya is the chief director alongside director Yūsuke Suzuki at Studio Lings. Mitsutaka Hirota oversees and writes the series scripts, and Nozomi Ikuyama is the character designer. Ryōsuke Naya is the anime’s sound director, and Keiji Inai is the music composer.
Additional key staff members include:
- Color Design: Taeko Mizuno
- Art Director: Yoshitaka Kudō
- Director of Photography: Kenji Takehara
- 3DCG: Zishiro Shida
- Editor: Misato Takikawa
- Sound Effects: Michiyo Saito
- Animation Producer: Hideto Takagi
More details about This Monster Wants to Eat Me will come at AnimeJapan 2025. The anime will be exhibited at the Infinite booth with teaser visuals, life-sized panels, and exclusive merchandise.
Sai Naekawa launched the manga in Kadokawa’s Dengeki Maoh magazine in 2020. Kadokawa published the manga’s first compiled book volume in 2021. The ninth volumed released on October 25.
Here’s an overview of the manga, via publisher Yen Press:
“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. What will become of Hinako’s feelings as this looming unjust death closes in on her…?
