Kadokawa released a new teaser promotional video and key visual for the TV anime adaptation of Yūshi Ukai and Nekometal’s Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table (Shibō Yūgi de Meshi o Kuu) light novel series. In addition, new staff members and a main cast member for the anime were revealed. Kadokawa also revealed more staff for the anime, and revealed the main cast member.
Chiyuki Miura stars as Yuuki in Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table , and more cast members will be announced at a later date. The anime is set to premiere in January 2026.
Takehiro Ueno directs the anime at Studio DEEN. Rintarou Ikeda is in charge of series composition. Eri Osada is designing the characters, and Noriyoshi Konuma is the sound director.
Newly announced staff members include:
- Concept Art: hewa
- Color Design: Imari Katsuragi
- Art Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
- Director of Photography: Shinyo Kondō
- Editing: Haruko Kikuchi
- Sound Effects: Kaori Yamada
- Music: Junichi Matsumoto
- Music Production: Nippon Columbia
Yen Press publishes the light novel series in English and describes the story:
Yuuki wakes up to find herself wearing a maid’s uniform in a strange manor. After wandering into the dining room, she comes across five other girls, each in the exact same outfit. Soon, the girls learn that the manor is brimming with lethal weapons and an array of deadly traps…and that they can only escape by playing the most gruesome of games. As the terrifying truth sets in, each girl’s face goes pale—except Yuuki’s. Why? Because this isn’t her first go-round. That’s right—Yuuki is a professional death game player who lives off the prize money she collects from winning brutal killing competitions, and she’s not about to let this chance pass her by.
