Infinite announced the This Monster Wants to Eat Me anime series will premiere on October 2 at 10:30 p.m. on channel AT-X. The This Monster Wants to Eat Me anime will also stream on Crunchyroll, followed by its premiere on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, and BS NTV later on.
A new trailer for This Monster Wants to Eat Me was also released, confirming Yoshino will perform the opening theme song “nie (Sacrifice).” Reina Ueda will perform the ending theme song “LiLy.”
The cast includes:
- Reina Ueda as Hinako Yaotose
- Yui Ishikawa as Shiori Oumi
- Fairouz Ai as Miko Yashiro
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
Sai Naekawa launched the manga in Kadokawa’s Dengeki Maoh magazine in 2020. Lastly 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…?