Kadokawa announced that Koneko Hoshitsuki’s The Villager of Level 999 (Level 999 no Murabito) light novel is getting an anime adaptation in 2026.
Check out the trailer below:
Satoshi Inomata will star as Koji Kagami, and Nao Tōyama will voice Alice. Yoshinobu Kasai is directing the anime at Brains Base. Shinzō Fujita is in charge of series composition. Kentarō Matsumoto is handling the character design, and Hiroshi Nakamura is composing the music of The Villager of Level 999.
Hoshitsuki released the novel on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website from July to December 2018. The novel also released a side story in 2019. Kadokawa published the first print volume with illustrations by Fumi in May 2016. The eighth and final novel volume shipped in January 2019.
In 2017, Kenichi Iwamoto released a manga adaptation of the novels in Kadokawa’s Comp Ace magazine. The 18th volume of the manga’s compiled book was published by Kadokawa on February 26, and the 19th volume will be published on August 26.
Lastly, here’s an overview, via MyAnimeList:
In this world, the concept of levels exist. Other than those who live off defeating monsters, most people are only around level 1 to 5. What’s more, not just anyone can go out to hunt monsters; it’s heavily influenced by one’s role anointed by God.
There are eight such eligible roles. Warrior. Fighter. Cleric. Magician. Rogue. Merchant. Hunter. Sorcerer. Those blessed with extraordinary power are divided into three types. Royalty. Heroes. Sages. But for the majority of the population, they have no such powers and live by farming or running shops.
Towns are developed by those with the weakest role…villagers. For the powerless villagers going out to hunt monsters is equivalent to committing suicide. But one day, a certain two-year-old child given the role of villager notices something.
Once you defeat a monster… you can earn great wealth.
