During Anime NYC 2025, Crunchyroll announced the upcoming anime adaptation of Masuo Kinoko’s A Gatherer’s Adventure in Isekai (Sozai Saishuka no Isekai Ryokōki) light novel series will be streaming on the platform as it airs in Japan. A Gatherer’s Adventure in Isekai will stream on Crunchyroll (worldwide excluding Asia) when it premieres in October 2025.
Nornis will perform the opening theme song “Prologue.”
The cast of the anime includes:
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Takeru
- Ayasa Ito as Bee
- Makoto Koichi as Brolite
Yoshinori Odaka is directing the anime at Tatsunoko Production and Synergy SP studios. Gigaemon Ichikawa is handling the series scripts, while Mayumi Watanabe handles character design. GENCO is producing the series. What’s more, Hiroshi Takaki is composing the music.
Masuo Kinoko first released the novel in December 2017 on the Alphapolis platform. The series has enjoyed massive success, with 1.73 million copies in circulation (including digital copies), and has also won the grand prize and the readers’ choice award in the 9th AlphaPolis Fantasy Novel Prizes.
A manga adaptation was later released by Tomozo in 2018. AlphaPolis released the first compiled book volume in November 2018 and published the eighth volume in August 2024.
Lastly, here’s a synopsis of the anime, courtesy of Crunchyroll:
Kamishiro Takeru is a completely ordinary salaryman who reincarnates in another world—a world of swords and magic called Madeus—and starts his new isekai life with lots of new skills! Takeru must make the most of his enhanced physical strength, unbelievable magic power, and the “Search” ability that allows him to find items of worth as his great isekai journey begins!
