HIDIVE will be streaming the TV anime adaptation of Nekoko and NAJI yanagida’s Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling light novel series as part of the anime’s winter 2026 lineup in U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. HIDIVE will present the North American premiere of Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling at Anime Frontier 2025 ahead of the anime’s January 2026 premiere.
The cast of the anime includes:
- Shunichi Toki as Ilusia
- Ami Koshimizu as Divine Voice
- Miku Itō as Myria
Yūta Takamura is directing the anime at GA-CREW and Felix Film. Nobuyoshi Arai serves as assistant director, and Tatsuhiko Urahata is handling the series scripts. Masahito Onoda is the character designer, while Hiroyasu Oda is the monster designer. Kō Ōtani is composing the music at IMAGINE, and Tsuyoshi Takahashi is the sound director.
Nekoko began releasing the Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling novel on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in August 2015. The story was published in print by Earth Star Entertainment in December 2015 with art by NAJI yanagida, and was published in 12 volumes. Square Enix publishes the series from the 13th volume and onward, and Seven Seas Entertainment releases the English language version.
Lastly, here is an overview of the series via Seven Seas Entertainment:
In a world full of dangerous monsters, our unnamed protagonist finds himself reborn at the very bottom of the food chain as an immobile, powerless egg. Even just hatching will require leveling up by fighting monsters–the same monsters who’d love to eat him as a snack. But with the help of the mysterious voice in his head, he’s determined to grow into the most powerful creature in the world!
