The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the upcoming anime adaptation of Hekiru Hikawa’s Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life (Hanaori-san wa Tensei Shite mo Kenka ga Shitai) manga revealed the anime’s July 11 premiere date. Crunchyroll will stream the anime as it airs in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, and India.
The cast members include:
- Jun Fukuyama as Ryusei Narukami
- Akira Sekine as Meteor Hanaori
- Seena Hoshiki as Mako Satsuki
- Hitomi Ueda as Marika Nagamori
- Sora Tokui as Mana Kuraishi
- Nene Hieda as Nemuto Takigawa
- Rie Takahashi as Ayahime Takanashi
- Hiromi Igarashi as Eriko Asahina
- Ayasa Itō as Moe Narukami
- Yōko Hikasa as Sakura Rokudo
The anime’s staff includes:
- Director: Hideyo Yamamoto
- Series Composition: Yukie Sugawara
- Character Design: Yousuke Okuda
- Art Director: Naoka Ayata
- Color Design: Mineyo Ōnishi
- Director of Photography: Kimihiro Nakano
- Sound Director: Ryōsuke Naya
- Music: Yukari Hashimoto, R・O・N
- Animation Production: LIDEN FILMS
Hikawa launched the manga in Kodansha’s Morning two magazine in August 2021, and the manga’s eighth volume released on September 22, 2025 in Japan. Seven Seas Entertainment will launch release the omnibus version of the manga in October 2026.
Pony Canyon describes the anime’s story as follows:
The story follows Ryūsei Narukami, a shut-in who spends his days playing games, but who had once been a Demon King in another world. It also follows Meteor Hanaori, the former hero who defeated him and is now a high school girl. This romantic comedy between a former Demon King and a former Hero is now set to be brought to life as an anime.
