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The Daily Life of a Single 29-Year-Old Adventurer Anime's 1st Video Reveals More Cast & Staff, Theme Song Artists

The official website for the television anime of Ippei Nara's The Daily Life of a Single 29-Year-Old Adventurer (29-Sai Dokushin Chūken Bōkensha no Nichijō) manga revealed more cast and staff members, the artists of the theme songs, and the first full promotional video for the anime on Monday. The video announces and previews the opening theme song "Kimi ga Tomoshite Kureta Hikari o Ima" by HoneyWorks feat. Hanon. HoneyWorks feat. Kotoha performs the ending theme song "Kimi no Tonari Kūki ga Oishii."

The newly announced cast members are:

Yuna Ogata as Olive Carmen

Kaori Maeda as Natalie

The newly announced staff members include:

• Sub-Character Designer: Minoru Tanaka
• Prop Design: Chiharu Nishimura
• Art Director: Takumi Onitani
• Art: Jack
• Color Key Artist: Masao Ōba
• Compositing Director of Photography: Ayumu Kaikiri
• Cinematography: Studio Twinkle
• Editing: Yoshiaki Kimura (IMAGICA)
• Sound Director: Hiroto Morishita
• Sound Effects: Yuji Furuya (Swara Pro)
• Sound Production: Bit Grooove Promotion
• Music: Akinari Suzuki, Johannes Nilsson, Manami Takamoto (Team-MAX)
• Music Production: Pony Canyon

The manga's story centers on Shinonome Hajime, an adventurer and experienced dungeon delver. When he saves a girl named Rirui from being devoured by a slime monster, he finds out that the girl has been abandoned by her parents and has nowhere else to go. Unable to abandon the girl himself, he decides to take her in, and finds out that she is no normal girl.

Previously announced cast members include:

• Makoto Furukawa as Shinonome Hajime
• Sayumi Suzushiro as Rirui
• Shizuka Itō as Veronica
• Yūki Kuwahara as Anyango
• Tomohiro Ōno as Rishat

Riki Fukushima (Skate-Leading Stars, Duel Masters LOST Tsuioku no Suishō) is directing the series and overseeing the series scripts at animation studio HORNETS. Yoshihiro Nagamori (Beyblade X, Beyblade: Metal Fury, Bakugan Battle Brawlers) is the main character designer.

The anime will debut in January. Crunchyroll will stream the anime.

Nara launched the manga in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in January 2016. Kodansha published the manga's 20th compiled book volume on September 9. The manga is also available on the Magazine Pocket service.

Sources: The Daily Life of a Single 29-Year-Old Adventurer anime's website, Comic Natalie