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Renkinō's Monster Eater Light Novels & Webtoon Get 'Light Anime' in April
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Animation ID announced on Tuesday that the webtoon adaptation of Renkinō's Monster Eater (Mamonogurai no Bōkensha) light novel series is itself receiving a television "light anime" adaptation. The light anime will premiere in April on the Tokyo MX channel. The company also revealed the anime's teaser promotional video, key visual, and main staff.
Hikaru Satō is directing the anime at IMAGICA Infos and Imageworks Studio. Kazuya Takahashi is overseeing the production, and nanogram.inc is credited for collaborating on the production.
Square Enix's Manga UP! Global service publishes TATE's manga adaptation of the novels and describes the story:
Nobody wants "Grubby Forager" Rudd on their adventuring team. His nickname—and his stench—come from his constant treks into the Noxious Labyrinth to gather medicinal herbs, a job he survives only thanks to his status immunity skill. When he's finally recruited as a party porter, things seem to be looking up... Until a deadly dungeon monster appears and his fake allies use him as bait before abandoning him! Wounded, destitute, and barely surviving the attack, Rudd breaks a forbidden taboo to stay alive: eating monsters. But the more he devours, the more power he gains, kicking off a thrilling, adventurous gourmet fantasy!
Renkinō launched the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in March 2023. Earth Star Entertainment published the first novel volume with illustrations by Kawaku in August 2023, and the second volume in January 2024.
LINE Manga launched the novels' webtoon adaptation, produced by Kei Ichimatsu, Tanako Tanao, and whomor, in June 2024. LINE Digital Frontier will release the webtoon's two compiled book volumes digitally on January 15.
TATE's separate manga adaptation launched on Square Enix's Manga UP! service in August 2024. Square Enix published the manga's first volume in December 2024, and the second volume in July 2025.
Sources: Animation ID's X/Twitter account, Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
