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Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling TV Anime Reveals 2026 Debut, Staff, Visual, Teaser Video
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Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures revealed on Friday the first teaser promotional video for the television anime of storywriter Nekoko and illustrator NAJI yanagida's Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling (Tensei Shitara Dragon no Tamago Datta: Saikyō Igai Mezasanee) light novel series. The company also revealed the show's first key visual, main staff, and 2026 debut.
Yūta Takamura (chief director for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, episode director for Chihayafuru) is directing the anime at GA-CREW and Felix Film. Nobuyoshi Arai (episode director for Banana Fish, Vinland Saga (TV 2), Yuri!!! on Ice) is the assistant director and Tatsuhiko Urahata (Hi Score Girl, Haganai, Baki Hanma) is overseeing the series scripts. Hiroyasu Oda is the monster designer, and Masahito Onoda is the character designer. Kō Ōtani (Shakugan no Shana, Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start With Magical Tools) is composing the music at IMAGINE, and Tsuyoshi Takahashi is the sound director.
The anime will star (character name romanizations not confirmed):
- Shunichi Toki as Ilusia
- Ami Koshimizu as Divine Voice
- Miku Itō as Myria
Seven Seas Entertainment is releasing both the light novel series and RIO's manga adaptation in English, and it describes the story:
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!
Nekoko began serializing the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in August 2015, and the last update was in November 2023. Earth Star Entertainment began publishing the story in print with art by NAJI yanagida in December 2015, and published 12 volumes. Square Enix took over publishing of the novel series, and has published volumes 13-16.
RIO launched the manga adaptation in Comic Earth Star in May 2017. Earth Star Entertainment has so far published eight volumes.
Source: Press release
