An anime adaptation of popular manga Dungeon Meshi / Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoku Kui has been announced, with an official website and Twitter account.
The new series will adapt the story of the Manga, where an RPG-style party of dungeon-crawling adventurers try to make their latest trip as cheap and efficient as possible, forgoing supplies and doing their best to make the monsters they fight into edible treats. The series also offers in-depth recipes for each of the opponents the characters encounter.
A broadcast date for the anime has not yet been announced, but there’s a beautiful piece of art showing the main characters huddled around a meal, being stalked by monsters in the darkness.
The anime will be produced by the renowned Studio Trigger, known for Kill la Kill, Promare, and the upcoming Cyberpunk Edgerunners.
Previously, Studio Trigger produced an anime-style commercial for the 8th volume of the manga, which led to a massive amount of interest from fans in seeing them make a full adaptation. It may give us a sense of what the anime could look like, and you can watch it in the tweet below:
Dungeon Meshi began in February of 2014 and by August 2017 the first 4 volumes saw over 2 million copies in print. It was rated number one for male readers in 2016’s This Manga Is Amazing’s rankings, the result of 400 manga professionals voting on their favorites.
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