The official website for the television anime adaptation of Kaede Nishikigi's Game Sekai Tensei "Dankatsu": Gamer wa "Dungeon Shuukatsu no Susume" wo "Hajime kara" Play suru (Reincarnation in the Game World Dankatsu: Game Addict Plays "Encouragement for Job Hunting in Dungeons" from a "New Game") light novel revealed additional cast and second teaser promotional video on Wednesday. The anime will premiere in January 2027.
CastHannah: Ayaka Nanase (Tefuda ga Oome no Victoria)
Sierra: Kotone Izumi
Lana: Hikaru Iida (Kimi wa Meido-sama.)
Estelle: Chihaya Asakura
Nagisa Miyazaki (Mahou Sensei Negima!) is directing the anime at Studio Massket. Yuji Kobayashi (Kami no Niwatsuki Kusunoki-tei) is handling the series composition and writing the script.
Singer-songwriter MindaRyn (Kanojo ga Koushaku-tei ni Itta Riyuu) is performing the opening theme "Play the Play," while LINKL PLANET (Kyoukai Senki: Kyokkou no Souki) is performing the ending theme "My Life Story." The opening theme is previewed in the promotional video below.
Nishikigi originally began penning the action fantasy novel on the Kakuyomu website in January 2021, followed by Shousetsuka ni Narou later that same month. TO Books began printing the light novel series in March 2022, featuring illustrations by Shuri. The 16th volume was published on August 15.
A manga adaptation drawn by Hiroshi Asagi began serialization on the Corona EX website in September 2022. TO Books released the fifth volume in October 2025.
Teaser PV 2
Source: Comic Natalie
