The official website of the Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? (So I'm a Spider, So What?) anime series revealed the first key visual (pictured) on Friday. The television anime will begin airing in January 2021 for two consecutive cours.

The anime has been postponed from its original 2020 airing due to the major impact on its production schedule caused by the COVID-19.

Synopsis
The world where the Hero and the Demon King continue to oppose each other. The grand magic from the Hero and the Demon King crossed over worlds and exploded in the classroom of a certain high school.

The students who died in the explosion will be reincarnated in a different world. The protagonist, who has the lowest reputation in the class, was reincarnated into a spider. Nevertheless, she adapted quickly to the present condition with strong willpower.

This is a story of she who has become a spider trying whatever she can to live. (Source: MU)

Voice actress Aoi Yuuki (Enen no Shouboutai, Youjo Senki) is starring as the protagonist Kumoko.

The anime adapts Okina Baba's adventure fantasy light novel, which they began penning on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website in May 2015. Kadokawa published the first volume with illustrations by Tsukasa Kiryuu in December that year. The 13th volume is scheduled for a July 10 release. Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? has a cumulative 2 million copies of its volumes in print.

Asahiro Kakashi began serializing a manga adaptation in Young Ace UP web magazine in December 2015. Kadokawa published the eighth volume on March 3.

Yen Press licensed both the light novel and manga in English and published the seventh manga volume and eighth light novel volume on March 24 and 31, respectively.

Official site: https://kumo-anime.com/
Official Twitter: @kumoko_anime

Source: Moca News