The official website for the anime adaptation of Yomu Mishima's Otome Game Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai desu (Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs) light novel revealed additional cast, staff, a new key visual (pictured), and a second promotional video on Tuesday. The series is scheduled to premiere on April 3 at 10:00 p.m. on AT-X, followed by TOKYO MX, Yomiuri TV, and BS Nippon Television.

Staff
Art Direction: Ryousuke Kawai (Tesla Note), Takamasa Nakakuki (Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katri no Nazotoki File)
Art Design: Youko Nakao (Honoo no Labyrinth)
Color Design: Miho Hasegawa (Sakugan)
Director of Photography: Tomoyuki Ishiyama (Gegege no Kitarou (2018))
Editing: Yuusuke Ueno (Platinum End)
Sound Director: Takatoshi Hamano (Tsuki to Laika to Nosferatu)
Sound Effects: Yui Andou (Kami no Tou)
Music: Shou Aratame (Lord of Vermilion: Guren no Ou), Kana Hashiguchi (A3! Season Spring & Summer)

Akira Ishida (Mars Red) is voicing the spherical AI, Luxion.

Kazuya Miura (Kyuukyoku Shinka shita Full Dive RPG ga Genjitsu yori mo Kusoge Dattara) and Shinichi Fukumoto (Tantei wa Mou, Shindeiru. assistant director) are helming the anime at animation studio ENGI. Kenta Ihara (Ore dake Haireru Kakushi Dungeon) is handling the series composition and Masahiko Suzuki (Overlord II sub-character design) is designing the characters.

Mishima began penning the fantasy romance novel on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website in October 2017. Micro Magazine began publishing the series through its GC Novels imprint in May 2018. The ninth volume shipped on November 30.

A manga adaptation by Jun Shiosato began serialization under Nico Nico Seiga's Dra-Dra-Dragon Age digital manga portal—now Dra-Dra Sharp#—in October 2018. Kadokawa published the seventh volume on January 8. The publisher's ComicWalker platform also serializes the manga.

Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the light novel and manga adaptation in English last April and December, respectively. The fifth novel volume shipped physically on March 8, with the fifth novel released digitally on January 20. The fourth manga volume will ship on April 19.

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Source: Comic Natalie