The upcoming television anime adaptation of author Nazuna Miki and illustrator Tsukasa Araki's fantasy manga So What's Wrong with Getting Reborn as a Goblin? (Tensei Goblin dakedo Shitsumon Aru?) has revealed 14 new cast members alongside character designs ahead of its fall release. Director Ryūta Kawahara is helming the project at studio BAKKKA, with the broadcast scheduled to premiere on October 5 on Tokyo MX, BS11, and Sun TV, followed by AT-X on October 7. Global streaming will be handled by Crunchyroll as the series airs.
The newly announced cast features notable veterans and rising talent in the industry. Junko Takeuchi stars as Sandaime Hanzō, alongside Mariya Ise as Nanadaime Hanzō, Rin Mizuki as Rokudaime Masamune, and Momoko Seto as Hachidaime Echigoya. They join previously announced lead Kikunosuke Toya as Akira Yagami and Yōko Hikasa as Karen.
Expanded Voice Cast & Staff
The additional ensemble cast members expanding the roster include:
- Yūko Sanpei as Shodai Hanzō
- Anna Nagase as Rokudaime Hanzō
- Yukina Shutō as Shodai Kinokuniya
- Kentarō Tone as Yondaime Echigoya
- Yumiri Hanamori as Rokudaime Echigoya
- Yume Miyamoto as Nanadaime Echigoya
- Natsumi Hioka as Yondaime Masamune
- Minami Takahashi as Godaime Masamune
- Hikaru Tōno as Shodai Hokusai
- Hiroyuki Yoshino as Sandaime Hokusai
Series composition is written by Yūichiō Momose (So I'm a Spider, So What?), with character designs by Hiroyuki Saita (Revue Starlight). Hiroto Morishita handles sound direction, while Takenoko Boy composes the score at INCS Toenter. The opening theme song "Hello" is performed by Sou, and musical artist AHUB delivers the ending theme track "Chiisana Bokura".
Office worker Akira Yagami's altruistic nature usually gets him the short end of the stick. When he dies after saving a kid from oncoming traffic...he reincarnates in another world as a goblin?! Normally, goblins only live for seven days, but Akira's newfound powers let him defy the species' normal life span...and are the key to his path to becoming the strongest goblin ever!
The original manga serialized on Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump platform in 2020 and currently spans 15 collected volumes in Japan, with English translations published by Yen Press.
