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Aniplus Asia Airs Simulcast of Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Aniplus Asia announced on Monday that it will air a simulcast of the television anime of Hekiru Hikawa's Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life (Hanaori-san wa Tensei Shite mo Kenka ga Shitai) manga for the summer 2026 anime season.
The anime will debut in Japan on July 11.
The anime will star Jun Fukuyama as Ryusei Narukami and Akira Sekine as Meteor Hanaori. Other cast members include:
The anime's staff includes:
- Director: Hideyo Yamamoto
- Series Composition: Yukie Sugawara
- Character Design: Yousuke Okuda
- Art Director: Yukika Ayada
- Color Design: Mineyo Ōnishi
- Director of Photography: Kimihiro Nakano
- Sound Director: Ryōsuke Naya
- Music: Yukari Hashimoto, R・O・N
- Animation Production: LIDEN FILMS
Seven Seas Entertainment announced in December it will release the manga in English in omnibus format. The first volume will ship in October 2026. The company describes the story:
Narukami Ryusei is your typical NEET. He spends his days shut in his room playing video games without a care in the world, living a lazy life. But the truth is, Ryusei used to be a powerful demon king in another world! So why not spend this new life doing whatever he wants? Except, he wasn't the only one reincarnated into this world. The hero who struck him down is here too—and she's a really cute high school girl?! Can Ryusei survive reuniting with his foe in a new world, or will he find himself fighting even in this life?
Hikawa (Pani Poni manga creator; character designer for Concrete Revolutio anime) launched the manga in Kodansha's Morning two magazine in August 2021. Kodansha published the manga's ninth compiled book volume on March 23.
