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So What's Wrong with Getting Reborn as a Goblin? Anime's New Video Unveils More Staff, Theme Songs, October 5 Debut

The staff for the television anime of writer Nazuna Miki and artist Tsukasa Araki's So What's Wrong with Getting Reborn as a Goblin? (Tensei Goblin dakedo Shitsumon Aru?) manga presented on Wednesday the anime's main promotional video, main visual, additional staff members, theme songs, and October 5 premiere. The video reveals and previews the opening theme song "Hello" by previously announced artist Sou. Musical artist AHUB performs the ending theme song "Chiisana Bokura" (Little Us).

The newly announced staff members are:

• Art Director: Maika Hosoda
• Color Key Artist: Naomi Kiyota
• Conpositing Director of Photography: Tsukasa Matsui
• Editing: Yūji Oka

The anime will premiere on the Tokyo MX channel on October 5 at 10:00 p.m. JST (9:00 a.m. EDT), and then on BS11 at 24:00 JST (effectively October 6 at 12 midnight), and on Sun TV at 24:30 (12.30 a.m.). The anime will also run on AT-X from October 7. The anime will stream on the ABEMA and Prime Video streaming services in Japan. The first episode will stream simultaneously with its broadcast at 10:00 p.m. JST, and the remaining episodes will stream one week ahead of its broadcast.

Yen Press publishes the manga in English and describes the story:

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 anime stars:

• Kikunosuke Toya as Akira
• Yōko Hikasa as Karen
• Azusa Tachibana as Chloe
• Banjō Ginga as Simon
• Sayumi Suzushiro as Eirene
• M.A.O as Dike
• Wakana Kuramochi as Eunomia
• Natsuki Hanae as Albert
• Hiro Shimono as Isis
• Yukari Tamura as Tenchi Kaibyaku (literally, Creation of Heaven and Earth)

Ryūta Kawahara (The Summer Hikaru Died, Orange, 86, Blend S episode director) is directing the anime at BAKKKA. Yūichirō Momose (So I'm a Spider, So What?, Africa Salaryman) is in charge of the series scripts, Hiroyuki Saita (Cardfight!! Vanguard Divinez, Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress, Revue Starlight) is designing the characters, Hiroto Morishita (Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear, Wistoria: Wand and Sword two seasons) is the sound director, and Takenoko Boy (The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess ending song arrangement, composition, and lyrics) is composing the music at INCS Toenter.

The manga launched on Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump website in 2020. Shueisha published the manga's 14th compiled book volume on March 18, and will publish the 15th volume on September 17. Yen Press published the 10th volume in English on May 26.

Source: Press release