This Monster Wants to Eat Me Unveils Main Trailer
This Monster Wants to Eat Me (Watatabe) anime revealed a main trailer and a key visual. Studio Lings (Sorairo Utility) is animating the adaptation, which is slated to premiere on October 2, 2025. The theme songs include “Sacrifice” by Yoshino as the opening and "LiLy" by Hinako Yaotose (VA: Reina Ueda) as the ending.
The Watatabe anime had a US premiere on August 9 at Otakon, Washington, D.C. Special guests included Sai Naekawa (original author), Takumi Kamemaru (manga editor), and Ena Hamabe (anime producer).
The anime is adapting the This Monster Wants to Eat Me (Watashi wo Tabetai, Hitodenashi) manga, written and illustrated by Sai Naekawa. The GL (girls' love) series has been serialized in Kadokawa's Dengeki Maoh magazine since 2020. Yen Press licensed it in English.
Reina Ueda is voicing Hinkao Yaotose, Yui Ishikawa is Shiori Oumi, and Fairouz Ai is Miko Yashiro. The main staff for the This Monster Wants to Eat Me anime includes:
- Chief Director: Naoyuki Kuzuya
- Director: Yusuke Suzuki
- Series Composition / Screenplay: Mitsutaka Hirota
- Character Design: Nozomi Ikuyama
- Color Design: Taeko Mizuno
- Art Director: Yoshitaka Kudo
- Director of Photography: Kenji Takehara
- 3DCG: Zishiro Shida
- Editor: Misato Takikawa
- Sound Director: Ryosuke Naya
- Music: Keiji Inai
- Animation Producer: Hideto Takagi
- Production: infinite
Pony Canyon describes the plot of the series as:
"I've come to eat you," so softly utters the mermaid Shiori as she emerges from the sea and takes high school girl Hinako by the hand. Hinako lives alone in a town by the sea and possesses an unusually delicious body that is irresistible to nearby monsters. To ensure that she matures to the best condition, Shiori seeks to protect Hinako—all so that someday, she can devour every piece of her. A longing thought comes to Hinako's mind; "Maybe this monster can make my wish come true."
Source: Press Release
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