The anime will air sometime in 2026.
It was previously announced that Hekiru Hikawa’s comedy romance manga series, “Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life”, is getting an anime adaptation for 2026. The most recent update revealed the main cast and staff of the series, as well as its first trailer. Unfortunately, we still don’t know exactly when the show will premiere.
Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life anime main cast, staff, and other details
The main cast of the anime is:
- Jun Fukuyama as Ryusei Narukami
- Akira Sekine as Meteor Hanaori
Hideyo Yamamoto is directing the comedy anime at LIDEN FILMS. Yukie Sugawara handles series composition while Yousuke Okuda designs the characters. Other staff members include:
- Art Director: Naoka Ayata
- Color Design: Mineyo Ōnishi
- Director of Photography: Kimihiro Nakano
- Sound Director: Ryōsuke Naya
- Music: Yukari Hashimoto, R・O・N
The anime is based on Hekiru Hikawa’s manga series which began publishing in Kodansha’s Monthly Morning Two magazine in August 2018. Seven Seas will publish the manga in an omnibus format in English. The platform describes the story as:
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?