Crunchyroll will stream the anime as it airs.
The upcoming reverse isekai romcom anime “Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life” just unveiled its 11 July premiere date (effectively 12 July worldwide). A special live broadcast will happen at the end of June which will reveal more details. Crunchyroll will stream the series as it airs.
Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life
Premiere date: 11 July, 2026
Animation studio: LIDEN FILMS
Streaming service: Crunchyroll
Who are the cast and staff members of Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life?
The cast of the anime so far includes:
- Jun Fukuyama as Ryusei Narukami
- Akira Sekine as Meteor Hanaori
- Seena Hoshiki as Mako Satsuki
- Hitomi Ueda as Marika Nagamori
- Sora Tokui as Mana Kuraishi
- Nene Hieda as Nemuto Takigawa
- Rie Takahashi as Ayahime Takanashi
- Hiromi Igarashi as Eriko Asahina
- Ayasa Ito as Moe Narukami
- Yoko Hikasa as Sakura Rokudo
Hideyo Yamamoto is directing the 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
- Photography: Asahi Production
- Editing: editz
- Sound Director: Ryōsuke Naya
- Sound Effects: Airi Kobayashi, Hiroki Nozaki
- Sound Production: Studio Mausu
- Music: Yukari Hashimoto, R・O・N
- Music Production: PONY CANYON
What is Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life about?
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?