The unconventional Isekai series will premiere in April 2026.
Antai’s extremely unconventional Isekai web novel series "Megami 'Isekai Tensei Nani ni Naritai desu ka' Ore 'Yusha no Rokkotsu de'" ("Goddess: "What Do You Want to Turn Into When You're Reincarnated in Another World?" Me: "Into a Hero's Rib") is getting an anime adaptation. It has been confirmed in the first key visual that the series will premiere in April 2026. Moreover, the main cast and staff of the anime have also been revealed.
Megami 'Isekai Tensei Nani ni Naritai desu ka' Ore 'Yusha no Rokkotsu de' anime cast, staff, and other details
The main cast of the anime includes:
- Atsushi Abe as ‘I/Me’
- M.A.O as Goddess
- Daisuke Namikawa as Master Sockeye Salmon
- Toshihiko Seki as Tanaka-san
- Show Hayami as God of Creation
Many other voice actors who will appear in the series have also been revealed, although their roles have not been specified yet. They are: Kana Asumi, Yuka Iguchi, Marina Inoue, Yūji Ueda, Yūma Uchida, Megumi Ogata, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Tomoko Kaneda, Ayako Kawasumi, Ayana Taketatsu, Shigeru Chiba, Miina Tominaga, Kazuya Nakai, Yōko Hikasa, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Yoshikazu Hirano, Minori Fujidera, Maxwell Powers, Rica Matsumoto, Shinichirō Miki, and Ayumu Murase.
A key visual featuring the infamous ‘rib’ has been released. Yasufumi Soejima directs the series at Qzil.la and S.o.K. Zipper Sojo handles series composition while Miki Matsumoto designs the characters. Kopo is credited for image illustration while Kagiji Kumanomata is in charge of the original animation character designs. Yuta Uraki, Kayo Konishi, Yukio Kondo, Nomi (VSQ sports) and Shunya Watanabe are composing the music.
To celebrate the anime adaptation, the light novel series illustrator Mebaru, series image illustrator Kopo, and original animation character designer Kumanomata have all released celebratory illustrations.
The bizarre anime is based on Antai’s web novel series of the same name which released its chapters from November 2017 to December 2024. Takarajimasha later published it as a light novel with illustrations by Mebaru.
The story of the series revolves around the protagonist who is simply known as ‘I’. When he reincarnates into another world, he meets the goddess who has the power to grant the reincarnated souls a form in this new world. However, the most popular forms such as the ‘Demon King’ or ‘Hero with Cheat Skills and a Harem’ all have 50,000 years long waiting lists. The protagonist thus decides to live his life as the most bizarre forms, such as the ‘Hero’s rib’, a hermit crab, or a vegetable.