The anime begins streaming on Crunchyroll on 7 January 2026.
The psychological thriller anime “SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table” begins streaming worldwide on 7 January 2026. Ahead of the premiere, Crunchyroll revealed that the platform will stream the English-version of the series at the same time. The dub cast, staff, and other details were also revealed.
Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table English-dub cast, staff, and other details
The dub cast for the first episode of the series includes:
- Suzie Yeung as Yuki
- Dawn M. Bennett as Hakushi
- Michelle Marie as Kinko
- Morgan Berry as Beniya
- Kayli Mills as Momono
- Brianna Knickerbocker as Aoi
- Sky Santacruz as Kokuto
The production staff working on the English version of the anime includes:
- Voice Director: Alex von David
- Producer: Eric P. Sherman
- Mixer: Ben Harrington
- Engineer: Jonathan Jay Brannen
The first episode of the anime will stream as a 60-minutes long special.
Sota Ueno is directing the original anime at Studio DEEN, with Rintaro Ikeda as the script writer. Eri Osada is designing the characters while Junichi Matsumoto composes the music.
The SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table anime is based on the light novel series written by Yushi Ukai and illustrated by Nekometaru. A manga adaptation by Banzai Kotobuki Daienkai has also been published. Yen Press publishes the novel in English, and describes the story as:
Yuki wakes up to find herself in an unfamiliar manor, wearing a maid uniform and lying on a luxurious bed. Soon, she discovers five more girls, all dressed the same as her. This is the Ghost House, and the only way they can survive is to make it through the traps that lie in wait-deadly games full of blowguns, buzz saws, locked rooms, and weapons. It’s a hopeless, terrifying situation for everyone there…well, everyone except Yuki. After all, this is her career at seventeen. Do you think that’s odd? She would agree. But that’s how some people are-they earn their living playing death games.