The simple and fun fantasy story with a found family trope comes with a twist!
During the Anime Festival Asia 2025, we at GosuAnime got a chance to watch the exclusive world premiere of the first episode of upcoming fantasy anime The Daily Life of a Single 29-Year-Old Adventurer. Based on Ippei Nara’s manga series, the anime follows an adventurer who finds a child during one of his dungeon dives, and she becomes a part of his life.
The Daily Life of a Single 29-Year-Old Adventurer: first look and impressions
As previously mentioned, the story of this anime revolves around Hajime Shinonome, a 29-year old adventurer who lost his parents at a young age and went through many hardships to get where he is now. At present, he is a pragmatic and kind fellow who helps the various people of the village he lives in, and often heads to dungeons to kill monsters and extract their meat.
During one of these dungeon dives, Hajime comes across a weak but brave child called Rirui. After rescuing and seeing that Rirui is also an orphan much like himself, Hajime feels pity and takes her under his wing. With the help of the kind villagers, he starts to train and feed Rirui regularly. But it seems that every night, Rirui’s body mysteriously changes…
The first episode of the anime set up the premise of the upcoming story. We are not going to spoil Rirui’s transformation for you, as it would be better as a surprise. But depending on the route the story takes, this anime has all the qualities of becoming a sweet, found-family fantasy story with a father and his adoptive daughter. The animation standard is good, although nothing groundbreaking. Hopefully in future episodes, we will see an improvement in both the storytelling and the animation of the series.
The Daily Life of a Single 29-Year-Old Adventurer- anime details
The series is set to stream in January 2026, although an exact release date remains unknown. The cast of the series consists of:
- Hajime Shinonome voiced by Makoto Furukawa
- Rirui voiced by Sayumi Suzushiro
- Veronica voiced by Shizuka Itō
- Anyango voiced by Yūki Kuwahara
- Richat voiced by Tomohiro Ono
- Olive Carmen voiced by Yuna Ogata
- Natalie voiced by Kaori Maeda
- Cocko voiced by Haruka Shiraishi
- Cockdole voiced by Yasunori Matsumoto
Riki Fukushima directs and writes the scripts of the anime at HORNETS studio. Yoshihiro Nagamori is the main character designer while Minoru Tanaka is the sub-character designer. Other staff members of the series include:
- Prop Designer: Chiharu Nishimura
- Art Director: Takumi Onitani
- Art: Jack
- Color Key Artist: Masao Ōba
- Compositing Director of Photography: Ayumu Kaikiri
- Cinematography: Studio Twinkle
- Editor: Yoshiaki Kimura (IMAGICA)
- Sound Director: Hiroto Morishita
- Sound Effects: Yuji Furuya (Swara Pro)
- Sound Production: Bit Grooove Promotion
- Music: Akinari Suzuki, Johannes Nilsson, Manami Takamoto (Team-MAX)
- Music Production: Pony Canyon
The official website of the anime describes its story as:
Hajime Shinonome spent his childhood in a slum and desperately sought strength in order to survive . He now lives a carefree life as an adventurer attached to the village of Komai. One day, he goes into a dungeon on a quest and finds a girl who is about to be eaten by a slime, the weakest monster! The girl's name is Rirui. She has entered the dungeon alone in order to survive. Abandoned by her parents and with nowhere to go, Hajime can't bring himself to leave her alone and takes Rirui back to the village to live with him!