Summary
The mangaThis Monster Wants to Eat Meby Sai Naekawa is set to become an anime sometime in 2025. A new website opened up for the upcoming anime at the start of the week, which included not only the announcement but also key art and a PV. Additionally, the main cast and staff working on the anime were also announced on the website.
This Monster Wants to Eat Meis a yuri mangawhich follows a normal girl named Hinako and a mermaid named Shiori. They do not have a typical romance, because not only are they a human and a mermaid, but Shiori dreams of one day eating Hinako. It is an interesting and unique concept for a story that definitely setsThis Monster Wants to Eat Meapart from the usual romance anime - or any anime, really - which will likely help the anime build attention before its release.
What isThis Monster Wants to Eat Me?
The Manga Behind the Anime
This Monster Wants to Eat Mehas been published as a manga since August 2020, created by Sai Naekawa. The manga is ongoing, and currently has 8 volumes available. In Japan, it has been serialized in ASCII Media Works’Dengeki Maohmagazine.This Monster Wants to Eat Meis alsoavailable to read in English, licensed by Yen Press.
The manga has been well-received over the past four years, hence gaining a license to publish in English. The founder of Yuricon, Erica Friedman, wrote in herreview of the first volume;
If you ask me if I like horror, I will vociferously tell you that I do not. I don’t enjoy being startled (adrenaline and I have a long, unpleasant history) and I don’t care to be grossed out. But there is a note of psychological horror I don’t mind, monsters are fine and, above all, good writing can make a heck of a difference. The end of this volume contains a scene so creepy and violent that I ought to have been both startled and a little grossed out, but both art and story work so beautifully that it was merely a breathtakingly excellent scene.
So, if you do like horror, I hope you will give this series a try and I’ll can shake to see if anyone at Yen might consider licensing this, because, honestly, it is damn good and dark.
This Monster Wants to Eat Meis simultaneously a horror story and a romance. After losing her family in an accident, Hinako wants nothing more than to die. But then, she meets amysterious creature in the oceanwho at first tries to drown her, and then decides instead to protect Hinako until she has matured so that the creature can eat her. Shortly after, the strange creature appears as a human in Hinako’s class, continuing to say that she has claimed Hinako’s flesh for her own. Can Shiori help Hinako make her dream of dying come true?
This Monster Wants to Eat Me, the Anime
What We Know About the Upcoming Anime
An exact date for the anime adaptation ofThis Monster Wants to Eat Mehas not been released yet, but the website does cite 2025. A key visual poster of Hinako floating in the water was released along with the anime’s announcement. Additionally, manga creator Sai Naekawa drew a special poster featuring the three main characters to celebrate the manga becoming an anime. Both are posted below. The short PV trailer above was also posted, which includes English subtitles. The trailer gained nearly 50,000 views in less than 24 hours.
As reported byAnimeNewsNetwork;
Reina Ueda voices the protagonist Hinako Yaotose. Naoyuki Kuzuya (Saiyuki Gaiden) is the chief director and Yūsuke Suzuki(Duel Masters Win, Duel Masters King Max) is directing the anime at Studio Lings. Mitsutaka Hirota (Bibliophile Princess, Days With My Stepsister) is overseeing and writing the series scripts, Sō Ikuyama (Duel Masters Kingkey animation) is designing the characters, Ryōsuke Naya (365 Days to the Wedding, Love Is Indivisible by Twins) is the sound director, and Keiji Inai (Is It Wrong to attempt to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?all five seasons) is composing the music. The company Infinite is producing.
A yuri horror romance about a girl and a mermaid definitelystands out from the usual anime line-up. With a highly rated manga as the source material,That Monster Wants to Eat Meis gearing up to be something special next year. While it may not be for everyone, it is undeniably refreshing to see something so original getting traction and bringing a fresh story to the anime industry.
