The Butareba: The Story of a Man Turned into a Pig anime adaptation will have its 12th and final episode released on February 5 (effectively February 6 at 1:30 AM JST). The 11th episode premiered on December 24.
The anime began airing on October 7. Its ninth episode was pushed from December 2 to December 9, with quality preservation being the official given reason.
Butareba (Buta no Liver wa Kanetsu Shiro/Heat the Pig Liver) is based on the light novel series written by Takuma Sakai and illustrated by Asagi Toosaka. Crunchyroll streams the show. J-Novel Club describes the books’ first volume as:
A run-of-the-mill otaku collapses from stomach pain after tasting raw pig liver and wakes up in a whole new world—as a pig, of all things! He’s helplessly trapped in his pen until Jess, a girl who can read minds, comes along and rescues him. Our porcine hero will have to work to keep his boar-ish thoughts to himself, but sweet Jess isn’t deterred.
In fact, she wants to spoil this little piggy rotten! By Jess’s side, it seems like life as a hog might not be so bad after all, yet there’s more to this strange fantasy world than meets the eye. Jess is a girl of many secrets, and she’s in danger. But what can a mere pig with no special powers do to protect her from her cruel fate? Will his modern knowledge, quick thinking, and sharp nose be enough to ham it up and save her?
The Dengeki Bunko light novel series began in 2020 and has eight volumes as of October 2023. It was the 26th Dengeki Shousetsu Taishou’s gold prize winner and has inspired a manga adaptation drawn by Minami.
Staff
• Director: Masayuki Takahashi (Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon assistant director)
• Series composer: Deko Akao (Noragami)
• Character designer: Susumu Watanabe (Cute Executive Officer)
• Music composer: Kenichirou Suehiro (Re: Zero)
• Music composer: MAYUKO (Ranking of Kings)
• Animation production: project No.9
Cast
• Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Pig
• Tomori Kusunoki as Jess
• Miyu Tomita as Celes
• Kento Itou as Knot
Source: @butaliver_anime
