A new character trailer has been released for the upcoming Japanese TV broadcast of The All-devouring Whale: Homecoming donghua series, highlighting the protagonist Fan Lingxiao / Liu Fengmang. The Chinese animated series will premiere in Japan on Fuji TV’s B8station programming slot on July 2, 2025.
The donghua’s Japanese title is Tensei Soushu no Hadoutan ~Subete o Nomikomu Sakana to Haiagaru~. It began streaming on bilibili on May 1, 2025 and is produced by Big Firebird Cultural, adapting the Chinese manhua comic series Kun Tun Tianxia Zhi Zhang Men Guilai by Mo. A total of 12 episodes are scheduled to be released.
Meanwhile, the Japanese voice cast stars:
- • Toshiki Matsuda as Fan Lingxiao / Liu Fengmang
- • Manaka Iwakami as Gu Ling
- • Rina Hidaka as Bai Liansu
- • Takehito Koyasu as Bai Tanshu
Bilibili describes the main premise of The All-devouring Whale: Homecoming as:
Fan Lingxiao is a gifted spirit pet master in Lingxiao Sect, but he’s stabbed in the back at a competition between top sects and devoured by his own spirit pet whale Kun. He wakes up to find that he’s become Liu Fengmang, a teenager held in the cell of Bai’s Residence. At the same time, Lingxiao Sect is on the verge of collapse. In order to find out the truth of being devoured by his spirit pet and revive his sect, Fan Lingxiao leads his existing spirit pets, together with Gu Ling, Cheng Xi, and Yue Tong, on a new adventure.
Fuji TV’s B8station was launched in October 2023 and is a collaboration with bilibili. It has aired Japanese dubs of popular donghua series such as The Girl Downstairs, Fairies Album, Ringing Fate, and Don’t Give Up!
Source: B8 Station Official Twitter (via AIR News)
