A new key visual, teaser trailer, and staff have been revealed for the upcoming Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling TV anime series, which will premiere in Japan in 2026.
Yuta Takamura (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable chief director) is directing the anime series, with Nobuyoshi Arai as assistant director, Tatsuhiko Urahata (Hi Score Girl Seasons 1-2, GATE) as screenwriter, Hiroyasu Oda (I Parry Everything monster design) as monster designer, Masato Onoda (Student Council’s Discretion Lv. 2 character design and chief animation direction) as character designer, and Ko Otani (Shakugan no Shana) as music composer. GA-CREW and Felix Film are in charge of the animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast includes Shunichi Toki as Illusia, Ami Koshimizu as the voice of God, and Miku Ito as Myria.
The anime is based on the isekai fantasy light novel series, written by Necoco AKA Nekoko and illustrated by NAJI Yanagida. The series started as a web novel on Shosetsuka ni Naro on August 20, 2015. It was initially published under Earth Star Entertainment’s Earth Star Novel imprint on December 15, 2015, which released 12 volumes until May 15, 2020. Square Enix would later acquire the light novel series under its SQUEX Novel imprint, when it published the 13th volume on January 7, 2021. A total of 16 volumes have been released in Japan as of June 2022.
The light novels also inspired a manga adaptation by Rio in September 2017.
Seven Seas Entertainment licensed both the light novels and manga adaptation of Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling for release in English. It describes the main premise of the former as:
Our hero wakes up one day in a brand new world…but his new life doesn’t come with fighting skills or magic powers, or even arms and legs! He’s reborn as a helpless egg, stuck in an unfamiliar forest surrounded by terrifying, hungry beasts. But eggs hatch, hatchlings grow up, and humble beginnings can lead to something great. He’ll do his best to become the strongest dragon ever, and no measly shell will get in his way!
Sources: Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling Official Twitter (2), Anime News Network
