The upcoming Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table TV anime has received a trailer and visual that highlight various characters and the “Ghost House” game, as well as a January 7, 2026 premiere date.
Other reveals include the premiere being a 60-minute special and the use of LIN (MADKID)‘s “Esterbend” as the opening theme song. Plus, we have additional casting details:
• Rena Motomura as Aoi
• Inori Minase as Kinko
• Haruka Sato as Kokuto
• Mutsumi Tamura as Beniya
• Rina Kawaguchi as Momono
Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table is based on the MF Bunko J light novel series written by Yushi Ukai and illustrated by Nekometaru. Yen Press describes the premise of the books as such:
Yuki wakes up to find herself in an unfamiliar manor, wearing a maid uniform and lying on a luxurious bed. Soon, she discovers five more girls, all dressed the same as her. This is the Ghost House, and the only way they can survive is to make it through the traps that lie in wait-deadly games full of blowguns, buzz saws, locked rooms, and weapons. It’s a hopeless, terrifying situation for everyone there…well, everyone except Yuki. After all, this is her career at seventeen. Do you think that’s odd? She would agree. But that’s how some people are-they earn their living playing death games.
The light novel series debuted in November 2022 and will see the release of its ninth volume on January 23, 2026 in Japan. There is a manga by Banzai Kotobuki Dai Enkai.
Staff
• Director: Sota Ueno (Days With My Step Sister)
• Series composer: Rintaro Ikeda (Insomniacs After School)
• Character designer: Eri Osada (Blade and Soul co-character designer and co-chief animation director, Suicide Squad ISEKAI director)
• Color designer: Imari Katsuragi (Days with My Stepsister)
• Background art director: Yoshihiro Nakamura (Butareba -The Story of a Man Turned into a Pig-)
• Compositing director: Shinyo Kondo (Days with My Stepsister)
• Sound director: Noriyoshi Konuma (Days With My Step Sister)
• Animation production: Studio Deen
Cast
• Chiyuki Miura as Yuki
Source: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table anime website
