A teaser visual, trailer and main voice cast member have been revealed for the upcoming Destiny Unchain Online: How I became the Crimson Devil TV anime series, which will premiere in Japan in 2027.
The teaser trailer also confirmed the casting of voice actress Ikumi Hasegawa as the protagonist Crim / Kou Mitsuki.
Koichi Hatsumi (Tokyo Revengers Season 1-3, Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga) is directing the anime series, with Seiko Takagi as series composer and Masashi Kudo (Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War) as character designer. Yuki Hayashi (My Hero Academia), Yuki Furuhashi (My Hero Academia: Vigilantes co-music composer), Hayato are the music composers. Voil is in charge of the animation production.
The isekai fantasy light novel series is written by resn and illustrated by Yachimoto. It was first published under Kodansha’s K Ranove Books imprint on November 2, 2022 and has released three volumes in Japan as of June 2026. The series began as a web novel on Shosetsuka ni Naro in May 2020, before moving to Kakuyomu in 2021.
A manga adaptation drawn by Yachimoto was launched on the Magazine Pocket website in July 2022.
K Manga releases the Destiny Unchain Online manga for digital English release, and describes the synopsis as:
Kou Mitsuki is a gamer with god-tier skills, known online as Crim the Headhunter. Right when he starts testing his father’s latest game, Destiny Unchain Online, and the new device developed for it, the bug-ridden system transforms him in into a vampire girl! Everything changes for Kou as he meets new friends and they take on the game… The ultimate gamer adventure awaits!
Sources: Destiny Unchain Online Official X/Twitter (2), official anime website, Anime News Network
