Winner of the Excellence Award at the 18th MF Bunko J Light Novel Newcomer Awards and ranked #1 in the “New Works” category of Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2024 (published by TAKARAJIMASHA), SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table. is set to become available on select streaming services. It has been officially announced that the series will stream worldwide simultaneously with its Japanese television broadcast.
In the “Ghost House” arc, the girls who join protagonist Yūki (voiced by Chiyuki Miura) in a deadly escape game will be portrayed by Reina Motomura, Inori Minase, Haruka Sato, Mutsumi Tamura, and Rina Kawaguchi.
Yuki （CV: Chiyuki Miura）
Character:
A pale-skinned girl with long hair and striking blue eyes. She lives day to day on the prize money she earns from deadly games, but has little in the way of practical life skills and tends to be careless about most things.
Hobbies / Skills:
Night-time walks; sensing when someone is approaching from behind.
Dislikes:
Being awake while the sun is up.
Aoi （CV: Rena Motomura）
Character:
A first-time participant in the game. She has a timid personality and often keeps her gaze lowered.
Hobbies / Skills:
Reading; knitting.
Dislikes:
Most forms of communication.
Kinko （CV: Inori Minase）
Character:
A first-time participant in the game. Raised by a single father, she is responsible and level-headed.
Hobbies / Skills:
Keeping household accounts; working with a calculator.
Dislikes:
Letting things remain vague or unresolved.
Kokuto（CV: Haruka Sato）
Character:
Still a novice when it comes to the game, with a wandering streak in her personality.
Hobbies / Skills:
Seeing through to the essence of things; handling tasks efficiently.
Dislikes:
Managing money.
Beniya （CV: Mutsumi Tamura）
Character:
A first-time participant in the game and already a working adult.
Hobbies / Skills:
All kinds of sports.
Dislikes:
Blood tests at the hospital; bloody scenes in movies.
Momono（CV：Rina Kawaguchi）
Character:
A first-time participant in the game. She has a relaxed, easygoing personality and a striking figure.
Hobbies / Skills:
Judging the quality of restaurants just by their appearance.
Dislikes:
Detecting when someone is lying.
Introduction
This is a story from a certain twisted world.
Girls known as Players are thrown into games where death is always within reach.
Those who survive are rewarded with prize money, but no amount of preparation can guarantee survival.
This is how people live in this world.
There are those who exist for no other reason than to endure it.
Player Name: Yuki
Occupation: Professional death-game player.
Today, as always, she earns her living by playing death games to put food on the table.
The opening theme for the series has been confirmed as the instrumental track “¬Ersterbend,” composed and arranged by LIN (MADKID).
LIN (MADKID)
LIN is a member of MADKID, a five-member dance and vocal group consisting of 3 vocalists and 2 rappers.
The group has performed theme songs for numerous anime titles, including the The Rising of the Shield Hero series.
In January and February of this year, MADKID embarked on an 11-city tour across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, further expanding their presence and activities overseas.
In addition to his role as a rapper in the group, LIN is also actively involved as a lyricist, composer, and arranger, contributing to the creative direction of MADKID’s music.
The ending theme for the series has been confirmed as “Inori” by Chiai Fujikawa.
Chiai Fujikawa
Born on June 6, 1995, in Ibara City, Okayama Prefecture, she is a Reiwa-era singer who expresses everything from the frustrations and inner conflicts of everyday life to the subtleties of love through her own distinctive and authentic perspective.
Her total YouTube views have surpassed 150 million, marking her as one of the most prominent artists of her generation.
She made her debut at an acoustic live performance in November 2018, and released her first full-length album Raika in May 2019. The album achieved remarkable success, reaching No. 2 on the iTunes Album Chart, No. 1 on the Oricon Daily Chart, and No. 7 on the Billboard Japan Weekly Chart.
Since then, she has released a total of four full-length albums and three mini albums, including her latest mini album Sumimasen, Ai o Otoshita no Desu ga….
Her music has been featured as theme songs for numerous TV dramas and anime series, including Kasouken no Onna, The Rising of the Shield Hero, Digimon Adventure:, Talentless Nana, My Home Hero, and The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy. She has also performed the reconstruction support song Ano Hi Ano Toki, written by Nobu Chidori, in response to the Western Japan floods.
In addition, she participated in a BUCK-TICK tribute album in 2020.
Through collaborations that span the entertainment industry and the core figures of the Japanese music scene, she continues to refine and deepen her expressive vocal artistry.
Staff
Original Author: Yushi Ukai（MF Bunko J 《SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table.』 / published by KADOKAWA）
Original Character Design: Nekometaru
Director: Souta Ueno
Series Composition: Rintaro Ikeda
Concept Art: hewa
Character Design: Eri Osada
Sub Character Design: Keika Otsuka, Souta Komatsu
Prop Design: Sonoka Kuroiwa
Color Design: Imari Katsuragi
Art Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
Director of Photography: Shinyo Kondo
Editing: Haruko Kikuchi, Onodera Keiko
Sound Director: Noriyoshi Konuma
Sound Effects: Kaori Yamada
Sound Production: Bit grooove promotion
Music: Junichi Matsumoto
Music Production: NIPPON COLUMBIA
Animation Studio: Studio DEEN
OP Theme Song: 「¬Ersterbend」（not Ersterbend）
ED Theme Song: 「Inori」 － Chiai Fujikawa
Cast
Yuki: Chiyuki Miura
Aoi: Rena Motomura
Kinko: Inori Minase
Kokuto: Haruka Sato
Beniya: Mutsumi Tamura
Momono: Rina Kawaguchi
Official Website: https://shiboyugi-anime.com
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