It was announced today on an official website that an anime adaptation of the manga is in production. Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four! (Salaryman ga Isekai ni Ittara Shitennō ni Natta Hanashi) by Benigashira It is Muramitsu. You can see the announcement video above and a promotional image below.
Scheduled to premiere in 2025, the animation is the responsibility of the studios Geek Toys (Date A Bullet, Plunderer) and CompTownthe direction is Michio Fukuda (Failure Frame), the argument is Hiroko Fukuda (Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and The Inexperienced Me, Taisho Otome Fairy Tale) and the character design is by Ayumi Nishibata (Migi & Dali, Otherside Picnic). The song was submitted to Takafumi Wada (The Seven Deadly Sins, Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign).
- Color Artist: Haruko Nobori
- Art Direction: Ken Naito
- 3D CG Director: Kōhei Ogawa
- Cinematography: Takeshi Kuchiba
- Editing: Masahiro Gotō
- Music Production: Pony Canyon
- Sound direction: Nobuyuki Abe
- Sound Effects: Junichiro Suzuki
In the cast we have:
- Yuki Ono as Dennosuke Uchimura
- Konomi Kohara like Ulmandra
- Akio Ōtsuka like the Demon King
Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four! It began to be published in December 2019 and its 9th volume will be released on July 25, 2024.
Synopsis for Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four!
Dennosuke Uchimura is just an ordinary Japanese salaryman until he is sent to work in Vietnam, where he is killed in a car accident. Uchimura is reincarnated and summoned to another world by the Demon King, who offers him a new job – as one of the Four Heavenly Kings in his army! Uchimura is faced with an offer he can’t refuse, but can he do the job?
