The official website for the anime adaptation of the novel I’m a Behemoth, an S-Ranked Monster, but Mistaken for a Cat, I Live as an Elf Girl’s Pet (S Rank Monster in “Behemoth” dakedo, Neko to Machigawarete Elf Musume no Pet Toshite Kurashitemasu) Nozomi Ginyoku has put online the teaser trailer that you can see above. Below you can see a promotional image.
Scheduled to premiere in 2025, we learned that the animation is from the studios Zero-G (RikeKoi, Battery, Piace -Watashi no Italian-) and Saber Worksthe direction is Tetsuo Hirakawa (Shine on! Bakumatsu Bad Boys, Grimoire of Zero), the plot is Kanichi Katō (The Eminence in Shadow, Those Snow White Notes) and the character design is by Tomoyuki Abe (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira, animation direction for The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague).
In the cast we have:
- Tasuku Hatanaka like Tama
- Riho Sugiyama like Tama
- Hinaki Yano like Aria
- Tomori Kusunoki like Vulcan
- Hitomi Ueda like Stella
I’m a Behemoth began serialization in Shōsetsuka ni Narō (Let’s Become Novelists) in August 2017 and its 5th part ended in August 2021. A manga adaptation by Shinonome Tarot It began to be published in March 2018 and its 11th volume was released on March 29, 2024.
Synopsis of I’m a Behemoth, an S-Ranked Monster, but Mistaken for a Cat, I Live as an Elf Girl’s Pet
After dying in a fight against the forces of evil, a knight is reincarnated as one of the world’s most powerful monsters: a behemoth! The problem is, he has to grow up before he can really show off, and a baby behemoth looks a lot like… a house cat?! And when an adventurous elf decides to take him in, she may need his help as much as he needs hers!
