Light Novel 'Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha' Gets TV Anime

by Vindstot
Apr 17, 2022 5:03 AM | 14 Comments

The Overlap Bunko 9th Anniversary Online Event announced a television anime adaptation of Yuu Okano's Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha (The Unwanted Undead Adventurer) light novel on Sunday. The event also revealed a commemorative illustration (pictured above) and an announcement promo.

Synopsis
Rentt Faina, a twenty-five-year-old adventurer, has been hacking away at monsters for a decade. Without much talent for the job, Rentt finds himself stuck hunting slimes and goblins for meager amounts of coin every day. Little does he know, all this is about to change when he comes across a seemingly undiscovered path in the Water Moon Dungeon.

What awaits him at the end of the path, however, is neither treasure nor riches, but a legendary dragon that wastes no time swallowing him whole! Waking up a short time later, Rentt finds himself not quite dead, but not very alive either―He is nothing more than a pile of bones! Armed with nothing but his trusty sword, tool belt, and ghoulish new looks, Rentt sets off on his quest as a newly reborn skeleton to achieve Existential Evolution, hoping to one day return to civilization with a more human form.

Will Rentt succeed, or will the dungeon consume him for the rest of his un-death...? (Source: J-Novel Club)

Okano began penning the adventure fantasy novel on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website in September 2016. Overlap began printing the novel with illustrations by Jaian the following October. The ninth volume shipped last June, with the tenth volume scheduled to go on sale on April 25. Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha has a cumulative 1.4 million copies of its light novel and manga volumes in print, including digital editions.

Haiji Nakasone began drawing a manga adaptation on the Comic Gardo website in November 2017. Overlap released the eighth volume last November, with the ninth volume scheduled for an April 25 release.

J-Novel Club licensed both the light novel and manga adaptation in English in February 2018 and April 2019, respectively. The ninth novel volume and seventh manga volume went on sale in November and December last year.

Announcement

Novel special site: https://over-lap.co.jp/narou/865542400/

Source: Dengeki Online

Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha on MAL

14 Comments Recent Comments

Hell yeah! Glad to hear that this one got an adaption. Read some volumes of the LN and I like how it's more in the style of traditional Western fantasy (think DnD) with the groundedness of it all - like the way magic and divinity works and the mysteriousness of Gods and fae. How small insignificant deeds may later find you with unexpected blessings or curses by the whim of some entities you may never know about.

See, that's far more interesting than any moronic ooh-I'm-a-skeleton-now shite is, it actually has a chance with that, almost making it sound halfway intriguing.

Apr 18, 2022 6:44 AM by O_T_T

Trying to get that overlord money but the skeleton king can't be dethroned.

Apr 17, 2022 4:54 PM by ichii_1

WOWWOOWOOWOWOWOWOWOOWOWOOWO SOOOOOO HYPED!!!! Though I wonder how they will handle the adaptation, when I read the LNs, I thought this series would be a little tricky to adapt.

Apr 17, 2022 3:25 PM by DickwaD9000

Saw boobs

Must add to PTW list

Apr 17, 2022 8:22 AM by Badonkers

Visually it looks cool but I'm not too thrilled because there is so many fantasy anime out there

Apr 17, 2022 8:11 AM by RedChrome

Well the girls are looking hot so

Apr 17, 2022 7:39 AM by CQLLIST

Apr 17, 2022 7:05 AM by Asturaetus

For ppl above.. this has nothing to do with Overlord or Gaikotsu Kishi-sama... Rentt only "starts" out as a skeleton and wears a skull faced mask that he can't take off. It also conveniently hides his real face.
He's not broken OP like Ainz or Arc and this isn't an isekai either.
Also Lorraine's hair color is not silver, but light/platinum blonde.

Apr 17, 2022 6:34 AM by Gildesh

I see Overlord's influence is hella strong now lol

Apr 17, 2022 6:11 AM by Tokoya

OeKusoBaba said:

Adampk said:
Too many skulls. Bring some other species mc like lizardman or snakeman or something like that.

The reason is skull looks cooler than other species. Snakeman and lizardman all looks cringy. No other reason.

We need some cringy looking mc too. I don't want every show to look too cool. It just too superficial and boring after a point.

Apr 17, 2022 5:56 AM by Adampk

Interesting. Looks like another Sceleton in Other World.

Apr 17, 2022 5:55 AM by Memore

Adampk said:
Too many skulls. Bring some other species mc like lizardman or snakeman or something like that.

The reason is skull looks cooler than other species. Snakeman and lizardman all looks cringy. No other reason.