The animated adaptation of Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! surprised with the launch of a new trailer and one key visualahead of its premiere scheduled for October 2025 in Japan (UTC+2 in Spain). The preview not only highlights the tone romantic and fantastic of the story, but also confirms the main team behind the production.
The closing theme will be “Kibō Kōdo”performed by Shunichi Tokiwhile the group AVAM will be in charge of giving life to the opening theme “Shugary Story”.
Main cast and creative team confirmed
The protagonists of this unique story are:
- Kanna Nakamura as Melphiera Marchalrayd
- Taito Ban as Aristide Roger de Galbraith
The anime is directed by Mutsumi Takeda (B-PROJECT Passion*Love Call) in the studio Asahi Production. The script and composition of the series are in charge of Keiichirō Ōchi (Once Upon a Witch's Death), while the character design is the responsibility of Masato Kato (Giant Beasts of Ars). The music is composed by Takaaki Nakahashi (Peach Boy Riverside).
The technical team is completed with:
- Subcharacter Design: Tomoka Ōtaki, Shūhei Yagisawa
- Costume design: Yui Ushinohama
- Monster Design: Tomohide Kikunaga
- Prop and food design: Kumiko Shishido
- Color design: Maki Saitō
- Art direction: Arisa Taira
- Artistic background: Yukako Ogawa
- Photography direction: Wenxin He
- Edition: Ami Ishii
- Sound direction: Ryō Tanaka
A different noblewoman, a feared duke and an unexpected love
Melphiera Marchalrayd She is a young noblewoman with very particular tastes: she has a deep love for cooking with monster meat. Although this type of ingredients is frowned upon in the kingdom, she dreams of demonstrating that they can be the basis of exquisite dishes. Despite being rejected by high society, her life changes when she meets Aristide Roger de Galbraitha duke feared by all like him “Crazy with Blood”.
This peculiar meeting marks the beginning of a story of romance, action and fantastic gastronomywhere both must face the prejudices and dangers of the world around them.
From webnovel to anime: a story that is gaining ground
The original work, written by Kanata Hoshi and illustrated by Pepperonhas been published in English by Kodansha USA. The franchise began as a light novel and quickly gained popularity thanks to its original approach and charismatic characters.
