Irisu's novel ``Magical★Explorer: I was reincarnated as an eroge friend character, but I live freely using my knowledge of games'' has been made into a TV anime. It will be broadcast in the fall of 2026 under the title "Magical★Explorer". The teaser PV and teaser visual for the same work have also been released.
"Magical★Explorer" is a "reincarnation magic school story" in which the main character, who appears in a bishoujo game, is reincarnated as the unfortunate character Kosuke Takioto, a friend of the main character, and struggles to lead the heroines to a happy ending. A work by the novel submission site Become a Novelist, the series has sold over 950,000 copies in total, and has also been adapted into a comic by Yukari Higa. The PV includes an anime video that will be shown for the first time. The teaser visual also depicts a smiling Kosuke.
TV anime “Magical★Explorer” teaser PV
Although he is a supporting role in the game, the role of Takine, who has the hidden secret of having "the highest amount of magical power in the world," will continue to be played by Nobunaga Shimazaki from the voice comic. Staff information was also released. The director is Kazuki Ohashi of ``Shadow House,'' and the character designs are Ryosuke Kimiya of ``Zero -Starting Magic Book.'' The animation production has been decided to be by WHITE FOX, who also worked on ``STEINS;GATE'' and ``Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World''.
Shimazaki promoted the work by saying, ``It's a work that you can enjoy with peace of mind, with a mix of nostalgic parts and new parts, so I'd like many people to see it.'' Director Ohashi expressed his enthusiasm, saying, ``With the cooperation of Irisu-sensei and Kanazuki-sensei, I will work with WHITE FOX to challenge various expressions and do my best.'' New information about this work will be delivered on the last Friday of the month.
