The live stream for Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, the television anime of Shisui Meikyou and tef’s Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon: My Trusted Companions Tried to Kill Me, But Thanks to the Gift of an Unlimited Gacha I Got LVL 9999 Friends and Am Out For Revenge on My Former Party Members (Shinjiteita Nakama-tachi ni Dungeon Okuchi de Korosarekaketa ga Gift “Mugen Gacha” de Level 9999 no Nakama-tachi o Te ni Irete Moto Party Member to Sekai ni Fukushuu & “Zamaa!” Shimasu!) light novel series, announced more cast members for the anime on Monday. The cast members all play the Concord of the Tribes party members who backstabbed the protagonist Light, and on whom he seeks revenge.
Image via Isekai Channel livestream
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The newly announced cast members are:
(Top row, left to right in image above)
(Bottom row, left to right in image above)
Image courtesy of Bandai Namco Filmworks
©明鏡シスイ・ホビージャパン/無限ガチャ製作委員会
The anime will premiere on October 3 on the Tokyo MX, MBS, and BS11 channels. The anime will stream on d Anime Store, U-NEXT, and Anime Hōdai on October 3 at 12:00 a.m. JST (effectively, October 4). HIDIVE will stream the anime as it airs.
The anime stars:
Katsushi Sakurabi (Flying Witch, The Betrayal Knows My Name) is directing the anime at J.C.STAFF, Hiroshi Ohnogi (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Kekkaishi) is in charge of series scripts, and Yukie Suzuki (Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-) is designing the characters. Yoshikazu Iwanami (Ajin, Fate/Zero, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) is the sound director, and Ryō Takahashi (High Card, Wind Breaker) is composing the music.
Additional staff members include:
Tei performs the opening theme song “Sen Yori Kaminari Ya, Sarariya Takaki,” and Nowlu performs the ending theme song “Shirogarasu.”
J-Novel Club licensed the novels, and it describes the story:
When Light is kicked out of the Concord of the Tribes, his former comrades instantly turn on him. Light escapes this diabolical act of betrayal by the skin of his teeth…only to find himself in the deepest part of the Abyss, the most dangerous dungeon in the realm! To avoid being eaten by carnivorous monsters, he uses the Unlimited Gacha, his sole magical skill. But where it previously only produced junk items, this time Mei—a gorgeous Level 9999 fighter in a maid outfit—springs forth!
Fast forward three years and Light has carved out his own kingdom in this backwater dungeon, summoning morebeautiful Level 9999 warriors who swear absolute fealty to him. Now a powerful Level 9999 Overlord himself, Light plans to ascend to the surface and take revenge on his betrayers one by one!
Shisui began serializing the story on Shōsetsuka ni Narō in April 2020. Hobby Japan published the first print volume with illustrations by tef in May 2021, and the 12th volume shipped on April 18.
Takashi Ohmae launched a manga adaptation in Kodansha‘s Magazine Pocket website in May 2021. Kodansha published the manga’s 17th compiled book volume on August 7. Seven Seas licensed the manga.
Source: Isekai Channel YouTube channel via Ota-Suke
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