The yuri anime also revealed its opening and ending theme songs.
The upcoming horror yuri anime “This Monster Wants to Eat Me” (Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi) has finally set a premiere date right on time for spooky season: 2 October, 2025!
Alongside this news, the anime also revealed its opening and ending themes, as well as its main trailer. Crunchyroll is set to stream the anime as it airs.
“This Monster Wants to Eat Me” opening and ending themes, cast, staff, and more
The opening theme song for the anime is performed by Yoshino, and is titled “Sacrifice”, while the ending theme song, “LiLy”, is performed by Reina Ueda.
Reina Ueda also voices the protagonist, Hinako Yaotose. The rest of the cast includes:
- Yui Ishikawa as Shiori Oumi
- Fairouz Ai as Miko Yashiro
The anime is produced by Studio Lings with Yusuke Suzuki as director, while the chief director is Naoyuki Kuzuya. Mitsutaka Hirota is handling the series composition. Nozomi Ikuyama serves as the character designer, while Keiji Inai handles the music composition. Other staff members include:
- Taeko Mizuno as Colour Designer
- Yoshitaka Kudo as Art Director
- Kenji Takehara as Director of Cinematography
- Jishiro Shida as 3D Computer Graphics Designer
- Michi Takigawa as Editor
- Ryosuke Naya as Sound Director
- Michiyo Saito Sound Effects Director
- Hidehito Takagi as Animation Producer
The anime is based on the popular yuri manga by Sai Naekawa. It started serialisation in the Dengeki Maoh magazine by ASCII Media Works in 2020. Yen Press has licensed the English version of the manga, and describes the story as:
Hinako, a high school student with a dark past, lives alone in a town by the sea. Haunted by a constant sensation of drowning, she can barely go through the motions of her tedious life…until the day a monster tries to eat her! After passing out in the struggle, she awakens to find she’s been rescued by a beautiful mermaid. However, salvation comes at a cost—the mermaid’s protection will last only until Hinako has matured into the perfect meal! Hinako’s first instinct isn’t to run or scream, though, and an unlikely relationship between monster and prey unfolds… “I’ve come to devour you."
