The official website for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Kanata Hoshi’s light novel series, Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! (Akujiki Reijō to Kyōketsu Kōshaku: Sono Mamono, Watashi ga Oishiku Itadakimasu!), unveiled a teaser video on Friday, revealing the full production staff and the artist for the ending theme song. The series is now slated for an October 2025 debut after an earlier delay.
Key Production Team Unveiled
Mutsumi Takeda is directing Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! at Asahi Production. The series composition is being handled by Keiichiro Ochi, known for his work on Once Upon a Witch’s Death. Character designs are attributed to Masato Kato, and the music for the series is composed by Takaaki Nakahashi.
Additional Staff Members
The newly revealed staff also includes Tomoka Otaki and Shuhei Yagisawa as sub-character designers. Yui Ushinohama is credited as the costume designer, while Tomohide Kikunaga is responsible for monster designs.
Cast and Theme Songs
Kanna Nakamura stars as Melphiera Marchalrayd, the noble lady with a unique palate for monster-based cuisine. Taito Ban joins the cast as Aristide Roger de Galbraith, the “Blood-Mad Duke.”
The ending theme song for the anime will be “Kibo Kodo” performed by Shunichi Toki. Previously, it was announced that the idol group AVAM would perform the opening theme song, titled “Shugary Story.”
Anime’s Delayed Premiere and Original Works
Initially slated for an April 2025 release, the Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! anime was delayed due to “various circumstances” and is now scheduled to premiere in October 2025 on TBS and BS11.
The anime is based on the light novel series Akujiki Reijō to Kyōketsu Kōshaku: Sono Mamono, Watashi ga Oishiku Itadakimasu! written by Kanata Hoshi and illustrated by Peperon. The series began serialization online in November 2019 on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website before being acquired by Kodansha, who began publishing it as light novels in April 2021. There is also a manga adaptation by Chika Mizube, which started in March 2021 and is published in English by Kodansha USA. The story follows Melphiera, an earl’s daughter shunned for her love of eating monsters, who finds an unexpected connection with the feared “Blood-Mad Duke” of Galbraith.
