Staff for the TV anime Shibou Yuugi de Meshi o Kuu (Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table) confirmed that the show will premiere in January 2026.
It has also been revealed that Ueno Takeshiro is directing the anime at Studio DEEN, Ikeda Rintarou is in charge of the series composition, Osada Eri is in charge of character design, and Konuma Noriyosho is in charge of sound.
The anime is based on the Shibou Yuugi de Meshi o Kuu (Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table) light novel series by Ukai Yuushi and illustrator Nekometal. Kadokawa released the first novel by Ukai and Nekometal in November 2022 and the seventh in September 2024. The eighth novel will be published on February 25th, 2025.
The Shibou Yuugi de Meshi o Kuu novels were also adapted into a manga in April 2023 by manga artist Kotobuki Daienkai Banzai. The manga started serialization in Kodokawa’s Comic Ace magazine, and Kadokawa published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in December 2023 and the second in July 2024. The third manga volume will be released on February 26th, 2025.
Yuuki wakes up to find herself wearing a maid’s uniform in a strange manor house. After wandering into the dining room, she comes across five other girls, each in the exact same outfit. Soon, the girls learn that the manor is brimming with lethal weapons and an array of deadly traps…and that they can only escape by playing the most gruesome of games. As the terrifying truth sets in, each girl’s face goes pale—except Yuuki’s. Why? Because this isn’t her first go-round. That’s right—Yuuki is a professional death game player who lives off the prize money she collects from winning brutal killing competitions, and she’s not about to let this chance pass her by.
