Kadokawa has revealed a new promotional video and visual for the Shibou Yuugi de Meshi o Kuu (Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table/ 死亡遊戯で飯を食う。) TV anime, which is set to premiere in January 2026.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qGxpihfOgg]
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 will star Miura Chiyuki as Yuuki.
The anime is based on the Shibou Yuugi de Meshi o Kuu light novel series by Ukai Yuushi and illustrator Nekometal. Kadokawa released the first novel by Ukai and Nekometal in November 2022 and the eighth novel in February 2025.
The novels were also adapted into a manga in April 2023 by manga artist Kotobuki Daienkai Banzai. The manga started serialisation in Kodokawa’s Comic Ace magazine, and Kadokawa published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in December 2023 and the third volume in February 2025. The manga’s fourth volume will be released on September 24th, 2025.
Yen Press publishes the novel series in English under the name Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table, and it will release the fourth novel on August 12th, 2025. Yen Press describes the novel series below:
“Yuki wakes up to find herself in an unfamiliar manor, wearing a maid uniform and lying on a luxurious bed. Soon, she discovers five more girls, all dressed the same as her. This is the Ghost House, and the only way they can survive is to make it through the traps that lie in wait-deadly games full of blowguns, buzz saws, locked rooms, and weapons. It’s a hopeless, terrifying situation for everyone there…well, everyone except Yuki. After all, this is her career at seventeen. Do you think that’s odd? She would agree. But that’s how some people are-they earn their living playing death games.”
