The official website for the Hell Mode – Yarikomi Suki no Gamer wa Hai Settei no Isekai de Musou Suru (Hell Mode – The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing/ ヘｌモール～A Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing～) TV anime has revealed that the anime will have its streaming debut on January 9th, 2026, on the ABEMA and d Anime Store platforms. Then, on January 12th, 2026, the anime will be available to stream on the U-NEXT and Anime Hodai platforms.
It’s been confirmed that the anime will be broadcast on the Tokyo MX, MBS and BS NTV channels in January 2026, although the exact date will be revealed by staff at a later date.
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Tomagawa Masato is directing the anime at Yokohama Animation Lab, and the anime will star:
- Tamura Mutsumi as Allen
- Izuka Mayu as Krena
- Senbongi Sayaka as Cecil
- Hatanaka Tasuku as Dogora
- Ishikawa Hideo as Rodan
- Koichi Makoto as Matthew
- Miyake Marie as Thomas Granvelle
- Ouhara Sayaka as Theresia
- Chiba Shouya as Mikhail Granvelle
- Sugita Tomokazu as Butle Von Granvelle
J-Novel Club releases both the novel series and the manga adaptation in English under the name Hell Mode. J-Novel Club will release the 11th novel digitally on December 26th, 2025, and the manga’s ninth volume digitally on December 24th, 2025. J-Novel Club describes the novel story below:
“‘Level up even while offline’?! That’s not a game on ‘easy mode’—that’s just an AFK game!” The online game Kenichi Yamada had been playing religiously is shutting down its servers, leaving him with a void in his heart. He looks for a new game to fill it, but everything he finds is way too easy. The kind of game he likes—the kind punishing enough to make players want to spend thousands of hours on it—just isn’t around anymore. “What’s this? ‘You are invited to a game that will never end.’” Kenichi stumbles upon an untitled game, one promising incomparable challenge with unprecedented potential. Without hesitation, he selects the “Hell Mode” difficulty. Lo and behold, he finds himself reincarnated in another world as a serf! Now called Allen, he sets out to unlock the secrets of his mystery-laden Summoner class; without the convenience of walkthroughs, game guides, or online forums, he must grope his way to the top of his new world!
