On Tuesday, Crunchyroll announced that starting on Wednesday, it will start broadcasting the English version of the anime adaptation of the light novel series Jidhanbaiki ni Umarekawatta Ore wa Meiky ni Samay by Hirukuma, titled Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon.
Cast members of the English dub are:
- Garret Storms as Boxxo
- Emily Neves as Lammis
- Marisa Duran as Munami
- Macy Anne Johnson as Suori
- Jarrod Greene as Karios
- Bryan Massey as Gorth
- Monica Rial as Missus
The English dub is under Cris George’s direction. The producer is Zach Bolton. The adaptation is under Chris Patton’s control. The mixer is Andrew Tipps, while the engineer is Jose Sandoval.
The anime first aired on the TOKYO MX and AT-X channels on July 5. It is currently airing on BS NTV as well.
As the show airs, Crunchyroll is streaming it.
The anime is being directed by Noriaki Akitaya at Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ (Bakuman, all three seasons, ORESUKI: Are you the only one who loves me?). The scripts for the series are being overseen by Tatsuya Takahashi (The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls both seasons, Domestic Girlfriend), while Takahiro Sakai (Yuki Yuna Is a Hero, Ms. vampire who lives in my neighborhood) is translating Yki Hagure’s original drawings for animation. The soundtrack is being composed by Yta Uraki and Keita Takahashi. The anime’s production company is Slowcurve Co., Ltd. The opening theme tune, “Fanfare,” is being performed by BRADIO. The closing theme tune “Itsumo no Soup” is being performed by Peel the Apple (The Usual Soup).
The three English-language volumes of the light novels were released by Yen Press, and it gives the plot as follows:
A car accident provides the right ending for a middle-aged guy with only one interest in life. Most stories would finish there, but in this case, it’s the beginning of his tale since he’s been resurrected as the thing he most liked in the world: a vending machine! What can a vending machine in a dungeon overrun with monsters do for a man who can’t talk or even move on his own? But his new lease on life (?) occurs in the worst location conceivable.
In March 2016, Hirukuma started serializing the narrative on the Shsetsuka ni Nar website. The story was completed in December of that same year, and epilogue stories were published in January and February of 2017. With the release of the first book in July 2016, Kadokawa’s Sneaker Bunko started releasing the novels in print versions with illustrations by Itsuwa Kat. In February 2017, delivery of the third and final volume began.
In August 2021, Kunieda published a manga version of the novels in Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh, published by Kadokawa.
Chapters of the manga are being released digitally by Yen Press concurrently with their release in Japan.