The official website for the television
anime
of
Yuumikan
's
Itai no wa Iya nano de B?gyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu.
(
All points are divided to VIT because a painful one isn’t liked.
, literally "I Think I'd Like to Max Out All My Points on VIT Since I Don't Like to be in Pain") light novel series revealed five additional cast members and the January 8 premiere on Friday.
The newly announced cast members are:
Saori Hayami
as Kasumi
Ai Kakuma
as May
Nanaka Suwa
as Yui
Noriaki Sugiyama
as Kuromu
Satomi Satou
as Iz
The anime will premiere on
AT-X
on January 8 at 10:00 p.m., before debuting later that night on
ABC
TV,
Tokyo MX
, and
TV Aichi
. The anime will debut streaming on
d Anime Store
(
Docomo Anime Store
) and
Amazon Prime Video
on the same day. The series will premiere on
BS11
on January 10.
The previously announced cast includes:
Kaede Hondo
as
Maple
Ruriko Noguchi
as
Sally
Satomi Arai
as
Kanade
Shin Oonuma
(
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya
,
WATAMOTE
) and
Mirai Minato
(
Masamune-kun's Revenge
,
Sunohara-S? no Kanrinin-san
) are directing the series at
SILVER LINK
Fumihiko Shimo
(
Anima Yell!
,
New Game!
) is in charge of series composition.
Kazuya Hirata
(
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya
,
Sunohara-S? no Kanrinin-san
) is designing the characters and serving as chief animation director.
The novels' story centers on Kaede Honj?, who is invited by her friend Risa Shiramine to play a virtual reality MMO game with her. While Kaede doesn't dislike games, what she really, truly dislikes is being in pain. She creates a character named Maple, and decides to put all her points in VIT to minimize pain. As a result, she moves slowly, can't use magic, and even a rabbit can get the best of her. But as it turns out, she acquires a skill known as "Absolute Defense" as a result of her pumping points into VIT, as well as a "Counter Skill" that works against special moves. Now, with her ability to nullify all damage, she goes on adventures.
Yuumikan
began
serializing
the story on the Sh?setsuka ni Nar? (Let's Become Novelists) website in 2016, and is still releasing chapters of the story on the site.
Kadokawa
began releasing the story in print novel form with art by
Koin
in September 2017, and the seventh volume shipped on August 9.
Jir? Oimoto
launched
a manga adaptation in
Kadokawa
's
Comp Ace
magazine in May 2018, and
Kadokawa
shipped the manga's second volume on August 26.
The novels are also inspiring a smartphone game titled
Itai no wa Iya nano de B?gyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu.
~Line Wars!~
. The tower defense game for iOS and Android devices will features 16 characters including Maple and Sally. The game will be free to play and include in-app purchases.
Sources:
Itai no wa Iya nano de B?gyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu.
anime's
website
,
Comic Natalie