Kumo desu ga, Nani ka? (2021) — Story, Release Date, Rating

Synopsis:

A sudden, devastating event wipes out an entire high school, leaving only a select few students to be reborn in a fantastical realm. Transported into positions of power and privilege, they find themselves thrust into a world governed by unfamiliar rules. However, for one student, the transition is far from advantageous; she awakens as a lowly spider, struggling against overwhelming odds.

This anime chronicles her arduous journey for survival, navigating a landscape where strength dictates fate. Utilizing an RPG-like system to level up and evolve, she must hunt monsters and overcome challenges to improve her circumstances. The narrative explores themes of resilience, adaptation, and the pursuit of a better existence in the face of profound adversity. It offers a character-driven experience focused on personal growth within a richly detailed fantasy setting.

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Episodes:

Episode 1: Reincarnation, in Another World? (Aired: 01/08/2021)
Episode 2: My House, On Fire? (Aired: 01/15/2021)
Episode 3: Earth Wyrm (Dragon), Bad News? (Aired: 01/22/2021)
Episode 4: Monkey, Wha—? (Aired: 01/29/2021)
Episode 5: Does Catfish, Taste Good? (Aired: 02/05/2021)
... and 19 more episodes

Characters:

Kumoko (Main) - Voice Actors: Yuuki, Aoi, Knickerbocker, Brianna, Marroquín Payró, Romina, Rodrigues, Pamella, Hervieux, Charlotte, Bäcker, Manuela
Aikawa, Ren (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishige, Shouya, Mejía, Pablo, Tupper, Yuri
Anabald, Karnatia Seri (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Touyama, Nao, Buckland, Kira, Schachter, Louise, Ugalde, Erika, Satou, Gen, Maffren, Ludivine, Witt, Nina, Sommer, Brian, Piedra, José Luis, Portugais, Julien, Barros, Vinícius
Analeit, Meiges Derra (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yanaka, Hiroshi, Mauri, Paco, Vasconcellos, Jorge, Allemane, Benoît, Stephan, Bernd
Analeit, Leston (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Toki, Shunichi, Machado, Yago, Tindle, Austin, Stamme, Patrick Adrian, Orozco, Alejandro, Duquenoy, Nicolas
Anna (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takeda, Larissa Tago, Guerrero, María José, Beatriz, Celina, Fölster, Julia
Ariel (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Uesaka, Sumire, Darazi, Estelle, Saddy, Flávia, Malvárez, Wendy, Taylor, Veronica, Damare, Stephanie
Basgath (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Souterelle, Frédéric, Ono, Atsushi, Fonseca, Eduardo, Fernandes, Élcio Romar
Buirimus (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Azevedo, Pedro, Hirakawa, Daisuke, Minthe, Jonas, Olguín, Javier, Levy, Yohan
Cylis (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kondo, Takashi, Bougleux, Erick, Velázquez, Alan Fernando, Baulain, Sébastien, Grimm, Jesse
D (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hayami, Saori, Medeiros, Gabriela, Mendoza, Monserrat, Kartner, Virginie, Draeger, Kerstin, Sands, Tara
Darad (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tachibana, Tatsumaru, de León, Miguel, Mendonça, Fernando, Hanse, Markus
Feirune (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kitamura, Eri, Southerland, Stephanie, Eikermann, Elise, Bescht, Valérie, Carvalho, Thati, González, Desireé
Goyef (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kondou, Hironori, Ornelas, Jorge, Godin, Stefan, May, Martin
Harrifenas, Filimøs (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Okuno, Kaya, Leigh, Cherami, Papineschi, Alexia, Moreno, Susana, Palomanes, Helena, Stanschus, Arlette
Harrifenas, Potimas (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Grinnan, Felipe, Mendiant, Charles, Morikawa, Toshiyuki, Schülert, Marc, Vilchis, José Gilberto
Hawkin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishii, Takayuki, Estrada, Héctor, Strüven, Felix
Jeskan (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Okino, Kouji, Cuevas, Roberto, Júnior, Malta, Roullier, Philippe, Warsitz, Oliver
Keren, Sophia (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Taketatsu, Ayana, Mendes, Lina, Volpé, Isabelle, Acevedo, Casandra, Bartley, Ryan, Fölster, Linda
Kogou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: McDonald, Landon, Fujii, Hayato, Feier Motta, Luiz, Trejo Rodríguez, Osvaldo, Welbat, Daniel
Kuro (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Namikawa, Daisuke, Chiesse, Nestor, Nadler, Bertrand, Wendland, Jens, Cataño, Arturo
Kushitani, Asaka (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Bienaimé, Nathalie, Olcort, Yetzary, Sakura, Ayane
Merazophis (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Maguolo, Alexandre, Pichon, Yann, Tsuda, Kenjirou, Hernández, Carlos, Hebert, Kyle, Rieke, Nils
Orozoi, Ronandt (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Simões, Márcio, Tobita, Nobuo, Guillard, Jean-Bernard, Conde, Jesse, Buch, Achim
Parton (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kobayashi, Naoto, Chiplock, Sean, de León, Miguel, Peroni, Bruno, Schächter, Janek, Bertin-Hugault, Paul
Phthalo, Balto (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Umehara, Yuuichirou, Müller, Daniel, Sao, Laurent, Stein, Flemming, Ruiz, Víctor
Phthalo, Blow (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Saez, Marc, Kimura, Subaru, Maia, Philippe, Gamboa, Óscar, Semm, Johannes
Pilevy, Sanatoria (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Murucci, Andrea, Ohara, Sayaka, Böttcher, Jennifer, Hernández, Cristina
Quarto, Hyrince (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Okitsu, Kazuyuki, Bourlé, Bastien, López, Óscar, Puatu, Griffin, Lassah, Eduardo, Sattler, Toni Michael
Renxandt, Hugo Baint (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishikawa, Kaito, Mobus, Xander, Altché, Romain, Antas, Rodrigo, Bernal, Alberto, Möller, Ivo
Ricep, Agner (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Demarsan, Swan, Kirimoto, Takuya, de Castro, Dário, Garcia, Andrés
Segawa, Touko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hasegawa, Ikumi, Guerrero, Cecilia
Shiraori (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yuuki, Aoi
Tagawa, Kunihiko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Bollen, Benjamin, Saitou, Souma, Vázquez, Carlo, Kreuer, Tim
Temarikawa, Saki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ornelas, Fernanda, Takeda, Larissa Tago
Tonooka, Kumiko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hasegawa, Ikumi, Wardzinska, Maria
Ugio (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakata, Shougo, Chako, Florent, Rodríguez Ramírez, Ángel Iván
Ullen, Yurin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Aimi, Homs, Emmylou, Post, Laura, González, Nycolle, Oeffinger, Leoni, Belle, Naiaama
Wrath (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Oosaka, Ryouta, Mongillo, Casey, Lemaire, Cédric, Treviño, Emilio, Argôllo, Pablo, Knorr, Robert
Yaana (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kozakai, Yurie, Aguilar, Montserrat, Brow, Vic, Caruso, Lisa, Steffen, Malin
Zagan Analeit, Schlain (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horie, Shun, Saab, Alejandro, Becerril, Diego, Le Martelot, Garlan, Takenouchi, Renan, Stolz, Benjamin
Zagan Analeit, Suelecia (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ogura, Yui, Buckland, Kira, Santoro, Raphaela, Langarica, Erika, Verry, Clotilde, Weckler, Saskia
Zagan Analeit, Julius (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Enoki, Junya, McDonald, Landon, Quintiliano, Francisco, Maunier, Jean-Baptiste, Hernández González, Sammir, Juárez, Alan

Staff:

Hasegawa, Yoshinori (Producer)
Isogai, Noritomo (Producer)
Kurakane, Chiaki (Producer)
Kurosu, Nobuhiko (Producer)
Nakahigashi, Toyokazu (Producer)
Ogata, Mitsuhiro (Producer)
Sakurai, Takashi (Producer, Editing)
Shiraishi, Naoko (Producer)
Tokumura, Kenichi (Producer)
Yoshioka, Takuya (Producer)
Kuwayama, Yukari (Assistant Producer)
Itagaki, Shin (Director, Sound Director)
Imaizumi, Yuuichi (Sound Director)
Shiraishi, Michita (Episode Director)
Tanabe, Shingo (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Ueda, Shinichirou (Episode Director, Storyboard, Assistant Director)
Nakanishi, Yasuhiro (Script)
Nascimento, Paloma (Script)
Azuna, Riko (Theme Song Performance)
Kanda, John (Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition)
Karasuyasabou (Theme Song Lyrics)
Kishida (Theme Song Arrangement)
Kusano, Kayoko (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Lyrics)
Shinozaki, Ayato (Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition)
Suzuki, Konomi (Theme Song Performance)
Tachibana, Ryousuke (Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition)
Tanaka, Rei (Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Arrangement)
Yamazaki, Shingo (Theme Song Composition)
Yuuki, Aoi (Theme Song Performance)
hotaru (Theme Song Lyrics)
Aoyagi, Masayuki (Planning)
Aubert-Carlin, Alan (ADR Director)
Baba, Okina (Series Composition, Original Creator)
Bougleux, Erick (ADR Director)
De Bortoli, Julien (Recording Engineer)
Hatta, Noriko (In-Between Animation, Assistant Animation Director, 2nd Key Animation, Animation Director, Key Animation)
Hibi, Chieko (Color Design)
Hwang, Mi-jung (Animation Director)
Imaizumi, Hideki (Director of Photography)
Jun, Jong-min (Animation Director)
Katayama, Shuuji (Music)
Kikuchi, Takeshi (Planning)
Kim, Young Duk (Key Animation)
Kim, Won-hoe (Animation Director)
Kimura, Hiromi (Animation Director, Chief Animation Director)
Kiryuu, Tsukasa (Original Character Design)
Kobayashi, Satoshi (Executive Producer)
Kudou, Daijou (Planning)
Kunieda, Shingo (Executive Producer)
Lee, Sang-jin (Animation Director)
... and 12 more staff

News:

'Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?' Announces Additional Cast (03/05/2021)
Winter 2021 Simulcast List [Update 2/25] (12/30/2020)
Q1 2021 Anime & Manga Licenses [Update 3/24] (12/30/2020)
Winter 2021 Preview (12/16/2020)
'Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?' Unveils Cast, Staff, First Promo (11/19/2020)
'Kumo desu ga, Nani ka?' Reveals January 2021 Premiere, 2 Consecutive Cours (06/25/2020)
PV Collection for Aug 6 - 12 (08/12/2018)
'Kumo desu ga, Nani ka?' Light Novel Gets TV Anime Adaptation (07/06/2018)

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Kumo desu ga, Nani ka? (manga - Adaptation)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Isekai, Reincarnation
Themes: Isekai, Reincarnation
Studios: Millepensee
Producers: AT-X, Crunchyroll, Kadokawa, Kadokawa Media House, Movic, NTT Plala, Sammy
Rating: 7.45 / 10
Rank: #2197
Popularity: #506
Users Listed: 487,667
Users Scored: 258,198
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 01/27/2025
Aired: January 8, 2021 – July 3, 2021 (Winter)
Type: tv
Source: Light Novel
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 24
Broadcast: Friday at 21:30 (JST)

Kumo desu ga, Nani ka?