Light Novel ‘Yasei no Last Boss ga Arawareta!’ Gets TV Anime

The NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan Anime Industry Panel at AnimeNYC announced a television anime adaptation of Firehead’s Yasei no Last Boss ga Arawareta! (A Wild Last Boss Appeared!) light novel on Friday and revealed its first key visual (pictured).

Firehead began writing the adventure fantasy story in the Shousetsuka ni Narou website in October 2015 and then began publishing the light novel in February 2016 under the Earth Star Novel imprint, with illustrations by YaHako. The ninth and final volume was released in April 2019.

A manga adaptation by Tsubasa Hazuki began serializing on the Comic Earth☆Star website in January 2017. The ninth volume shipped on March 13.

J-Novel Club licensed the light novel and manga in English. The light novel’s ninth and final volume was released in July 2022 and the manga’s first volume went on sale on March 27.

Synopsis

The year is 2800 and Lufas Maphaahl—The Black-Winged Tyrant, Great Conqueror, and leader of the Twelve Heavenly Stars—has returned. A man wakes up in the body of his MMO character 200 years after her defeat during an player-made event in the game, Exgate Online. Now, he’s stuck in her body. But this isn’t a game, it’s real. With her reign long over, and her legacy one of fear, Lufas must journey through the world of Exgate, looking for answers, possible comrades, and all the monsters her “death” unleashed upon the world… (Source: J-Novel Club)

Official light novel site: https://www.es-novel.jp/bookdetail/18yaseilastboss.php

Official manga site: https://comic-earthstar.com/episode/14079602755509015214

Source: Press Release

Yasei no Last Boss ga Arawareta! on MAL