The previously announced TV anime adaptation of Heat the Pig Liver (Buta no Liver wa Kanetsushiro) has revealed its first key visual and trailer along with staff information. Studio project No.9 is animating the series with Masayuki Takahashi as director. Deko Akao is writing the scripts, Susumu Watanabe handling character designs and Kenichiro Suehiro and Mayuko are collaborating together in composing the music. Yoshitsugu Matsuoka is voicing the titular character Pig, while Tomori Kusunoki voices the role of Jess. The anime is scheduled to premiere this October.
The Buta no Liver (Heat the Pig Liver: The Story of a Man Turned Into a Pig) story is based on an isekai light novel series written by Takuma Sakai and illustrated by Asagi Tohsaka. The light novel began serialization in ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint in March 2020. A manga adaptation with art by Minami has been serialized in the Seinen manga magazine Dengeki Maoh since August 2020.
The plot follows an unappealing otaku who reincarnates as a pig, after passing out while eating raw pig liver. In the new world, he meets Jess, a girl who can read minds and accepts him for who he is, but she does plan on eating him eventually. However, she is in danger, and Pig is the only one who can save her while using his new skillset which includes a refined sense of smell.
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