The official Twitter/X and website for the television anime of the Hell Mode TV anime series have revealed three new cast members. The anime is scheduled to begin broadcasting in Japan in January 2026.
The three new cast members joining the series include Tomokazu Sugita as Butler Von Granvelle, Shoya Chiba as Mikhail Granvelle, and Marie Miyake as Thomas Granvelle.
They join a previously announced voice cast that will star:
- • Mutsumi Tamura as Allen
- • Mayu Izuka as Krena
- • Tasuku Hatanaka as Dogora
- • Sayaka Senbongi as Cecil
In addition, HIDIVE also announced that it will exclusively stream the Hell Mode TV anime adaptation as part of its upcoming Winter 2026 seasonal simulcast lineup. The company also lists the anime’s full English title as HELL MODE: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing. It will be available to stream in both the U.S. and Canada, as well as in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
Ahead of its streaming debut, HIDIVE will also present the North American premiere of Hell Mode episode one at Anime Frontier 2025 in Fort Worth, Texas. An official English subtitled trailer for the series has also been released.
Makoto Tamagawa (The Great Cleric) is directing the anime series at Yokohama Animation Lab, with Daishiro Tanimura (Magical Destroyers) as series screenwriter and Kei Tsushima (Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These films) as character designer.
The original isekai light novel series (also known in Japanese as Hell Mode ~Yarikomi Suki no Game wa Masettei no Isekai de Musou suru~) is written by Hamuo and illustrated by Mo. It was first published by Earth Star Entertainment’s Earth Star Novel imprint on July 15, 2020 and has released 11 volumes as of March 2025. J-Novel Club licensed the light novels for release in English digitally, while Yen Press released the series in print.
A manga adaptation from the same publisher, drawn by Enji Tetta, was launched in October 2020 and is also being released digitally in English by J-Novel Club. The series began as a Shosetsuka ni Naro web novel in November 2019.
HIDIVE describes the main synopsis of the Hell Mode TV anime series as:
Thirty-five-year-old Kenichi Yamada has spent his life playing every single MMORPG he can get his hands on. Tired of new games that cater to casual players, he leaps at the chance to try out a never-ending game with an intimidating “Hell Mode” that raises the difficulty (and chances to level up) to impossible heights. But, as soon as he selects the “Summoner,” Kenichi finds himself transported into the world of the game and reborn to a family of serfs as a baby named Allen! With nothing but his memories and wits to guide him, Allen sets off to conquer Hell Mode, unearth the secrets of the Summoner class, and free his newfound family from their fate.
Sources: Hell Mode Official Anime Twitter, Official Anime Website, Anime News Network