A new key visual and main theme songs have been unveiled for the upcoming Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling TV anime series. The anime will premiere in Japan in January 2026.
The opening theme song for the anime series is “Gliding Claw” by Sizuk, while the ending theme is “Sky Clipper” by TAO and SAK,
Yuta Takamura (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable chief director) is directing the anime series, with Nobuyoshi Arai as assistant director, Tatsuhiko Urahata (Hi Score Girl Seasons 1-2, GATE) as series composer, Hiroyasu Oda (I Parry Everything monster design) as monster designer, Masahito Onoda (Student Council’s Discretion Lv. 2 character design and chief animation direction) as character designer, and Ko Otani (Shakugan no Shana) as music composer. GA-CREW and Felix Film are handling the animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast stars Shunichi Toki as Illusia, Ami Koshimizu as the voice of God, and Miku Ito as Myria.
The isekai fantasy light novel series is written by Necoco AKA Nekoko and illustrated by NAJI Yanagida. The series began as a web novel on Shosetsuka ni Naro on August 20, 2015. It was published under Earth Star Entertainment’s Earth Star Novel imprint on December 15, 2015, with 12 volumes being published until May 15, 2020. Square Enix would later acquire the light novel series under its SQUEX Novel imprint, and would later publish the 13th volume on January 7, 2021. Sixteen volumes have been released in Japan as of June 2022.
The light novels also inspired a manga adaptation by Rio in September 2017. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed both the light novels and manga adaptation or English release.
HIDIVE will exclusively stream the Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling anime series in the U.S. and Canada, as well as in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. It describes the main synopsis as:
Our hero needs to come out of his shell… literally! Reborn in another world inside a dragon egg, he doesn’t have the amazing magic or mighty physical strength of your typical isekai’d adventurer just yet. He’ll need to break free and grow from a weak hatchling and into a fearsome beast if he wants to escape the deep, dark forest unscathed. What battles and adventures await him in this unique take on the isekai phenomenon?
Sources: Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling Official Twitter, Anime News Network