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I'm a Behemoth Anime's 2nd Video Reveals More Cast, Ending Song, December 28 Net Debut

The official website for the television anime of Nozomi Ginyoku's I'm a Behemoth, an S-Ranked Monster, but Mistaken for a Cat, I Live as an Elf Girl's Pet (S Rank Monster no “Behemoth” dakedo, Neko to Machigawarete Elf Musume no Pet Toshite Kurashitemasu) light novel series unveiled the anime's second full promotional video on Wednesday. The video revealed a new cast member and the anime's December 28 premiere on the ABEMA streaming service in Japan. The video also reveals and previews the ending theme song "Rimi" by Poka Poka Ion, a special music unit of voice actresses Nao Tōyama and Kiyono Yasuno. The video features English subtitles that can be toggled on.

The anime's staff also revealed the key visual:

The newly announced cast is Maaya Uchida as Alicia, also known as the "Sword Saint" because of her ability to freely wield two long swords:

The anime's "regular version" will premiere on the ABEMA streaming service on December 28 at 11:00 p.m. JST, one week ahead of its television premiere on Tokyo MX and Sun TV on January 4 at 10:30 p.m. JST. The anime's "Refreshing Steam" version will premiere on Abema Premium, also on December 28 at 11:00 p.m. JST, then on the AT-X channel on January 7 at 10:30 p.m. JST. It will then stream on other streaming services in Japan starting on January 25.

• Tasuku Hatanaka as Tama
• Riho Sugiyama as Tama in cat form
• Hinaki Yano as Aria
• Tomori Kusunoki as Vulcan
• Hitomi Ueda as Stella
• Nonoka Ōbuchi as Lily
• Yū Wakui as Feri

Tetsuo Hirakawa (Shine on! Bakumatsu Bad Boys, Grimoire of Zero) is directing the anime at Zero-G and Saber Works, Kanichi Katō (The Eminence in Shadow, Those Snow White Notes) is in charge of series scripts, and Tomoyuki Abe (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira, animation director for The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague) is designing the characters. Yūsuke Shirato (In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki) and oni are composing the music, and Flying Dog is in charge of music production. Nonoka Ōbuchi, who voices the character Lily, performs the opening theme song "Saijōkyū no Kokoro" (Supreme Heart).

Yen Press is releasing both the light novel series and the manga adaptation in English, and it describes the story:

After dying in a fight against the forces of evil, a knight found himself reincarnated as one of the most powerful monsters in the world: a behemoth! Problem is, he has to grow up before he can really strut his stuff, and a baby behemoth looks an awful lot like…a housecat?! And when an elf adventurer decides to take him in, she may need his help as much as he needs hers!

Ginyoku launched the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō (Let's Become Novelists) website in August 2017, and the story ended its fifth part in August 2021. Micro Magazine published two compiled volumes in print in 2018. Yen Press published the two volumes in English.

Tarō Shinonome launched the manga in March 2018 with Yanomitsuki credited alongside Shinonome as the original character designer. The manga moved from Young Animal Arashi to Young Animal when Young Animal Arashi ended publication in 2018. Hakusensha will publish the manga's 12th volume on December 26. Yen Press will publish the 11th volume in English on February 18.

Sources: I'm a Behemoth anime's website, Comic Natalie