2nd season’s cast, staff return for upcoming season
The staff for the
anime
of
Hirukuma
‘s
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon
(
Jidōhanbaiki ni Umarekawatta Ore wa Meikyū ni Samayō
) light novel series revealed on Wednesday the third season’s teaser visual, returning cast and staff, and April premiere on
Tokyo MX
, BS
NTV
, and other channels. The announcement teases that the story will enter its final arc in this upcoming season.
Image via
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon anime’s X/Twitter account
© 昼熊・KADOKAWA/「自動販売機に生まれ変わった俺は迷宮を彷徨う３」製作委員会
Takashi Yamamoto
from the second season is again directing at
Studio Gokumi
and
AXsiZ
.
Tatsuya Takahashi
also returns to oversee the series scripts,
Yūki Hagure
‘s original designs are being adapted again for animation, with character designs by
Naoki Yamauchi
and
Takahiro Sakai
.
Other returning staff members include:
Monster Design:
Ryō Akizuki
Chief Animation Director::
Naoki Yamauchi
,
Masaru Koseki
,
Mi Jung Hwang
,
Hyun Ju Song
Main Action Animator:
Wen Shan Zhong
Deformed Character Design:
Yukiko Ibe
Main Prop Design:
Shigeyuki Koresawa
(
Digital Noise
), Tom (
Digital Noise
)
Vending Machine Design:
Michiru Odaka
(
Digital Noise
),
Monta Tokita
(
Digital Noise
)
Color Key Artist:
Yoko Suzuki
Art Setting:
Katsuhisa Takiguchi
(
Studio Tulip
),
Michiru Odaka
(
Digital Noise
)
Art Director:
Ken Naitō
(
Studio Tulip
)
Compositing Director of Photography:
Hisashi Matsumuko
(
STAR Laboratories
)
Editing:
Mutsumi Takemiya
Sound Director:
Noriyoshi Konuma
Music:
Keita Takahashi
,
Yūta Uraki
Animation producer:
Tetsuya Tomioka
Jun Fukuyama
and
Kaede Hondo
returns as Hakkon (Boxxo) and Lammis, respectively.
Satomi Akesaka
is also in the new season’s cast as Pitii.
Additional returning cast members are:
Kotomi Aihara
as Hyūrumi
Miyu Tomita
as Shui
Kazuya Nakai
as Kerioiru
Ai Kayano
as Firumina
Atsushi Miyauchi
as Director Bear
Daiki Yamashita
as Aka
Junya Enoki
as Shiro
Takuya Eguchi
as Michelle
Rena Maeda
as Mikene
Shiori Izawa
as Suko
Yū Serizawa
as Pel
Sora Tokui
as Short
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
as Hebui
Rie Takahashi
as Kikoyu
Ryōko Shiraishi
as Sullimu
Mao Yabuki
as Black Yata
Image via
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon anime’s X/Twitter account
©昼熊・KADOKAWA/「自動販売機に生まれ変わった俺は迷宮を彷徨う２」製作委員会
The second season of the anime
premiered
in July 2025.
Crunchyroll
streamed
the series as it aired, and is also
streaming
an English
dub
.
The anime’s first season premiered in July 2023.
Crunchyroll
streamed
the series as it aired in Japan, and is also
streaming
an English
dub
.
Yen Press
published
all three volumes of the light novels in English, and it describes the story:
A middle-aged man with only one passion in his life meets a fitting end in a traffic accident. That’s where most stories would end, but instead, this is when his story begins when he’s reborn as what he admired the most in life–a vending machine! But his new lease on life(?) happens in the worst place possible–what can a vending machine do in a monster-infested dungeon when he can’t speak or even move on his own?
Hirukuma
began
serializing
the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in March 2016, and ended it in December of that year, with epilogue stories serialized in January to February 2017.
Kadokawa
‘s Sneaker Bunko began publishing the novels in print editions with illustrations by
Itsuwa Katō
, beginning with the first volume in July 2016. The third and final volume shipped in February 2017.
Kunieda
launched
an ongoing manga adaptation of the novels in
Kadokawa
‘s
Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh
magazine in August 2021.
Yen Press
is
releasing
the manga digitally at the same time as chapters debut in Japan.
Sources:
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon
anime’s X/
Twitter
account
,
Comic Natalie
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