Production company King Records opened an official website for a television anime adaptation of Daken’s Monster no Niku wo Kutte Itara Oui ni Tsuita Ken (How I Became King by Eating Monsters) light novel on Friday, revealing a teaser visual (pictured). The anime series is being produced by White Fox for a 2027 broadcast.
Daken originally penned the adventure fantasy series on the Shoutsetsuka ni Narou website from January 2022 to January 2023. Micro Magazine began publishing the light novel under its CGN Bunko imprint with illustrations by Shiba in September 2023. The sixth volume went on sale on January 20, with the seventh volume scheduled for an October 20 release.
A manga adaptation by Karin Suzurahi began serializing a manga adaptation in Young Animal Zero in January 2024. Hakusensha published the second volume in November 2025 and plans to release the third volume on October 29.
Cross Infinite World licensed the light novel in English in August 2024 for both physical and digital release. The fifth physical volume shipped on August 19, with the sixth e-book volume released on September 30.
Synopsis
“Eat Or Die!”
The first prince of the kingdom of Farune, Mars, is only twelve years old, yet he lives in fear of assassination. In order to avoid the deadly poison in nearly all of his meals, he slips out of the castle into the nearby monster-infested forest, where, battling monsters and his own hunger, he has to hunt for his meals in order to stave off starvation.
Then, one night, as he’s searching for his next bite of monster meat, a red-haired woman shouldering a greatsword appears before him and says to him, “You have promise. Become my apprentice.” How is he supposed to tell her that this must be some sort of mistake? But there’s a secret that only she knows, and that he’s stumbled upon: eating monsters makes you stronger!
With her training and his newfound power, Mars will finally overcome all those pesky assassination attempts. However, that doesn’t end things; no, it’s only the beginning of a nationwide—even continent-spanning—series of wars and plots with him right in the middle! (Source: Cross Infinite World, edited)
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