Uglymug, Epicfighter Gets Anime Adaptation
The Uglymug, Epicfighter novel by Ryo Hiromatsu is getting an anime adaptation, as announced yesterday. Junichi Suwabe (Official Music Video) Black CloverSukuna in JUJUTSU KAISEN) will voice the protagonist Shigeru Yoshioka, with a teaser visual also revealed.
EGG FIRM is producing the anime, while White Fox is in charge of animation production. It was also announced that a sequel of the novel’s manga adaptation will launch in the first 2025 issue of Square Enix’s Monthly Big Gangan magazine on December 25. The sequel will be titled Busa-men Gachi-Fighter SSS (with SSS standing for Sugoi Side Story).
The Uglymug, Epicfighter (Busamen Gachi Fighter) novel was first published on the Shosetsuka ni Naro website from 2015 to 2022. A volume of it was published by Kobunsha in 2018. This was then followed with a manga adaptation being serialized at the Monthly Big Gangan from 2017 to 2020.
Manga UP! has serialized the series’ manga adaptation, with the plot described as:
His looks are -255, touching girls causes him pain, and sexual acts will literally tear him apart. Just what can our ex-salesman Shigeru get in the other world in exchange for such inconveniences…? This is an epic tale of one very ugly, but ridiculously strong man!
Source: Official Website
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