HIDIVE has announced that it will exclusively stream the upcoming fifth season of Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? as part of its Fall 2024 simulcast season. The anime will premiere in Japan to commemorate the upcoming 10th anniversary of the original light novel series.
The anime will be available to stream on HIDIVE in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. The company also released the first English subbed teaser trailer for the fifth season.
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (known by its short name Danmachi) anime adaptation began airing in 2015 and broadcasted its fourth season from late 2022 to early 2023
Since the second season, the anime series has been directed by Hideki Tachibana (H2O ～Footprints in the Sand～), with Shigeki Kimoto as character designer. Tachibana and original series author Fujino Omori are co-writing the screenplay, while J.C.STAFF remains the animation production company.
Some of the notable voice cast members for the anime series include:
- • Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Bell Cranel
- • Inori Minase as Hestia
- • Saori Oonishi as Ais Wallenstein
- • Saori Hayami as Ryu Lion
The original light novel series is written by Omori and illustrated by Suzuhito Yamada. It was first published by SB Creative’s GA Bunko label on January 15, 2013, with 19 volumes released as of September 2023.
In addition to an anime, the series has also inspired numerous light novel spin-offs, manga adaptations, and an anime film. One of the spin-offs, Sword Oratoria, received its own anime TV series in 2017.
HIDIVE describes the synopsis of the fifth season as:
Goddess Festival — A fruit festival that brings the labyrinth city of Orario to life. Goddesses symbolizing fertility are enshrined on the altar, and among them is the Goddess of Beauty. Bell Cranel, who has survived and returned to his daily life from the dead depths of the dungeon, is here and ready to enjoy the bustle of the Goddess Festival until he receives a letter from a girl at a small bar in a corner of Orario — “To Mr. Bell, please go on a date with just the two of us at the upcoming Goddess Festival. From Syr.” Syr’s single-minded determination will drive both Bell and the labyrinth city crazy. Meanwhile, the Einherjar, the warriors who claim to be the “strongest,” are now suddenly on the move…
Source: press release