An anime adaptation of Moto Shigemura‘s Beast Tamer (Yuusha Party o Tsuihousareta Beast Tamer, Saikyo Shuzoku Nekomimi Shoujo to Deau) manga series will begin airing in Japan in October this year. A trailer and key visual have been released.

Crunchyroll has announced that it will stream the show.

The anime is directed by Atsushi Nigorikawa (A Destructive God Sits Next to Me) with Takashi Aoshima (Kaginado) as series composer and Shuuhei Yamamoto (Kakushigoto) as character designer. Yuuki Hayashi (Backflip!!), Alisa Okehazama (Jujutsu Kaisen co-composer), and Naoyuki Chikatani are composing the music. EMT Squared is the animation production company.

Meanwhile, the main cast includes Shouya Chiba as Rain, Azumi Waki as Kanade, and Rumi Ookubo as Tanya.

The Square Enix-published Beast Tamer manga began in 2019 and will release its seventh tankoubon volume on September 7, 2022. It is serialized on Manga Up! and published under the Gangan Comics Up! label.

The manga itself is based on the Kodansha-published light novel series written by Suzu Miyama with illustrations from Hotosoka that also began in 2019. The light novel series will release its ninth volume on July 1, 2022. The story began as a web novel on Shousetsuka ni Narou in 2018.

Source: Yuusha Party o Tsuihousareta Beast Tamer, Saikyoushu no Nekomimi Shoujo to Deai website