A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life
A 38-year-old office worker plays a VRMMORPG as an underpowered character.
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A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life is a Japanese light novel series by Shiina Howahowa with illustrations by Yamaada. It began online serialization in January 2013 on Shōsetsuka ni Narō before moving to the AlphaPolis website in August 2016. The series was later acquired by AlphaPolis, which has published 33 volumes since February 2014, and it received an anime television adaptation in 2023.
Quick Facts
- Author
- Shiina Howahowa
- Illustrator
- Yamaada
- Original serialization start
- January 2013
- Publisher
- AlphaPolis
- Volumes published
- 33
- Anime studio
- Maho Film
- Anime air dates
- October 3 to December 19, 2023
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Media
An anime television series adaptation was announced on February 10, 2023. Produced by Maho Film and directed by Yuichi Nakazawa, the series features series composition by Touko Machida, character designs by Yūko Watabe and Yūko Oba, and music by Technoboys Pulcraft Green-Fund.
It premiered at the filmstudio in Babelsberg, Germany, with the first two episodes shown, and aired from October 3 to December 19, 2023 on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song "Magic Writer" was performed by Saji, and the ending theme song "Kibō no Recipe" by Miho Okasaki. Muse Communication licensed the series in Southeast Asia, and Crunchyroll streamed it outside of Asia.
Did You Know?
- The manga adaptation illustrated by Shūya Rikudō began serialization online via AlphaPolis' manga website in June 2014 and has been collected in fourteen volumes.
- The manga is published digitally in English through Alpha Manga.
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