So What's Wrong with Getting Reborn as a Goblin?: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Office worker Akira Yagami's altruistic nature usually gets him the short end of the stick. When he dies after saving a kid from oncoming traffic...he reincarnates in another world as a goblin?! Normally, goblins only live for seven days, but Akira's newfound powers let him defy the species' normal life span... and are the key to his path to becoming the strongest goblin ever!

Series details

• Title: So What's Wrong with Getting Reborn as a Goblin?
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Anime, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2026-10-05
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Tokyo MX
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 94497
• IMDb ID: tt43691383
• TVDB ID: 475306

Cast and credited roles

• Kikunosuke Totani — Akira
• Yōko Hikasa — Karen
• Ansaki Tachibana — Chloe
• Galaxy Banjo — Simon
• Sayumi Suzushiro — Eirene
• M.A.O — Dike
• Wakana Kuramochi — Eunomia
• Natsuki Hanae — Albert
• Hiro Shimono — Isis
• Yukari Tamura — The beginning of heaven and earth

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-10-05; final listed air date 2026-12-14.

Source and licence

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