Today, AMC Networks’ anime streamer HIDIVE announced that the hit fantasy-action series DanMachi — Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? — will return for Season 5 as part of its Fall 2024 simulcast season. The series is based on the award-winning light novel series created by Fujino Omori, which also spawned a manga published by Square Enix.
To celebrate the news, HIDIVE released the first-ever English subtitled teaser video for DanMachi S5 (watch it below!) The new season will stream exclusively on HIDIVE, available in the U.S. and Canada as well as overseas markets including the U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
”We’re thrilled to announce that DanMachi — Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? returns to HIDIVE for its highly anticipated fifth season this fall,” said John Ledford, President of HIDIVE. “We are proud to be have been part of the long history and success of this globally popular anime franchise — dating back to its launch in 2015. So, the debut of Season 5 will truly be a celebration — a pre-celebration of next year’s 10th anniversary of the anime in April. Now is the perfect time for fans, both new and old, to binge watch DanMachi Seasons 1-4 before the premiere of Season 5!”
Synopsis: 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…
The Japanese voice cast stars Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Bell Cranel, Inori Minase as Hestia and Shizuka Ishigami as Syr Florva.
DanMachi — Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? is adapted from the now 19-volume-long light novel series written by Fujino Omori and illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda, which has been published by SB Creative since its launch in January 2013. The English language edition is published by Yen Press.
Season 5 of the anime is directed by Hideki Tachibana (Armed Girl Machiavellism, The Honor Student at Magic High School, Chaos Dragon). Omori serves as writer alongside Hideki Shirane. Shigeki Kimoto is the character designer, and J.C.Staff produces the animation.
