Gentosha confirmed on Friday that Yuu Tanaka and LLO’s 12th Reincarnated as a Sword (Tensei Shitara Ken Deshita) light novel series is inspiring a television anime.
The light novel series has reached over 1.8 million copies in circulation.
The announcement came in the 12th light novel volume’s wraparound jacket band.
Maruyama launched the manga adaptation on Gentosha’s Denshi Birz website in December 2016, and the ninth volume shipped on March 24.