An official website and X (formerly Twitter) account opened today revealed that a TV anime adaptation of Yuki Kimikawa and Gao’s Welcome to the Outcast’s Restaurant! light novel series is in the works for a planned 2025 release. A teaser visual was also unveiled.Additional details about the project, such as cast and production staff, were not confirmed at the time of reporting.
Welcome to the Outcast’s Restaurant! Teaser Visual
Gao and manga adaptation illustrator Tsumumi shared new illustrations to commemorate the announcement.
Art by Gao
Art by Tsumumi
Welcome to the Outcast’s Restaurant! was first serialized on Japanese self-publishing site Shosetsuka ni Naro in 2018, before being picked up for print in 2019 and adapted into an ongoing manga in 2020. The series currently boasts 850,000 copies in circulation.KaitenBooks publishes an official English version of Tsumumi’s manga adaptation and describes the story:
Dennis is one of the most popular members of the Silverwing Battalion, the world’s strongest party. So popular, in fact, that the party leader expels him from the group out of spite.
Stripped of his home, Dennis decides to start life anew following his true calling—as a chef! His life as an adventurer might be over, but his new life as a cook is just beginning. He teams up with Atelier, a young girl who has been similarly exiled from her home, and opens up a restaurant for adventurers.
He’s finally able to live out his dream, but he’ll need use of more than just his cooking skills to take care of his eclectic customers’ problems!
Source: Comic Natalie
