Delicious in Dungeon

Manga

Written and illustrated by Ryoko Kui, Delicious in Dungeon was serialized in Enterbrain's Harta magazine from February 15, 2014,[10][11] to September 15, 2023.[12] Enterbrain collected its chapters in 14 volumes, released from January 15, 2014, to December 15, 2023.[13][14]

In October 2016, North American publisher Yen Press announced it had licensed the series.[15] The 14 volumes were released from May 23, 2017, to July 23, 2024.[16]

Anime

Delicious in Dungeon received an anime television adaptation produced by Trigger.[17] It is directed by Yoshihiro Miyajima, with scripts written by Kimiko Ueno, character designs by Naoki Takeda, and music composed by Yasunori Mitsuda and Shunsuke Tsuchiya.[18][19] For the first cours, the opening theme song is "", performed by Bump of Chicken, while the ending theme song is "Party!!", performed by Ryokuoushoku Shakai.[20][21] For the second cours, the opening theme song is "Unmei" (運命), performed by Sumika, while the ending theme song is "Kirakira no Hai" (キラキラの灰), performed by Regal Lily.[22] The series aired its first season in two consecutive cours from January 4 to June 13, 2024, on Tokyo MX and other networks,[23][24] with Netflix licensing it for streaming and simuldubbing worldwide weekly.[25][26][21] A second season was announced in June 2024.[27]

Other media

Additional comics, sketches, and full color illustrations drawn over the course of the series' creation were released as five short artbooks published with Harta volumes under the name Daydream Hour from August 12, 2016,[28] to August 12, 2022,[29] with unpublished illustrations released on Harta's official website for a limited time on May 11, 2020.[30] A compilation artbook, Doodles by Ryoko Kui: Daydream Hour (九井諒子ラクガキ本 デイドリーム・アワー), was published on January 15, 2024.[31] Yen Press released it in English on May 27, 2025.[32]

On August 1, 2017, a stop motion animation, subtitled Senshi's Easy Cooking! (センシのかんたんクッキング！), was released on YouTube to commemorate the release of the manga's fifth volume.[33] On September 5, 2019, an animated commercial produced by Trigger was released to promote the manga's eighth volume.[34]

Senshi's Diary (センシの日記 生活の記録), a booklet written from the perspective of Senshi, was included with Harta on April 15, 2019,[35] and later included in Delicious in Dungeon World Guide: The Adventurer's Bible.[36] In Delicious in Dungeon World Guide: The Adventurer's Bible, Complete Edition additional pages were added.[37] The complete edition of Senshi's Diary was also included with Harta on April 15, 2024.[38][39]

Delicious in Dungeon World Guide: The Adventurer's Bible (ダンジョン飯 ワールドガイド 冒険者バイブル) art and reference book was released in Japan on February 13, 2021.[40] It was released in English by Yen Press on August 23, 2022.[41] An updated and expanded version, Delicious in Dungeon World Guide: The Adventurer's Bible, Complete Edition (ダンジョン飯 ワールドガイド 冒険者バイブル 完全版), was released in Japan on February 15, 2024.[42] Yen Press released the later edition on July 22, 2025.[43][44]

A board game by Arclight Games, Monster Eater: A Delicious in Dungeon Board Game (モンスターイーター　～ダンジョン飯 ボードゲーム～), based on the 1988 game Monster Maker (card game), was released in Japan on September 15, 2022.[45] It is set to be released in English by Yen Press on May 26, 2026.[46][47][48]

An exhibition event showcasing replicas of the food from the series was held at Shibuya N-space from January 18–21, 2024.[49][50]

Manga

Volume 1 reached the 11th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts[51] and it was the 87th best-selling manga volume in Japan from November 17, 2014, to May 17, 2015, with 315,298 copies sold.[52] By August 2015, it had sold 381,614 copies.[53] Volume 2 reached the third place on the charts,[53] and by September 2015, it had sold 362,906 copies.[54] By August 2017, the first four volumes had over 2 million copies in print.[55] By October 2023, the manga had over 10 million copies in circulation; after its anime adaptation premiere, the number of copies in circulation increased in half a year to 14 million by March 2024 (including digital copies).[56]

The manga was chosen as the 13th best manga of 2015 in the Book of the Year manga ranking of Da Vinci magazine.[57] The 2016 edition of the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook ranked the series at number one on its list of top 20 manga for male readers.[58] The manga was nominated for the 9th to 12th Manga Taishō Award from 2016 to 2019.[59] A panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2018 highlighted it as one of the "Best Continuing Series for Kids/Teens".[60] It was also ranked second on Amazon Japan's Best-Selling Kindle Book Rankings for 2018.[61] In 2024, the manga won the 55th Seiun Award's Best Comic award.[62] It also won the Japan Society and Anime NYC's first American Manga Awards in the Best Continuing Manga Series category in 2024.[63][64] It won the Harvey Awards in the Best Manga category in the same year.[65][66]

Anime

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of six critics' reviews are positive.[67] In the Anime Corner awards of Winter 2024, the anime won Best Adventure and Best Comedy, based on 62,120 votes.[68] At the 9th Crunchyroll Anime Awards in 2025, the series received 16 nominations including Anime of the Year, but failed to win any awards; it was the current record for an anime series in a single edition to receive the "most losses without a single win" in Crunchyroll history. This outcome led to speculation about a potential bias against non-Crunchyroll platforms, with many fans questioning whether the series was deliberately overlooked.[69]

Accolades