'Uglymug, Epicfighter' Anime's Ad Announces July 6 Premiere

The official website for the television anime adaptation of Ryō Hiromatsu’s Busamen Gachi Fighter (Uglymug, Epicfighter) revealed in a new commercial on Monday that the series will premiere on July 6 at 11:30 p.m. (10:30 a.m. EDT) on the Tokyo MX channel.

The anime stars:

• Junichi Suwabe as Shigeru Yoshioka

• Konomi Inagaki as Seika

• Kento Shiraishi as Seiji

• Maaya Uchida as Leeds

Toshiyuki Sone (Haikyu!! To The Top, BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-) is directing the anime at studio White Fox. The series composition is being handled by Kenta Ihara (Ishura, Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-), while character designs are by Miki Matsumoto (Angels of Death, Summer Time Rendering). The production is being managed by EGG FIRM.

Additional staff members include:

• Art Director: Ryōki Matsumura (Studio Pablo)

• Color Key Artist: Staoko Kimura

• Compositing Director of Photography: Nozomi Shitara (T2 Studio)

• Special Effects Director: Kumiko Taniguchi (Team Taniguchi)

• Editing: Masayuki Kurosawa

• Sound Director: Kōhei Yoshida

• Music: Ryo Kawasaki

• Music Production: Nippon Columbia

Square Enix’s Manga UP! Global publishes Osamu Kozuki’s manga adaptation of the novel under the English title Uglymug, Epicfighter, and provides the following story description:

His looks are -255, touching girls causes him pain, and sexual acts will literally tear him apart. Just what can our ex-salesman Shigeru get in the other world in exchange for such inconveniences...? This is an epic tale of one very ugly, but ridiculously strong man!

Osamu Kozuki first launched the manga adaptation in Monthly Big Gangan in 2017, with the series concluding in 2020. Square Enix released a total of six compiled volumes.

Ryō Hiromatsu began publishing the original novel on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in 2015, and concluded the story in October 2022. Kobunsha released a single print volume of the novel in 2018.