A chubby elf arrives in Plus-Sized Elf

On the official site for the anime adaptation of the manga written and illustrated by Synecdoche, "Plus-Sized Elf (Elf-san wa Yaserarenai)," a new promotional video for the project was revealed. The video lists that the premiere is scheduled for July 6 in Japan, and shows a snippet of the theme songs, including:

REAL AKIBA BOYZ loves Kasumi Taguchi&AiRyA from REAL AKIBA BAND performs the opening theme titled "Fried Pride," while the group But I Want to Eat Team, made up of voice cast members, performs the closing theme titled "Minna DE Diet."

For its part, Synecdoche began publishing the manga through the Comic Gum digital service in December 2016, while the publisher Wani Book is in charge of the publication of the compilation volumes. The manga was subsequently discontinued and resumed, now in Akita Shoten's Dokedomo Young Champion magazine in October 2021.

Voice cast

Ayasa Itou as Elfuda
Takahide Ishii as Tomoatsu Naoe
Rena Hasegawa as Kureda
Ayaka Fukuhara as Oga

Production Equipment

Toshikatsu Tokoro (Tonikaku Kawaii, Tsurezure Children, TRIGUN) is in charge of directing the anime at Elias Studios.
Yuuki Takabayashi (Love Rice, Dia Horizon) is in charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
Katsuyuki Satou (Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou., Mamahaha no Tsurego ga Motokano datta, Dosanko Gal wa Namaramenkoi) is in charge of character design and animation direction.
Cher Watanabe (Kyokou Suiri, Dakara Boku wa, H ga Dekinai., Maken-Ki!) is in charge of composing the soundtrack.

Synopsis of Plus-Sized Elf

Naoe-kun, a massage therapist, is about to go home for the day when he gets a rather strange patient. This lovely lady has emerald eyes, pointy ears, and grew up in the woods; Everything about her screams "elf," except for one thing: her burly body. It turns out that she left her world but loves junk food in it, and now her obsession has caught up with her. Can Naoe-kun help this adorable elf lose weight and keep her from gaining weight?

The serialization of "Plus-Sized Elf" at Web Comic Gum ended with the release of Chapter 45 on February 24, 2021. Chapters 46 and 47 were originally published via the author's Twitter account on April 30, 2021, and May 29, 2021, respectively. The official publication of the series ended with the publication of volume 8 by Akita Shoten on November 18, 2021.

Source: Comic Natalie

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