SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table
死亡遊戯で飯を食う。
Shibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu.
Binge-ready
Finished airing — 11 episodes, ready to binge.
- Format
- TV
- Season
- Winter 2026
- Studio
- Studio DEEN
- Based on
- Light novel
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Started
- 7 Jan 2026
- Ended
- 18 Mar 2026
- Score
- 71/100
Action Drama Mystery Psychological Thriller Death Game Primarily Female Cast Female Protagonist Achronological Order Philosophy Kuudere Survival Yuri
At just seventeen, Yuki is a professional death game player. She’s survived enough rounds to know that survival is calculation, not luck—and that failure is final. For most players, the games are a nightmare with no escape. For Yuki, they’re simply business. Yet in a world where rooms turn into graves and every choice could be her last, even experience offers no protection. (Source: Crunchyroll) Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~47 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.
Where to watch
Opening and ending songs
- Opening ¬Ersterbend (episodes 1-) Watch ↗
- Ending 1 Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) Dris Day (episodes 1) contains spoilers Watch ↗
- Ending 2 Inori Chiai Fujikawa (episodes 2-) Watch ↗
Song data from AnimeThemes.
Source material
Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table ↗ · 死亡遊戯で飯を食う。
Novel · Still publishing · 2022
Source: AniList and MangaDex (publication details only).
Credits, releases and news
Staff
- Director
- Sōta Ueno
- Original creator
- Yūshi Ukai
- Series Composition
- Rintarō Ikeda
- Script
- Rintarō Ikeda
- Character Design
- Eri Osada
- Music
- Junichi Matsumoto
- Art Director
- Yoshihiro Nakamura
- Sound Director
- Noriyoshi Konuma
- Chief Animation Director
- Masahiko Matsuo, Keika Ōtsuka, Ayaka Murakami
Latest news
- 28 Mar 2026 SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table TV Anime Gets Film
- 20 Feb 2026 SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table TV Anime Reveals 'Candle Woods' Promo Video, 5 More Cast Members
- 6 Feb 2026 SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table TV Anime Reveals More Cast, 'Golden Bath' Promo Video
- 10 Jan 2026 Hindi, Tamil, Telugu Dubs for Sentenced to Be a Hero Anime Stream on Crunchyroll
- 9 Jan 2026 SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table TV Anime Reveals More Cast, 'Scrap Building' Promo Video
Episode titles (11)
- 1. All You Need Is ----
- 2. Chains of ----
- 3. In the Name of ----
- 4. Bad ----
- 5. ---- Is All You Need
- 6. Who's ----ing you
- 7. Good ----
- 8. ---- It All
- 9. Can’t Help Falling In ----
- 10. Goin' ----
- 11. --v-
Anime News Network readers rate it 6.62/10 (52 votes).
Source: Anime News Network. Full details at Anime News Network.
Main characters
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Yuki Sorimachi
反町友樹
Voiced by Chiyuki Miura
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Kinko
金子
Voiced by Inori Minase
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Momono
桃乃
Voiced by Rina Kawaguchi
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Beniya
紅野
Voiced by Mutsumi Tamura
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Kokutou
黒糖
Voiced by Haruka Satou
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Aoi
青井
Voiced by Rena Motomura
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Airing data from AniList. Last updated 25 Oct 2026.