An overweight elf will arrive with 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)", the first promotional video for the project was revealed. The video confirms that the premiere is scheduled for the Summer-2024 season (July-September) and finally reveals the production details.

For its part, Synecdoche began publishing the manga through the digital service Comic Gum in December 2016, while the publisher Wani Book is in charge of publishing the compilation volumes. Subsequently, the manga was 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 Kuroeda
Ayaka Fukuhara as Oga

Production Equipment

Toshikatsu Tokoro (Tonikaku Kawaii, Tsurezure Children, TRIGUN) is 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.

An overweight elf will arrive with Plus-Sized Elf

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, pointed 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 the junk food in this one, and now her obsession has caught up with her. Can Naoe-kun help this adorable elf lose weight and never gain weight again?

The serialization of "Plus-Sized Elf" on 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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