Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon Anime Announces Fall 2025 Premiere

A fresh update is here for the Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon anime, which is officially set to premiere this fall. Along with that comes a new teaser trailer and visual, as well as a look at the main staff and cast behind it.

Katsushi Sakurabi (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Arrow of the Orion) directs, with Hiroshi Onogi (Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood) on series composition, Yukie Suzuki (TSUKIMICHI) on character designs and Ryo Takahashi (WIND BREAKER) on music for the J.C.STAFF production.

The main cast includes:

Nina Tamaki as Light

Ikumim Hasegawa as Mei

Shisui Meikyou, the author, introduced the novel series on Shōsetsuka ni Narō four years ago. It was then picked up by Hobby Japan, and it is also receiving a manga adaptation.

J-Novel Club publishes the original Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon: My Trusted Companions Tried to Kill Me, But Thanks to the Gift of an Unlimited Gacha I Got LVL 9999 Friends and Am Out For Revenge on My Former Party Members light novel series, and gave this description for it:

Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon Plot

When Light is kicked out of the Concord of the Tribes, his former comrades instantly turn on him. Light escapes this diabolical act of betrayal by the skin of his teeth…only to find himself in the deepest part of the Abyss, the most dangerous dungeon in the realm! To avoid being eaten by carnivorous monsters, he uses the Unlimited Gacha, his sole magical skill. But where it previously only produced junk items, this time Mei—a gorgeous Level 9999 fighter in a maid outfit—springs forth!