is a Japanese

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series by Yōhei Yasumura. It has been serialized in Mag Garden's Mag Comi website since December 2016. The series is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. An

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television series adaptation by

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aired from July to September 2021.

Synopsis

Kinji Ninomiya is a NEET who has amassed enough money through real-estate investment to fund a penthouse lifestyle without ever having to work. This changes when a portal suddenly transports him to a fantasy world where he quickly ends up enslaved to a mining company extracting crystals from a dungeon. Desperate for a way out of this new poverty, Kinji tries to regain financial stability by any means necessary, gathering himself an unusual adventuring party - the titular ''black company'' - in the process.

Characters

; : :The protagonist, a human that will resort to any means to rise up the mining company's ranks despite constant backfiring. ; : :A powerful dragon that shifted into the form of a teenage girl and joined Kinji when he promised her she could taste human food. ; : :A crocodilian demi-human and one of Kinji's co-workers. ; : :A demon and the mine's dungeon master/supervisor. ; : ; : ; : ; :

Media

Manga

It is written and illustrated by Yōhei Yasumura. It has been serialized in Mag Garden's Mag Comi website since December 2016 and has been collected in nine ''

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'' volumes. The manga is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. It was announced that the manga would enter its climax on June 5, 2020.

Anime

television series adaptation produced by

was announced, and aired from July 9 to September 24, 2021 on

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, TV Aichi,

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, AT-X, and BS-NTV. The series is directed by Mirai Minato, with scripts overseen by Deko Akao, and characters designed by Yuki Sawairi. Taku Inoue is composing the series' music. The opening theme song "Shimi" (Stain) is performed by Howl Be Quiet, while the ending theme song "World is Mine" is performed by Humbreaders. Funimation licensed the series. Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll.

Episode list

Notes

References

External links

*
''The Dungeon of Black Company''
at Mag Comi
''The Dungeon of Black Company'' English website
at Seven Seas Entertainment * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dungeon of Black Company, The Anime series based on manga Comedy anime and manga Crunchyroll anime Isekai anime and manga Japanese webcomics Mag Garden manga Seven Seas Entertainment titles Shōnen manga Silver Link Tokyo MX original programming Webcomics in print