So I'm a Spider, So What?

So I'm a Spider, So What? (Japanese: 蜘蛛ですが、なにか？, Hepburn: Kumo desu ga, Nani ka?) is a Japanese light novel series written by Okina Baba and illustrated by Tsukasa Kiryu. The series has received a manga adaptation, and an anime television series adaptation will premiere in January 2021.

So I'm a Spider, So What?
The cover of the first light novel.
蜘蛛ですが、なにか？
(Kumo desu ga, Nani ka?)
GenreIsekai[1]
Novel series
Written byOkina Baba
Published byShōsetsuka ni Narō
Original run2015 – present
Light novel
Written byOkina Baba
Illustrated byTsukasa Kiryu
Published byFujimi Shobo
English publisher
ImprintKadokawa Books
DemographicMale
Original runDecember 10, 2015 – present
Volumes12
Manga
Written byAsahiro Kakashi
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
MagazineYoung Ace Up
DemographicSeinen
Original runDecember 22, 2015 – present
Volumes8
Anime television series
Produced byJōtarō Ishigami
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original run January 2021 – scheduled

Characters
I (私, Watashi)
Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka[2][3] (PV & CM) / Voiced by: Aoi Yūki[4] (Anime)
Shun (シュン) / Shunsuke Yamada (山田 俊介, Yamada Shunsuke)
Katia (カティア) / Kanata Ōshima (大島 叶多, Ōshima Kanata)
Sue (スー, Sū)
Filimøs (フィリメス, Firimesu) / Kanami Okazaki (岡崎 香奈美, Okazaki Kanami)
Julius (ユリウス, Yuriusu)

Media

Light novels

Okina Baba originally serialized the novels as a web novel on the user-generated content site Shōsetsuka ni Narō starting on May 27, 2015.[5][6] Fujimi Shobo acquired the series for print publication, and published the first light novel, with illustrations by Tsukasa Kiryu, in December 2015.[6][7] Yen Press announced during their panel at Sakura-Con on April 15, 2017 that they had licensed the series.[8]

No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBNEnglish release dateEnglish ISBN
1 December 10, 2015[7]978-4-04-070829-4November 21, 2017[9]978-0-316-41289-6
2 March 10, 2016[10]978-4-04-070849-2March 27, 2018[11]978-0-316-44288-6
3 July 9, 2016[12]978-4-04-070942-0July 31, 2018[13]978-0-316-44290-9
4 October 8, 2016[14]978-4-04-072062-3November 27, 2018[15]978-0-316-44291-6
5 February 10, 2017[16]978-4-04-072186-6March 19, 2019[17]978-1-9753-0194-1
6 June 9, 2017[18]978-4-04-072325-9August 20, 2019[19]978-1-9753-0196-5
7 October 10, 2017[20]978-4-04-072482-9December 3, 2019[21]978-1-9753-0199-6
8 March 10, 2018[22]978-4-04-072483-6March 31, 2020[23]978-1-9753-0955-8
9 July 10, 2018[24]978-4-04-072792-9September 1, 2020[25]978-1-9753-1035-6
10 January 10, 2019[26]978-4-04-072794-3November 17, 2020[27]978-1-9753-1037-0
11 July 10, 2019[28]978-4-04-072795-0——
12 January 10, 2020[29]978-4-04-072795-0——
13 July 10, 2020[30]978-4-04-073699-0——


Manga

Asahiro Kakashi launched a manga adaptation of the light novels in the Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace Up manga website on December 22, 2015.[31][6] The manga is also licensed by Yen Press.[6]

No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBNEnglish release dateEnglish ISBN
1 July 9, 2016[32]978-4-04-104551-0December 19, 2017[33]978-0-316-41419-7
2 December 3, 2016[34]978-4-04-104885-6April 10, 2018[35]978-0-316-52109-3
3 June 9, 2017[36]978-4-04-105646-2July 24, 2018[37]978-1-9753-5336-0
4 December 29, 2017[38]978-4-04-106395-8October 30, 2018[39]978-1-9753-0209-2
5 July 10, 2018[40]978-4-04-107058-1March 19, 2019[41]978-1-9753-0350-1
6 January 10, 2019[42]978-4-04-107061-1August 6, 2019[43]978-1-9753-5826-6
7 July 10, 2019[44]978-4-04-107059-8March 24, 2020[45]978-1-9753-1118-6
8 March 3, 2020[46]978-4-04-108936-1August 18, 2020[47]978-1-9753-1556-6

Anime

It was reported on July 6, 2018 that the series would receive an anime adaptation, according to an early look at the wraparound jacket band on the fifth volume of the manga adaptation.[6] The report was confirmed at Kadokawa's booth at Anime Expo later the same day, and it was announced that the adaptation would be a television series.[48] The series is produced by Jōtarō Ishigami.[48] Originally set to premiere in 2020,[49] it has been rescheduled to premiere in January 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[50] It is licensed by Crunchyroll.[51]

Reception

The light novels and manga had a combined 1.2 million copies in print as of July 2018.[6] The light novels ranked third in the tankōbon category in the Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2017 rankings,[52] and second in the 2018 rankings.[53]

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See also

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