Joseph Luster
August 25, 2024 
During the NBCUniversal panel at Anime NYC this weekend, plans were revealed for an anime adaptation of Firehead and YahaKo’s A Wild Last Boss Appeared! light novel series. A “super” teaser visual and a commemorative illustration by YahaKo debuted along with the news, with additional details to be divulged at a later date.
Here’s the teaser visual:
And YahaKo’s illustration:
Author Firehead had the following to say about the news:
The story is being turned into animation! It sounds so nice. I had hoped it would happen one day, but thought it would be in a distant world. But now, it’s not just a fantasy in my brain that I can’t show to anyone. Rufus and his friends will move, speak in animation and it can be shared with everyone in the real-world! I’m looking forward to that moment. And it is also thanks to all of you who have patiently supported us so that we have been able to come this far. Thank you so much!
J-Novel Club publishes the original novels in English and sums up the story like so:
A Wild Last Boss Appears! Plot
The year is 2800 and Lufas Maphaahl – The Black-Winged Tyrant, Great Conqueror, and leader of the Twelve Heavenly Stars – has returned. A man wakes up in the body of his MMO character 200 years after her defeat during an player-made event in the game, Exgate Online. Now, he’s stuck in her body. But this isn’t a game, it’s real. With her reign long over, and her legacy one of fear, Lufas must journey through the world of Exgate, looking for answers, possible comrades, and all the monsters her “death” unleashed upon the world…
Source: Press Release
