Arifureta - Prologue

"Prologue" (プロローグ) is an Special episode of the anime adaptation. It was first screened on January 19, 2020, during the "Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai Saikyō –Live & Act-" show in Japan. It was later released on Streaming services across Japan on March 19, 2020.

Characters
Characters in italics debuted here.
 * Hajime Nagumo
 * Kouki Amanogawa
 * Ryutarou Sakagami
 * Yuka Sonobe
 * Eri Nakamura
 * Kaori Shirasaki
 * Shizuku Yaegashi
 * Daisuke Hiyama
 * Suzu Taniguchi
 * Nana Miyazaki
 * Taeko Sugawara
 * Atsushi Tamai
 * Kousuke Endou
 * Yukitoshi Shimizu
 * Aiko Hatayama
 * Eliheid S. B. Heiligh
 * Meld Loggins
 * Ishtar Langbard (flashback)
 * Other Characters

Differences

 * In the LN, the students meet Eliheid at his throne room and Meld the next day at the palace training grounds. While in the Anime, they meet them both at the same time after they are first summoned into the Holy Church.