Arifureta - Prologue

"Prologue" (プロローグ) is an of the Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest anime adaptation. It was first screened on January 19, 2020, during the "Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai Saikyō –Live & Act-" show in Japan, and was later released publicly on streaming services across Japan on March 19, 2020. It would also be included in Episode 1 on Netflix Japan.

Characters
Characters in italics debuted here.
 * Hajime Nagumo
 * Kaori Shirasaki
 * Shizuku Yaegashi
 * Kouki Amanogawa
 * Ryutarou Sakagami
 * Suzu Taniguchi
 * Eri Nakamura
 * Yuka Sonobe
 * Nana Miyazaki
 * Taeko Sugawara
 * Atsushi Tamai
 * Kousuke Endou
 * Daisuke Hiyama
 * Yukitoshi Shimizu
 * Aiko Hatayama
 * Yoshiki Saitou
 * Shinji Nakano
 * Reichi Kondou
 * Jugo Nagayama
 * Kentarou Nomura
 * Ayako Tsuji
 * Mao Yoshino
 * Noboru Aikawa
 * Akito Nimura
 * Ishtar Langbard
 * Eliheid S. B. Heiligh
 * Meld Loggins

Locations

 * Unnamed High School
 * Heiligh Kingdom
 * Holy Church - Main Cathedral "Divine Mountain"

Differences

 * In the light novel, the students are summoned during their lunch break, after Aiko's class has just ended (she was staying back for some of the students who came to her for help regarding the class earlier). In the anime, they are summoned just as Aiko's class is about to begin.
 * In the light novel, the students meet Eliheid at his throne room and Meld the next day at the palace training grounds. In the anime, they meet them both at the same time, alongside Ishtar, after they are first summoned into the Holy Church.
 * In the light novel, the students activate their status plates after placing a drop of their blood on them. In the anime, the status plates activate on their own.
 * In the light novel, Meld discusses the Synergist Job after it appears on Hajime's Status Plate. In the anime, Meld talks about it before Hajime sees it as his Job.
 * The police investigating the high school after the students disappear is not mentioned in the light novel.