Arifureta (Main Series)

Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (ありふれた職業で世界最強) is a Japanese series written by "Ryo Shirakome" originally as a Web novel since 2013. The series has later expanded to different adaptations ranging Light Novel to Anime, and even spin-off series.

Main Series
The story of the Main Series revolves around the journey of young High-Schooler named Hajime Nagumo from Japan, who along with his classmates gets summoned to a different world, and the series of events that takes place there.

This story which was originally a Web Novel, has been since adapted to Light Novel, Manga, 4-Koma, Audio Drama and Anime as well.

Arifureta Zero
A spin-off adaptation of the Main Series, Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Zero (ありふれた職業で世界最強 零) or "Arifureta Zero" covers the story of the lives of the Seven Liberators and takes place in the past over 2000+ years before the events of the Main Series.

This story is an original Light Novel, which later also received a Manga adaptation.

Web Novel

 * Main article: Web Novel

Ryo Shirakome's original Web Novel, which was posted on the user-submitted content site "Shōsetsuka ni Narō (小説家になろう, Let's Become a Novelist)". The main story ran for eight arcs starting from November 7, 2013 to October 31, 2015.

This has been followed by a sequel series named "After Stories" starting from November 9, 2015, which is still ongoing and covers the life of the main characters post the events of the Main Series.

Light Novel

 * Main article: Light Novel (Main Series)

The Web Novel later got first adapted into the Light Novel format, and been published since 2015 by Overlap Bunko, Inc. The illustration for the Light Novel is being done by "Takaya-Ki". Until now there have been 10 volumes released so far as of 25th June, 2019.

The adaptation has been licensed for English localization by "" for digital release since May 2017, with "" publishing them in print since February 2018.


 * Main article: Light Novel (Zero)

An original Light Novel spin-off series by "Ryo Shirakome", Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Zero (ありふれた職業で世界最強 零) or "Arifureta Zero", began publication on December 2017 under Overlap Bunko, Inc.

The adaptation has been licensed for English localization by "" for digital release since April 2018, with "" publishing them in print since February 2019.

Manga

 * Main article: Manga (Main Series)

A Manga adaptation by "RoGa" based on the character designs by "Takaya-ki", it been published on Overlap's Comic Gardo website on a monthly basis since its inception on December 22, 2016, and its first volume was published three days later on December 25, 2016 to coincide with the release of the 5th Light Novel.

The adaptation has been licensed for English localization by "" for both digital and print release since March 2018.


 * Main article: Arifureta Nichijou

A yonkoma comedy spin-off of the Main Series by "Misaki Mori", Arifureta: I Love Isekai (ありふれた日常で世界最強) began serialization on Overlap's Comic Gardo website on July, 2017.

The adaptation has been licensed for English localization by "" for both digital and print release and the first volume is scheduled to be released on December 2019.


 * Main article: Manga (Zero)

Based on the Light Novel spin-off, this Manga adaptation by "Ataru Kamichi", follows the prequel story of "Arifureta Zero", and began serialization on Overlap's Comic Gardo website on a monthly basis since February 2018.

The series has been licensed for English localization by, for both digital and print release and the first volume is scheduled to be released on September 2019.

Anime

 * Main article: Anime (Main Series)

An Anime adaptation of the Main Series, directed by "" with character designs by "", with animation by "" and "" studios, and started airing since July 8, 2019. The series is being composed by "", with the Opening Theme song "FLARE" being done by "Void_Chords feat. LIO" and the Ending Theme song "Hajime no Uta (ハジメノウタ, First Song)" being done by "DracoVirgo".

The adaptation has been licensed for English and SimulDub by "".

Originally scheduled to start in April 2018, but it's release was pushed back to 2019 due to unknown reasons. It was initially supposed to be directed by "" and written by "", with character designs by "" who also would have served as chief animation director, and animation was only going to be handled by "White Fox". But following the postponement, it was announced that both "Kazuyuki Fudeyasu" and "Atsuo Tobe" would be stepping down, and their work would be taken over by "Kinji Yoshimoto" and "Chika Kojima", with "Asread" studio joining in.