The Level 999 Villager

The Level 999 Villager
First light novel volume cover
LV999の村人
(Lv999 no Murabito)
GenreFantasy[1]
Novel series
Written byKoneko Hoshitsuki
Published byShōsetsuka ni Narō
Original runJuly 14, 2015 – December 1, 2018
Light novel
Written byKoneko Hoshitsuki
Illustrated byFuumi
Published byEnterbrain
Original runApril 30, 2016 – January 25, 2019
Volumes8
Manga
Written byKoneko Hoshitsuki
Illustrated byKenichi Iwamoto
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
ImprintKadokawa Comics A
MagazineComp Ace
Original runMay 26, 2017 – present
Volumes19
Anime television series
Directed byYoshinobu Kasai
Written byShinzō Fujita
Music byHiroshi Nakamura
StudioBrain's Base
Original run 2026 – scheduled

The Level 999 Villager (Japanese: LV999の村人, Hepburn: Lv999 no Murabito; 'The Villager of Level 999') is a Japanese light novel series written by Koneko Hoshitsuki and illustrated by Fuumi. It was initially serialized on the user-generated novel publishing website from July 2015 to December 2018. It was later acquired by Enterbrain who published eight volumes from April 2016 to January 2019. A manga adaptation illustrated by Kenichi Iwamoto began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Comp Ace in May 2017. An anime television series adaptation produced by Brain's Base is set to premiere in 2026.

Characters

Koji Kagami (鏡 浩二, Kagami Koji)
Voiced by: Satoshi Inomata[2]
Alice (アリス, Arisu)
Voiced by: Nao Tōyama[2]

Media

Light novel

Written by Koneko Hoshitsuki, Lv999 no Murabito was initially serialized on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō from July 14, 2015, to December 1, 2018.[3] It was later acquired by Enterbrain who published eight light novel volumes with illustrations by Fuumi from April 30, 2016, to January 25, 2019.[4][5]

No. Release date ISBN
1 April 30, 2016[4]978-4-04-734117-3
2 August 31, 2016[6]978-4-04-734286-6
3 December 28, 2016[7]978-4-04-734411-2
4 May 31, 2017[8]978-4-04-734666-6
5 September 30, 2017[9]978-4-04-734847-9
6 February 5, 2018[10]978-4-04-735026-7
7 July 5, 2018[11]978-4-04-735244-5
8 January 25, 2019[5]978-4-04-735417-3

Manga

A manga adaptation, illustrated by Kenichi Iwamoto, began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Comp Ace on May 26, 2017.[12] The manga's chapters have been compiled into nineteen tankōbon volumes as of August 2025.[13] The manga adaptation is published in English on Kadokawa's BookWalker website.[14]

No. Release date ISBN
1 December 26, 2017[15]978-4-04-106300-2
2 February 26, 2018[16]978-4-04-106304-0
3 June 25, 2018[17]978-4-04-107063-5
4 January 25, 2019[18]978-4-04-107810-5
5 July 25, 2019[19]978-4-04-108472-4
6 December 26, 2019[20]978-4-04-108473-1
7 May 26, 2020[21]978-4-04-109627-7
8 October 26, 2020[22]978-4-04-109628-4
9 February 26, 2021[23]978-4-04-109629-1
10 August 26, 2021[24]978-4-04-111673-9
11 February 26, 2022[25]978-4-04-111799-6
12 August 26, 2022[26]978-4-04-112850-3
13 February 25, 2023[27]978-4-04-112851-0
14 May 26, 2023[28]978-4-04-113690-4
15 November 25, 2023[29]978-4-04-113691-1
16 February 26, 2024[30]978-4-04-113692-8
17 August 26, 2024[31]978-4-04-115218-8
18 February 26, 2025[32]978-4-04-115864-7
19 August 26, 2025[13]978-4-04-116480-8

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on August 21, 2025. The series will be produced by Brain's Base and directed by Yoshinobu Kasai, with Shinzō Fujita supervising series scripts, Kentarō Matsumoto designing the characters, and Hiroshi Nakamura composing the music. It is set to premiere in 2026.[2]

Reception

The manga adaptation won the grand prize at the Minna ga Erabu!! Denshi Comic Taishō 2019 competition hosted by NTT Solmare.[33] The manga adaptation also won the Terra Award at the 2020 Piccoma Awards.[34]

See also

References

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