O official twitter in Butareba: The Story of a Man Turned into a Pig (Buta no Liver wa Kanetsu Shir), the anime series adaptation of the novel Heat the Pig Liver (Buta no Liver wa Kanetsu Shiro) by Takuma Sakairevealed after the airing of the 11th episode that the 12th episode will be shown during the month of January 2024.
This postponement is the result of the postponement of episode 9 due to production problems that ended up pushing all other episodes back a week and the 12th episode had no release window due to the end of year specials. The premiere date for episode 12 of Butareba.
The anime series premiered on October 7, 2023, Masayuki Takahashi (assistant director on Higehiro, Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon) is directing the anime at the animation studio Project No.9 (Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS, Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki, Higehiro). Deko Akao (Higehiro, Komi Can’t Communicate, Flying Witch) oversees the series’ script, and Susumu Watanabe (Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!, Yōjo Shachō R) is responsible for character design. Finally, the duo composed of Kenichiro Suehiro (Cells at Work!, Goblin Slayer, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-) and MAYUKO (Cells at Work! theme songs) are responsible for the series’ soundtrack.
Heat the Pig Liver (Buta no Liver wa Kanetsu Shiro) began to be published with illustrations by Asagi Tōsaka (The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy, Girly Air Force) on March 10, 2020.
In this isekai story, if they lose consciousness after eating raw pork liver, they will be reincarnated as a pig in a fantasy world and embark on an adventure with a kind girl named Jess, who can read people’s minds. This is exactly what happens to an ordinary otaku with no skills or talents except being reborn as a pig.