HIDIVE announced today that it has licensed the isekai fantasy TV anime series Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling as part of its upcoming Winter 2026 simulcast lineup. The series will exclusively stream on the service in the U.S. and Canada, as well as in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. 

HIDIVE will also host the North American premiere of Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling at Anime Frontier 2025, ahead of the series’ debut in Japan in January 2026. 

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Yuta Takamura (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable chief director) is directing the anime adaptation, with Nobuyoshi Arai as assistant director, Tatsuhiko Urahata (Hi Score Girl Seasons 1-2, GATE) as screenwriter, Hiroyasu Oda (I Parry Everything monster design) as monster designer, Masahito Onoda (Student Council’s Discretion Lv. 2 character design and chief animation direction) as character designer, and Ko Otani (Shakugan no Shana) as music composer. GA-CREW and Felix Film are in charge of the animation production. 

Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast stars Shunichi Toki as Illusia, Ami Koshimizu as the voice of God, and Miku Ito as Myria.

The isekai fantasy light novel series is written by Necoco AKA Nekoko and illustrated by NAJI Yanagida. The series began as a web novel on Shosetsuka ni Naro on August 20, 2015. It was initially published under Earth Star Entertainment’s Earth Star Novel imprint on December 15, 2015, releasing a total of 12 volumes until May 15, 2020. Square Enix would later acquire the light novel series under its SQUEX Novel imprint, when it published the 13th volume on January 7, 2021. A total of 16 volumes have been released in Japan as of June 2022. 

The light novels also inspired a manga adaptation by Rio in September 2017. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed both the light novels and manga adaptation or English release. 

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HIDIVE describes the main synopsis of Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling as: 

Our hero needs to come out of his shell… literally! Reborn in another world inside a dragon egg, he doesn’t have the amazing magic or mighty physical strength of your typical isekai’d adventurer just yet. He’ll need to break free and grow from a weak hatchling and into a fearsome beast if he wants to escape the deep, dark forest unscathed. What battles and adventures await him in this unique take on the isekai phenomenon?

Source: press release