Quality Assurance in Another World
| Company type | Manga series, Anime television series |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | May 30, 2020 |
| Founder | Masamichi Sato |
| Headquarters | Japan |
| Products | Manga, Anime |
| Parent | Kodansha (publisher) |
is a Japanese manga series created by Masamichi Sato, which has been serialized on Kodansha's Comic Days platform since May 2020. By April 2025, the series has been compiled into fifteen volumes. Its anime adaptation, produced by 100studio and Studio Palette, was broadcast from July to September 2024.
Premise
Haga works as a quality assurance tester on the immersive VR game King Seeker’s Online. Stuck unable to log out for over a year, he continues his duties and partners with the NPC Nikola to explore the mysteries within the game world.
Plot
Clayborne Island is divided into five small nations marked by conflict. Among them, the Kingdom of Bayle is the smallest and most tranquil, where Nikola, a young girl from a rural village, lives. Her ordinary life is disrupted when she encounters a massive dragon and is rescued by Haga, a member of the investigative "King’s Seeker" team.
Motivated by Haga and eager to venture beyond her village, Nikola sets out on a journey to reveal hidden truths about her fractured world.
Characters
- A dedicated debugger who persistently reports all game glitches while trapped inside. Unlike others who neglect their duties or fall incapacitated, he chooses not to rely on his debug stone, preferring to experience the game as a typical player would.
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- An NPC representing the game's meta AI, Tesla accompanies Haga. After being killed and brought back to life, she instructs Haga to recover debug stones from those debuggers misusing their abilities.
Manga
Masamichi Sato both writes and illustrates this series, which started serialization on Kodansha's Comic Days manga website on May 30, 2020. As of April 2025, fifteen tankōbon volumes have been released compiling the chapters.
In May 2021, Kodansha USA secured digital English rights for the series. Later in July 2022, Kodansha USA announced plans for a print edition during their panel at Anime Expo.
Anime
The anime adaptation was revealed in March 2023 and is produced by 100studio alongside Studio Palette. Kei Umabiki directs the series with Shogo Yasukawa handling series composition. Character designs are by Shigeo Akahori, while music is composed by Yuta Kasai, Seima Iwahashi, and Daisuke Horikawa from Elements Garden. Initially slated for an April 2024 premiere, it was postponed to July and aired from July 6 through September 28, 2024 on the Animeism programming block across MBS, TBS, and BS-TBS networks. The opening theme song is "No Complete" performed by Liyuu, with "Loop" by Nacherry (the voice unit of Chiemi Tanaka and Natsumi Murakami) as the ending theme. Crunchyroll streamed the show worldwide, while Medialink licensed it for East and Southeast Asia via Ani-One Asia’s YouTube channel.
Episodes
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Reception
Yasushi Kobayashi of Da Vinci commended the narrative for its intensity. Masaki Endo, writing for Tsutaya News, emphasized its distinctiveness within the isekai category. Additionally, a critic from ITmedia described the plot as both captivating and enjoyable.
External links
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Sutōrī | Anime "Kono Sekai wa Fukanzen Sugiru" Kōshiki Saito" STORY｜アニメ『この世界は不完全すぎる』公式サイト [Story | Anime "Quality Assurance in Another World" Official Site]. konofuka.com (in 日本語). Retrieved July 6, 2024.
- ↑ "Watch Quality Assurance in Another World - Crunchyroll". Crunchyroll. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
- ↑ "On'ea | Anime "Kono Sekai wa Fukanzen Sugiru" Kōshiki Saito" ON AIR｜アニメ『この世界は不完全すぎる』公式サイト [On Air | Anime "Quality Assurance in Another World" Official Site]. konofuka.com (in 日本語). Retrieved July 6, 2024.