Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash

Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
The cover of the first light novel volume.
灰と幻想のグリムガル (Hai to Gensō no Gurimugaru)
Genre	Fantasy
Light novel
Written by	Ao Jūmonji
Illustrated by	Eiri Shirai
Published by	Overlap Bunko
English publisher	J-Novel Club
Demographic	Male
Original run	25 June 2013 – present
Volumes	9 (List of volumes)
Manga
Written by	Mutsumi Okubashi
Published by	Square Enix
English publisher	NA Yen Press
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Gangan Joker
Original run	22 April 2015 – 22 June 2016
Volumes	3 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Ryosuke Nakamura
Produced by	Masaya Saito Naoki Harada Shigetoshi Sato
Written by	Ryosuke Nakamura
Music by	R.O.N
Studio	A-1 Pictures
Licensed by	AUS Madman NA Funimation
Original network	AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS11, ABC
English network	SEA Animax Asia
Original run	11 January 2016 – 28 March 2016
Episodes	12 + OVA (List of episodes)

Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash (灰と幻想のグリムガル, Hai to Gensō no Gurimugaru^?) is a Japanese light novel series written by Ao Jūmonji and illustrated by Eiri Shirai. The story follows a group of people who suddenly find themselves in a fantasy world with no memories from before their arrival, and chronicles their struggles to survive and make a life for themselves.

Mutsumi Okubashi began serializing a manga adaptation in Gangan Joker in 2015. The novels were adapted into a 12-episode anime television series that ran from January to March 2016. An original video animation was released in March 2016. The anime is licensed in North America by Funimation, while J-Novel Club has acquired the rights to publish the original novels in English and Yen Press publishes the manga adaptation.

The light novels are written by Ao Jūmonji and illustrated by Eiri Shirai, and are published by Overlap Bunko. The first volume was published in 2013. Online English light novel publisher J-Novel Club announced their acquisition of the series on October 28, 2016.

A manga adaptation by Mutsumi Okubashi began serialization in Square Enix's magazine Gangan Joker on 22 April 2015. North American publisher Yen Press announced their acquisition of the manga on 23 November 2016.

An anime television series was written and directed by Ryosuke Nakamura and produced by A-1 Pictures. Mieko Hosoi acted as character designer. Both the opening theme song, "Knew day", and the ending theme, "Harvest", were performed by (K)NoW_NAME. The series began broadcasting on AT-X, Tokyo Metropolitan Television, Nippon BS Broadcasting, and the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation on 11 January 2016.Funimation acquired the rights to simulcast the series with an English dub in North America. The anime is listed with 6 Blu-ray and DVD volumes containing 2 episodes each, having a total of 12 episodes.