A chubby lead? Yes, please!
Summary:
- Plus-Sized Elf is a manga series by Synecdoche.
- An anime adaptation has been announced.
- The first poster is here.
- Fans are happy to see plus-size representation in anime.
Plus-Sized Elf (Elf-san wa Yaserarenai) is originally a manga series written and illustrated by Synecdoche. It’s your lucky day if you want to see the story animated, since an anime adaptation has just been announced.
It’s getting even luckier since the announcement poster has a promising “2024”, so the wait won’t be long.
Release date is unclear
But this is where the luck ends because no further details have been revealed. We don’t know when exactly in 2024 the series will air, but it can’t be soon, since it’s just been announced, so the Fall season feels like the most probable prediction.
The animation studio working on Plus-Sized Elf is also yet to be revealed. We just hope it’s not MAPPA because these guys have already got a lot to work on. The only thing we know for now is the main character casting, which is Ayasa Ito as Elfuda.
An elf who loves junk food
Plus-Sized Elf is everything you might have thought of when you heard the title and saw the poster for the series: it’s about an elf who is, well, plus-sized.
Elfuda has gained an excessive amount of weight during her stay in the human world due to her love for junk food, and now she needs Tomoatsu’s assistance in her weight loss journey.
Fun or problematic?
The news got fans in mixed feelings. While some are super excited about Plus-Sized Elf getting an anime adaptation, others are worried about it being problematic. Weight loss is quite a controversial topic these days, and certain groups of people don’t think this is an appropriate subject to explore.
Still, the series’ primary genre is comedy, so we doubt it will be too serious about these issues. Which also might be a questionable thing, but we won’t draw any conclusions yet.
A number of fans are just happy to see a plus-sized character as a main lead. And an elf, for that matter! It’s definitely refreshing because we’re all used to seeing thin and petite elves like Frieren in anime. But chubby girls deserve attention, too.
Seeing the ecchi genre among others for Plus-Sized Elf has also caught fans’ attention. While some say that it will be an educational ecchi series (whatever that means), others are cautious. Will the anime include some weird weight gain or loss fetishes?
We think there’s only one way to find out and that’s to wait for more information about the upcoming anime and then, well, watch it, of course!