Japanese publisher Kadokawa announced today that Ryuto's isekai sci-fi light novel series Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship! will receive an anime adaptation. It is not yet clear when and how the anime will be distributed as of this reporting. The novel series has been serialized on the Japanese novel self-publishing website Shousetsuka ni Narou since February 2019. Kadokawa's Kadokawa Books imprint has published the novel's print edition featuring illustrations by Tetsuhiro Nabeshima since July 2019, releasing 13 volumes to date. Additionally, the novel's manga adaptation illustrated by Shunichi Matsui has been running on the Kadocomi and Nico Nico Manga websites, with nine volumes available now. As of February 2025, the total number of copies of the whole series printed has exceeded 1.3 million (including the manga adaptation and digital editions). Seven Seas Entertainment, which has licensed the English editions of both the novel and manga , describes the...