Headhunted to Another World
Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four! is a Japanese manga series written by Benigashira and illustrated by Muramitsu. It began serialization on Overlap's Comic Gardo manga website in December 2019. An anime television series adaptation produced by Geek Toys and CompTown aired from January to March 2025.
Characters
;Dennosuke Uchimura
;Ulmandra
;Demon King
;Sylphid Belinda
;Genome
;Orle
;Neia
;Uroar
;Lilim
Merchants
;Butagarian
;Danni
;Viper Lordpent
Kingdoms and Demihuman Tribes
;Vahn
;Mandra
;Yue
;Buzzan
;Rampage King
;Talius
;Ogre
;The Holy King
;Kuc Kwatrokhis
;Madd Meimalon
;Klōs
;Geim
;Glara
Others
;Calamities
;Izakaya Propietor
Media
Manga
Written by Benigashira and illustrated by Muramitsu, Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four! began serialization on Overlap's Comic Gardo manga website on December 27, 2019. Its chapters have been collected into twelve volumes as of January 2026. The series is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced during the fourth livestream for the "10th Anniversary Memorial Overlap Bunko All-Star Assemble Special" event on July 21, 2024. It is produced by Geek Toys and CompTown, and directed by Michio Fukuda, with Hiroko Fukuda handling series composition, Seung-Deok Kim serving as assistant director, Ayumi Nishibata designing the characters, and Takafumi Wada composing the music. The series aired from January 6 to March 24, 2025, on Tokyo MX and BS11. The opening theme song is "Isekai Kyōsōkyoku", performed by Kentarō Seino, while the ending theme song is "Tsuyo Girlfriend", performed by Otonari. Crunchyroll streams the series. Medialink licensed the series in South, Southeast Asia and Oceania for streaming on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel.
Reception
By July 2025, the series had over 600,000 copies in circulation.