Uncle from Another World
Uncle from Another World is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Hotondoshindeiru. It started serialization on Kadokawa Shoten's ComicWalker app and website in June 2018. As of September 2025, 14 volumes have been released. The manga is licensed in North America by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation produced by Atelier Pontdarc aired from July 2022 to March 2023.
Premise
In modern-day Japan, Takafumi Takaoka picks up his uncle who recently awakened from a 17-year coma after being hit by a truck. Uncle shows the ability to use magic spells, and explains that he was actually sent to another world. Takafumi lets his uncle move in with him, and he, joined by Takafumi's childhood friend Sumika Fujimiya, spends his days helping Uncle adjust to modern society while also watching his memories of the other world.Characters
; Uncle / Yōsuke Shibazaki; Takafumi Takaoka
; Sumika Fujimiya
; Tsundere Elf / Suzailgiererzegalnelvzegilreagranzelga Elga
; Mabel Laybelle
; Alicia Edelsia
; Edgar
; Raiga
; Sawae
Media
Manga
The series is written and illustrated by Hotondoshindeiru. It started serialization on Kadokawa Shoten's manga app and website ComicWalker on June 29, 2018. A character popularity poll was held to commemorate the release of the first volume, where the winning character would be featured in a bonus segment at the end of the volume. As of September 2025, 14 volumes have been published.In November 2020, Yen Press announced that they licensed the series for English publication.
Volume list
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on June 18, 2021. The series is produced by Atelier Pontdarc and directed by Shigeki Kawai, with Kenta Ihara writing the series' scripts, Kazuhiro Oota designing the characters, and Kenichiro Suehiro composing the music. The opening theme song is "Story" by Mayu Maeshima, while the ending theme song is "Ichibanboshi Sonority" by Yuka Iguchi. It aired from July 6, 2022, to March 8, 2023, on AT-X. The series was streamed worldwide by Netflix. On July 27, it was announced that episode 5 would be delayed for two weeks to August 17, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 2, following the release of episode 7, an indefinite delay was put into effect, citing more COVID-19 related concerns. However, on August 27, Ippei Icchi stated that he was supposed to direct episode 10, but abruptly left following the discovery that the episode still did not have staff chosen, and that only in-house staff would participate. On September 9, it was announced that the series would restart its broadcast from episode 1 on October 6, with episode 8, the first new episode since going on hiatus, airing on November 24. On December 26, it was announced that episode 13 would be delayed and aired at a later date, which was later confirmed to be March 8, 2023.Episode list
Reception
Manga
By June 2022, the manga had 1.8 million copies in circulation; by November 2022, it had over 3.3 million copies in circulation.The series ranked eighth in the 2019 Next Manga Awards in the digital category. The series ranked fifteenth in 2020 a survey of workers of the Honya Club bookstore in Japan. In the 2020 edition of the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook, the series ranked eleventh. Also in 2020, it was a runner-up for BookWalker's grand prize.
Christopher Farris of Anime News Network reviewed the manga's first volume in 2021, critiquing that despite "a few good high-concept observations" and some subversive deadpan humor, he felt it didn't have anything else to say beyond that and was critical of Hotondoshindeiru's art style being made up of "rough and minimally expressive" character models and amateurishly rendered backgrounds, saying "Like so many other aside Isekai projects, Uncle From Another World has the makings of an entertaining concept, but thus far hasn't fully delivered as a complete story."