5 Ways ‘Dungeon People’ Anime Helps Subvert the Dungeon Crawler Genre

Hot off the trails of Netflix’s impressive Delicious in Dungeon, anime fans hungry for more dungeon anime were offered up a serving of Dungeon People, adapted from the manga series of the same name. When I read about the anime adaptation of the manga title created by Futami Sui that launched in June 2020 (and is currently serialized in Futabasha’s Web Action Comics) coming soon to the HIDIVE app, I wanted to know more. Premiering Saturday, July 6, 2024, at the Anime Expo this year, attendees were able to watch the first episode and get a taste of this newer dungeon anime. The newer anime series follows Clay, a young woman who is navigating through the mysterious dungeon to find her lost father. Along the way, she crosses paths with Belle, the dungeon’s caretaker. Seeking Clay’s aid, the two start dungeon maintenance and Clay learns more about this place that adventurers and monsters meet. Clay may have found a new purpose here with this new job ,but will this new journey lead her to her father? I thought I’d watch the first five episodes and leave you all with my first impressions…if you aren’t already watching and onboard! Spoilers Big and Small Follow Below, Be Warned!

The Concept of the Anime In short, Dungeon People is a cozy, dungeon deconstructing anime. Falling into the oddball yet intriguing genre of anime, it was certainly on my radar yet not a show that I could recommend to everyone I know who consumes anime.  Anime fans everywhere have seen enough d…