Beheneko: The Elf-Girl’s Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster (Sランクモンスターの《ベヒーモス》だけど、猫と間違われてエルフ娘の騎士ペットとして暮らしてます, Esuranku Monsutā no "Behīmosu" dakedo, Neko to Machigawarete Erufu Musume no Kishi Petto to Shite Kurashitemasu) is a 2025 anime series based on the light novel with the same name written by Nozomi Ginyoku and illustrated by Mitsuki Yano. It was published by Micro Magazine under their GC Novels imprint on March 30, 2018. The original web novel series was published by Shōsetsuka ni Narō on August 19, 2017. The manga version of the series was illustrated by Taro Shinonome, and was serialized in Hakusensha's Young Animal Arashi (March 2 – June 1, 2018) & Young Animal (July 13, 2018 – present) magazines on March 2, 2018.
The anime series was announced on March 18, 2024.[1] It was animated by both Zero-G & Saber Works, directed by Tetsuo Hirakawa, series composition by Kanichi Katō, music composed by both Yūsuke Shirato & Oni, and it premiered in Japan with both a censored version on Tokyo MX and an uncensored version on AT-X from January 4, 2025 to March 22, 2025, consisting of 12 episodes.
Sentai Filmworks licensed and produced an English Dub of the series, which premiered on HIDIVE's streaming service on April 9, 2025.[2][3]
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Cast[]
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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Main Characters | |||
Tama | Tasuku Hatanaka | Benjamin McLaughlin | |
Riho Sugiyama (cat) | |||
Aria | Hinaki Yano | Kira Vincent-Davis | |
Secondary Characters | |||
Vulcan | Tomori Kusunoki | Brittney Karbowski | |
Stella | Hitomi Ueda | Celeste McCarthy | |
Lily | Nonoka Ōbuchi | TBA | |
Feri | Yū Wakui | Katelyn Barr | |
Alisha | Maaya Uchida | Christina Kelly | |
Anna | Nobuyuki Hiyama | Cole Feuchter | |
Recurring Characters | |||
Cedric | Takeo Ōtsuka | Adam Gibbs | |
Danny | Junichi Yanagita | Joe Daniels | |
Howard | Daiki Hamano | Jeremy Gee | |
Keni | Kiyono Yasuno | Elissa Cuellar | |
Marietta | Nao Tōyama | Alyssa Marek | |
Leona | Ayako Kawasumi | Allison Sumrall | |
Wraith | Hiroshi Naka | TBA | |
Beelzebub | Yuka Iguchi | TBA | |
Julius Auschler | Ryūichi Kijima | TBA | |
Vassago | Takehito Koyasu | TBA |
Episodic Characters[]
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s). |
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Kasman | Yasuhiro Mamiya | Andrew Love | 1 | |
Wyvern | Shō Okumura | TBA | ||
Golem | Yū Wakabayashi | TBA | ||
Street Vendor | Naoko Nokubi | TBA | ||
Children | Rei Ichinomiya | TBA | 1-2 | |
Natsune Inui | TBA | |||
Lara | Sae Hiratsuka | TBA | 2 | |
Goblins | Tadaaki Doi | TBA | ||
Masashi Yamane | TBA | |||
Sister | Yuka Iwahashi | TBA | ||
Children | Anri Tanaka | TBA | ||
Mayor | Naoya Nosaka | TBA | 3 | |
Werewolf | Kanato Watai | TBA | ||
Therapist | Takayuki Miyamoto | TBA | ||
Beryl | Kazuyuki Okitsu | Brandon Hearnsberger | 3, 9 | |
Demons | Naoya Nakanishi | TBA | 4 | |
Rikuto Sunaga | TBA | |||
Tomohiro Ōno | TBA | |||
Goblins | Shōma Uno | TBA | 5 | |
Kaito Tsuru | TBA | |||
Masayuki Satō | TBA | |||
Giant Ape | Yū Wakabayashi | TBA | 6 | |
Eliza | Miyuki Hara | TBA | 7 | |
Earl of Gladstone | Shinya Takahashi | Gabriel Regojo | ||
Butler | Takayuki Miyamoto | TBA | ||
Servent | Tadaaki Doi | TBA | ||
Girl | Chika Kagawa | TBA | ||
Gapoli | Shunsaku Nishigaki | TBA | 8 | |
Adventurers | Miyuki Sakurai | TBA | ||
Rika Ikura | TBA | |||
Kōsuke Kiminarita | TBA | |||
Kanato Watai | TBA | |||
Geisel Auschler | Issei Futamata | TBA | 9 | |
Royal Guard Knight | Shun Kamimoto | TBA | ||
Blacksmith | Yūki Hoshi | TBA | ||
Levi | Hina Suzuki | TBA | 10 | |
Minotaur | Yūki Onodera | TBA | ||
Troll | Motoki Sakuma | TBA | ||
Gucciona | Aoi Inase | TBA | 11 | |
Elf | Takara Inoue | TBA | ||
Elf Kid | Mikoto Nakai | TBA | ||
Commander Demon | Yūji Kameyama | TBA | ||
Fione | Sayaka Kikuchi | TBA | 11-12 | |
Leo | Tomohiro Ōno | TBA | ||
Elven | Hiromichi Tezuka | TBA | ||
Minotaur | Taisei Akiyama | TBA | 12 | |
Troll | Ikuto Kanemasa | TBA | ||
Soldier | Shuntarō Takayama | TBA |
Additional Voices[]
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Multimedia[]
Cast Reveal[]
Notes[]
- This is Celeste McCarthy's debut anime role.
Transmission via Streaming[]
Company | Date | Category | Format | Classification | Content | Country | ||
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April 9, 2025- present |
Anime | Digital | ![]() |
Season 1 | 12 Eps. | United States | ![]() |
References[]
- ↑ I'm a Behemoth, an S-Ranked Monster, but Mistaken for a Cat, I Live as an Elf Girl's Pet TV Anime Announced
- ↑ HIDIVE Streams English Dubs for From Bureaucrat to Villainess, Beheneko Anime
- ↑ HIDIVE Reveals the Beheneko: The Elf-Girl’s Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster! English Cast List Ahead of the April 9 Premiere!
External Links[]
- Beheneko: The Elf-Girl’s Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster on the Internet Movie Database.
- Beheneko: The Elf-Girl’s Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster (anime) on the Anime News Network’s encyclopedia.