Dekin no Mogura: The Earthbound Mole (出禁のモグラ, Dekin no Mogura; 'The Banned Mole') is a 2025 anime series based on the Japanese manga series with the same name written and illustrated by Natsumi Eguchi. It began serialization in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Morning under their Morning KC imprint on April 8, 2021.
The anime series was announced on November 18, 2024.[1] It was animated by Brain's Base, directed by Hiroshi Ishiodori, series composition by Shinzō Fujita, music composed by Tomoki Hasegawa, and it premiered in Japan from July 7, 2025 to September 22, 2025, consisting of 12 episodes.
Crunchyroll licensed and produced an English Dub of the series, which premiered on their streaming service on July 27, 2025.[2][3]
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Cast[]
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Momoyuki Mogura | Yūichi Nakamura | Alex Hom |
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Kuriaki Magi | Genki Ôkawa | Nicholas Markgraf |
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Yaeko Kirihara | Yukiyo Fujii | Kelsey Cruz |
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Shio Inukai | Akane Fujita | SuzAnne DeCarma |
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Kyōshirō Nekozuku | Ayumu Murase | Ben Stegmair |
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Tōshirō Nekozuku | Shunsuke Takeuchi | Landon McDonald |
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Kyōko Nekozuku | Atsumi Tanezaki | Kate Bristol |
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Maggie | Aki Toyosaki | TBA |
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Sukekiyo | Mafia Kajita | Phil Parsons |
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Yuya Kirihara | Takahiko Nagasaki (ep. 3) |
TBA |
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Yōji Ueda (eps 8-9) |
TBA | |
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Seiya Yamamoto (young) |
TBA | |
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Floating Clouds | Umeka Shōji | TBA |
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Nabeshima | Ayumu Murase | TBA |
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Ikebukuro | Shunsuke Takeuchi | Brandon Solis |
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Maki Umeharu | Yūsuke Nagano | Tristan Bonner |
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Manami Hanawa (young) |
TBA | |
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Maya | Aimi | Jad Saxton |
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Sakurako Onozaka | Aki Toyosaki | TBA |
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Sachi Samejima | Yūko Kobayashi | Linda Young |
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Manami Hanawa (young adult; ep. 12) |
TBA | |
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Yaeko's Father | Shinya Takahashi | Aaron Roberts |
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Mermaid | Miyako Kobayashi | Marianne Bray |
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Soi Samejima | Sumire Morohoshi | TBA |
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Koitaro Samejima | Hiroshi Yanaka | TBA |
| Narration | |||
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Narration | Baron Yamazaki | TBA |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s). |
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Announcer | Takayuki Nakatsukasa | TBA | 1 |
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Old Man Ghost | Shinnosuke Musashi | TBA | |
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Mayu Sato | Misaki Akiyama | Lexa Childress | 1, 4 |
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Yūichi Fujimura | Genta Nakamura | John Archer II | |
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Manager | Yuka Shiono | TBA | 2 |
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Ghost | Raido Nakanishi | TBA | |
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Middle-aged Man | Masato Niwa | TBA | |
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Stalker Spirit | Kyosuke Nitta | TBA | 2-3 |
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Black Cat | Shun Horie | Chris Rutledge | 3 |
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Oshiro Nekozuku | Mark Allen Jr. | ||
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Ghosts | Kaya Ueda | TBA | |
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Kōhei Sueyasu | TBA | ||
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Yuki Ōminami | TBA | 4 | |
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Shinjirō Gōda | TBA | ||
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Miya | Yuka Terasaki | Katie Otten | 5 |
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Miya's Father | Yasutaka Tomioka | Matthew Elkins | |
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Miya's Mother | Nozomi Yamane | TBA | |
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Miya's Uncle | Hiroki Matsukawa | Ben Bryant | 5-6 |
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Nurse | Kaya Ueda | TBA | 6 |
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Yoshida | Miyako Kobayashi | Amanda Gael | 6-7 |
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Sakurako's Husband | Taichi Takeda | TBA | 7 |
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Sakurako's Parents | Rena Maeda | TBA | |
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Ryōsuke Tamura | TBA | ||
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Friends | Hitomi Kanaya | TBA | |
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Hana Hishikawa | TBA | ||
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Ghost | Takaaki Torashima | TBA | |
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Masama Kirihara | Satoshi Yamazaki | TBA | 8 |
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Hanada's Grandma | Kaya Ueda | TBA | |
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Yaeko's Mother | Yuka Shiono | TBA | 8, 12 |
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Islanders | Chiho Utsumiya | TBA | 9 |
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Nozomi Yamane | TBA | ||
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Hiro Takagi | TBA | ||
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Pochi's | Raido Nakanishi | TBA | 9, 11 |
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Hikaru Tanaka | TBA | ||
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Islanders | Rena Maeda | TBA | 9, 12 |
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Takaaki Torashima | TBA | ||
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High School Students | Honami Obata | TBA | 10 |
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Saya Hirose | TBA | ||
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Ruka Shōji | TBA | ||
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Daichi Furusawa | TBA | ||
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Islanders | Kyōsuke Nitta | TBA | |
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Takayuki Nakatsukasa | TBA | ||
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Tomoya Matsubara | TBA | ||
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Kanae Mori | Junta Terashima | Yussef Benelbar | 10, 12 |
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Yutaro Kirihara | Hisao Egawa | TBA | 11 |
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Islander | Takahiko Nagasaki | TBA | |
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Female Narration | Mamiko Noto | TBA | 11-12 |
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Islander | Ryōsuke Tamura | TBA | |
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Priest | Hiroki Matsukawa | TBA | 12 |
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Islanders | Akihiro Tajima | TBA | |
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Masato Niwa | TBA | ||
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Nodoka Hasegawa | TBA | ||
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Kaya Ueda | TBA |
Additional Voices[]
Multimedia[]
Cast Reveal[]
_(Dekin_no_Mogura_The_Earthbound_Mole_Cast_Reveal).jpg "Alex Hom (Momoyuki Mogura) (Dekin no Mogura The Earthbound Mole Cast Reveal).jpg (181 KB)")
_(Dekin_no_Mogura_The_Earthbound_Mole_Cast_Reveal).jpg "Nicholas Markgraf (Kuriaki Magi) (Dekin no Mogura The Earthbound Mole Cast Reveal).jpg (170 KB)")
_(Dekin_no_Mogura_The_Earthbound_Mole_Cast_Reveal).jpg "Ben Stegmair (Kyoshiro) (Dekin no Mogura The Earthbound Mole Cast Reveal).jpg (229 KB)")
_(Dekin_no_Mogura_The_Earthbound_Mole_Cast_Reveal).jpg "Landon McDonald (Toshiro Nekozuku) (Dekin no Mogura The Earthbound Mole Cast Reveal).jpg (1.26 MB)")
_(Dekin_no_Mogura_The_Earthbound_Mole_Cast_Reveal).jpg "Brandon Solis (Ikebukuro) (Dekin no Mogura The Earthbound Mole Cast Reveal).jpg (222 KB)")
_(Dekin_no_Mogura_The_Earthbound_Mole_Cast_Reveal).jpg "Katie Otten (Miya) (Dekin no Mogura The Earthbound Mole Cast Reveal).jpg (162 KB)")
_(Dekin_no_Mogura_The_Earthbound_Mole_Cast_Reveal).jpg "Tristan Bonner (Maki Umeharu) (Dekin no Mogura The Earthbound Mole Cast Reveal).jpg (133 KB)")
_(Dekin_no_Mogura_The_Earthbound_Mole_Cast_Reveal).jpg "Aaron Roberts (Yaeko's Father) (Dekin no Mogura The Earthbound Mole Cast Reveal).jpg (93 KB)")
_(Dekin_no_Mogura_The_Earthbound_Mole_Cast_Reveal).jpg "Yussef Benelbar (Kanae Mori) (Dekin no Mogura The Earthbound Mole Cast Reveal).jpg (207 KB)")
Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date(s) | Category | Format | Classification | Content | Country | ||
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July 27, 2025 - October 12, 2025 |
Anime | Digital | TV-14 | Season 1 | 12 Eps. | United States | 
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References[]
External Links[]
- Dekin no Mogura: The Earthbound Mole on the Internet Movie Database.
- Dekin no Mogura: The Earthbound Mole (anime) on the Anime News Network’s encyclopedia.