A promotional video commemorating the 10th anniversary of the anime "Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon (DanMachi)," based on the popular light novel by Fujino Omori from GA Bunko (SB Creative), has been released on YouTube. The video looks back on the encounters and growth of Bell Cranel and his friends, along with all of the opening themes from the series.
It was also announced that a 10th anniversary event, "DANMACHI 10th Anniversary Special Event 'Aedes Vesta - The Path of the Olympic Torch'," will be held at the Makuhari International Training Center Symposium Hall (Mihama-ku, Chiba City) on February 7, 2026. Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Inori Minase, Saori Onishi, Maaya Uchida, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Yoshimasa Hosoya Akasaki, Saori Hayami, Saori Hayami, Yuka Iguchi, Kanon Wakeshima, and "sajou no hana" will appear.
"DanMachi" won the first Grand Prize at the GA Bunko Awards, a light novel award for new writers, and the first volume was published in January 2013. The story follows the adventures of a young boy named Bell and his friends in a huge city with a large underground labyrinth. The series has sold over 20 million copies in total.
The first season of the TV anime aired from April to June 2015, and the ribbon on the goddess Hestia's costume became a hot topic online, with people calling it "that famous string." The second season aired from July to September 2019, the third from October to December 2020, the fourth from July to October 2022 and January to March 2023, and the fifth from October 2024 to March 2025. The spin-off "Sword Oratoria" was also adapted into a TV anime and aired from April to July 2017.
