# The Dungeon of Black Company (2021)

> A lazy modern man is hurled into a fantasy world and enslaved by a monster-run mining company, where he must learn the meaning of hard work.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/88175

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 12
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, comedy, fantasy
- Network: TOKYO MX
- Cast: Katsuyuki Konishi, Misaki Kuno, Hiro Shimono, Satomi Sato, Wataru Takagi, Megumi Toda, Mao Ichimichi, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
- TMDB rating: 6.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13943462/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Tone: irreverent, sardonic, breezy, comedic

## What critics say

Audiences rate the series as mixed, finding its workplace-in-another-world comedy amusing but not outstanding.

## Synopsis

The Dungeon of Black Company (2021) is a Japanese anime isekai comedy produced by Silver Link and broadcast on TOKYO MX. Kinji Ninomiya is a layabout with no work ethic who is transported from modern life into a fantasy world, only to be shoved into a brutal job at an evil mining company inside a labyrinth. Co-workers and figures around him include Rim, Wanibe and Belza, and a goblin boss presides over the grind. The engine of the show is simple: Kinji wants to escape the drudgery and survive, while the dungeon's quotas, monsters and cruel management keep pulling him deeper into the work he avoided. Each episode is built from short comic set pieces of mining shifts, petty bureaucracy and monster encounters. Told in a single season of short episodes, it plays as a continuing story with light episodic gags. The tone is breezy and sardonic, with dark workplace satire undercutting the fantasy adventure. Fans of Konosuba and Overlord will find resonance in its blend of isekai premise, irreverent humor and a fantasy world that mirrors everyday office misery.

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