BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. (Anime)

BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. (痛いのは嫌なので防御力に極振りしたいと思います。, Itai no wa Iya nano de Bōgyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu.) is an anime series based on the Light Novel of the same name. The first season was premiered on January 8, 2020, and ran until March 25, 2020, on AT-X, ABC, Tokyo MX, TVA, and BS11.

A second season of the anime was announced at the end of the first season's finale episode. The second season premiered on January 11, 2023, and ran until April 19, 2023.

Story[]

After receiving an invitation from her friend Risa Shiromine, Kaede Honjou begins playing the VRMMO game NewWorld Online as the character Maple. Lacking knowledge of the game, she allocates all her status points to defense. As a result, her movements are slow, she cannot use magic, and she even gets attacked by the rabbits. However, she obtains a skill called "Absolute Defense" due to maxing out her vitality points, and a counter skill that kills in a single hit. A "mobile fortress style" novice with a poisonous skill that makes all attacks invalid and overrides all obstacles, she goes off on adventures, disregarding her irregularities.

Staff / Cast[]

Staff[]

Original: Yuumikan
Character draft: Koin (狐印)
Supervised by: Shin Oonuma・Mirai Minato
Series configuration: Fumihiko Shimo (志茂文彦)
Character design: Kazuya Hirata
Weapon design: 青木慎平
Prop Design: Yuuki Sawairi (澤入祐樹), ? (佐藤香織)
Creature design: Mako Aboshi (あぼしまこ), HB2P
Art supervisor: 新城湧基
Art setting: 上野比呂美
Color Design: 平間夏美
Cinematographer: Atsushi Satou (Studio Shamrock) [佐藤敦（スタジオシャムロック）]
3D supervision: 北村浩久
Editor: Yuuji Kondou (近藤勇二)（REAL-T)
Sound supervisor: 小泉紀介
Sound effects: Kiyotaka Kawada (川田清貴)
Music: Taro Masuda
Music Production: MAGES.
Animation Production: Silver Link
Production: 防振り製作委員会<

Cast[]

Music[]

Opening Theme[]

Season 1: Ultimate unbalance!
Season 2: I Will Hide Behind this Shield

Ending Theme[]

Season 1: Play the World
Season 2: Step for Joy

Episode List[]

Season 1[]

No.	Episodes	Release Date
1.	"Defense and First Battle" "Bōgyo Toku-ka to Hatsu Sentou." (防御特化と初戦闘)	January 8, 2020
2.	"Defense and Friends" "Bōgyo Toku-ka to Otomodachi." (防御特化とお友達)	January 15, 2020
3.	"Defense and Reaching Second Level" "Bōgyo toku-ka to ni-sō kōryaku" (防御特化と二層攻略)	January 22, 2020
4.	"Defense and Second Event" "Bōgyo toku-ka to dainikai ibento" (防御特化と第二回イベント)	January 29, 2020
5.	"Defense and Spoils of War" "Bōgyo toku-ka to senri-hin" (防御特化と戦利品)	February 5, 2020
6.	"Defense and Reinforcements" "Bogyo Tokka to Shin Senryoku"(防御特化と新戦力。)	February 12, 2020
7.	"Defense and Upgrades" "Bogyo Tokka to Kyoka"(防御特化と強化)	February 19, 2020
8.	"Defense and Third Event" "Bogyo Tokka to Daisankai Ibento"(防御特化と第三回イベント。)	February 26, 2020
9.	"Defense and Fourth Event" "Bogyo Tokka to Daiyonkai Ibento"(防御特化と第四回イベント。)	March 4, 2020
10.	"Defense and Attack" "Bogyo Tokka to Shutsugeki"(防御特化と出撃。)	March 11, 2020
11.	"Defense and Mighty Foe" "Bogyo Tokka to Kyoteki"(防御特化と強敵。)	March 18, 2020
12.	"Defense and Link" "Bogyo Tokka to Tsunagari"(防御特化とつながり)	March 25, 2020

Season 2[]

No.	Episodes	Release Date
13.	Maxing Defense and Christmas	January 11, 2023
14.	Maxing Defense, Level 5, and Level 6	January 18, 2023
15.	Maxing Defense and the Seventh Event	January 25, 2023
16.	Maxing Defense and Tower Conquest	February 1, 2023
17.	Maxing Defense and Tentacle	February 8, 2023
18.	Maxing Defense and Tame Monsters	February 15, 2023
19.	Maxing Defense and Hunting for Crystals	March 8, 2023
20.	Maxing Defense and the Eighth Event	March 15, 2023
21.	Maxing Defense and Setting Up a Base	March 22, 2023
22.	Maxing Defense and New Teams	March 29, 2023
23.	Maxing Defense and New Parties	April 12, 2023
24.	Maxing Defense and the Big Final Battle	April 19, 2023