It is officially confirmed today that a TV anime adaptation of Patora Fuyuhara's fantasy light novel series Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomoni. (In a Different World with a Smartphone.) is set to premiere in Japan this summer. The anime's official website and Twitter are also launched with a first key visual featuring the anime version characters. 

オンライン小説サイト『小説家になろう』にて累計1億PV超の大人気作品「異世界はスマートフォンとともに。」がついにアニメ化決定！2017年夏より放送開始！これから公式HP＆公式Twitterにて随時情報をお届けします! #イセスマ https://t.co/JAdnGyWnY0 pic.twitter.com/EBqRIkyDMG

— アニメ　異世界はスマートフォンとともに。 (@isesumaofficial) March 21, 2017

The novel series has been published on the Shosetsuka ni Narou (Let's Become a Novelist) site since

April 2013, and has been viewed over 100 million times in total. Its print editions have been published

from Hobby Japan's HJ Novels imprint with illustrations by Eiji Usatsuka (The Familiar of Zero), and

the latest 8th volume is scheduled to be released on March 23.

The story follows the 15-year-old protagonist Touya Mochizuki, who was killed by God's mistake. God

agrees to reincarnate him into a fantasy world. In addition, he can bring his smartphone that connects

to the real world's data bank. In his second life in the fantasy world, Touya meets his precious friends

and gradually gets to find out the secret of the world.

TV Anime Main Staff

 Director: Yuji Yanase (Himegoto, Onsen Yosei Hakone-chan)

 Series Composition/Scenarios: Natsuko Takahashi (Poco's Udon World, Long Riders!)

 Character Designer/Chief Animation Director: Toshihide Masutate, Masahiro Sekuguchi, Miyako Nishida

 Art Director: Satoru Shibata 

 Color Coordinator: Aki Watanabe

 Sound Director: Takumi Ito

 Music/Music Production: EXIT TUNES

 Anime Production: Production Reed (Onsen Yosei Hakone-chan, Nijiiro Days)

Novel 1st and 8th volume covers

The novel illustrator Eiji Usatsuka posts a celebration illustration of one of the heroines, Yumina.

簡単ですが登場キャラのユミナがアニメ化お祝いです。どんな感じになるか今から楽しみです^^ pic.twitter.com/ipeHLJiAPh

— エイジ (@usatsukaeiji) 2017年3月21日

Source: "Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomoni." TV anime official website, Twitter

© Patora Fuyuhara, Hobby Japan/The Principality of Brunhild