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Ryoko Kui said in an interview that she had been a picky eater since childhood. She explained that as a child she enjoyed thinking about which monster was the strongest while drawing pictures of monsters, and she used those memories when creating the manga.^[1] Initially, she planned to write a dungeon-exploration manga as a hobby, but after receiving support from her editor Masaru Hiroi, she decided to make it a long-running series. Kui initially wanted to serialize a science fiction manga titled Nō no naka wo kaku (脳の中を描く; lit. 'Drawing inside the brain'), but Hiroi repeatedly rejected this idea and noticed her work on the desk that would later become Delicious in Dungeon. In the manga's original draft, there was far too much material, so the editors had to cut many parts. Kui had wanted the characters to speak in various languages, but she was concerned that such elements might bore readers and distract from the story, so she removed them. Because she wanted the entire story to take place solely within the dungeon, she initially did not want to give the characters surnames or name the country where the dungeon is located; however, as the story progressed, Hiroi asked her to add more characters and expand the world.^[2] Before the manga was serialized, Kui read fantasy works like The Neverending Story and The Lord of the Rings, and she began reading Dungeons & Dragons rulebooks and playing role-playing games like Legend of Grimrock for inspiration.^[3]^[4] She specifically mentioned that the 1990 game Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge was the biggest source of inspiration for the manga.^[5] The title for the manga series was chosen by Hiroi.^[3]

For the anime adaptation, Ryoko Kui preferred Yasunori Mitsuda as the composer, since she liked the soundtrack he made for Chrono Cross.^[4] Director Yoshihiro Miyajima said in an interview that he had been familiar with Ryoko Kui's works since 2011 and that when the manga began serialization in 2014, he had dreamed of one day creating an anime adaptation of the manga. He frequently consulted with Kui on the anime adaptation and sought her thoughts on the characters' inner perspectives.^[6] Miyajima said that Delicious in Dungeon World Guide: The Adventurer's Bible which provides detailed information about the world of the manga, was very helpful to him.^[7] Character designer Naoki Takeda also joined the project as a fan of the manga series. They consulted professional food designer Mao Momichi so that the foods in the anime would look delicious while retaining their "monstrous" vibe. About a hundred voice actors were invited to audition for each of the characters Laios, Marcille, Chilchuck, and Senshi. According to Miyajima, finding an actor to voice Laios was difficult because they were looking for someone who could naturally express Laios's "eccentricity".^[6] To help them understand what it's like to eat dungeon food, the staff provided them with insects to eat.^[8]

^ Anime Expo 2024 九井諒子インタビュー記事　日本語訳. Note (in Japanese). November 18, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
^ 食事も、人間関係も、「苦手なもの」だったから『ダンジョン飯』を描けた。ゲームの影響と共に掘り下げる、九井諒子の「好きと嫌いの活かし方」とは【ゲーム世代の作家たち】. Defaminicogamer.jp (in Japanese). August 9, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
^ ^a ^b 『ダンジョン飯』九井諒子先生とゲームの話だけするインタビュー。「『ウィザードリィ6』をプレイして“こんな物語や絵を描いてみたい”と思いました」. Famitsu (in Japanese). January 4, 2025. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Delicious in Dungeon author surprises fans with immaculate gaming taste, mentions Disco Elysium and Papers, Please". Automaton-Media. February 16, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
^ "Delicious in Dungeon was inspired by a video game you might not have heard of". Polygon. May 2, 2024.
^ ^a ^b あふれる原作愛を作品に昇華！ TVアニメ『ダンジョン飯』監督・宮島善博インタビュー①. Febri.jp (in Japanese). December 22, 2023. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
^ "Newtype Exclusive: Delicious in Dungeon Director Yoshihiro Miyajima Reflects on Season 1". Anime News Network. December 10, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
^ "Delicious in Dungeon Roundtable Interview w/ Kentaro Kumagai & Sayaka Sembongi @ Anime Expo 2023". The-O Network. Retrieved May 19, 2025.

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