Kadokawa has released a new trailer for the TV anime adaptation of Yatsuki Wakatsu and illustrator Kikka Ohashi’s The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter boys-love light novel series. The trailer previews the opening and ending theme songs of The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter—”Magic” by Kobore and “Back to Back” by Win Morisaki.
The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter will premiere on January 6, 2026 at 11:00 p.m. JST / 9:00 a.m. EST on the AT-X channel in Japan. Crunchyroll will stream the anime with the title Isekai Office Worker: The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS and Indian Subcontinent.
The cast includes:
- Kent Itō as Seiichirō Kondō
- Tomoaki Maeno as Aresh Indrak
- Seiichirō Yamashita as Norbert
- Hiroki Tōchi as Kamil
- Tomohiro Yamaguchi as Julius
- Yuna Kamakura as Yua Shiraishi
- Takaaki Torashima as Ist
- Yūki Ono as Siegvold
- Win Morisaki as Ciro
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Orjef
- Shiori Izawa as Selio
Shinji Ishihara directs the anime at Studio DEEN, with Yoshiko Nakamura overseeing the series composition. Akira Yamada serves as assistant director, while Maki Fujii is handling the character design. Megumi Ōhashi is composing the music, and Nippon Columbia is producing the music.
Yatsuki launched the light novel series in February 2019. Lastly, Yen Press releases the manga and light novel in English and describes it as follows:
One day, twenty-nine-year-old accountant Seiichirou Kondou is accidentally transported to another world. As compensation, the Romany Kingdom promises to take care of all his living expenses, but the workaholic Seiichirou still asks for a job.
Once he’s placed in the Royal Accounting Department, he starts whipping his lackadaisical colleagues into shape. But when he gets in over his head and nearly dies from overwork, the handsome Commander Aresh steps in to save him, and the two develop a unique physical relationship…as a form of medical treatment?!
