The staff of the TV anime adaptation of Shiki and Wan Hachipisu’s Observation Records of My Fiancée: The Misadventures of a Self-Proclaimed Villainess light novel series have confirmed the anime’s April 6 premiere in a new promotional video. The promotional video also confirms that Yume Miyamoto is joining the cast of the anime as Heronia Inderon.
The Observation Records of My Fiancée: The Misadventures of a Self-Proclaimed Villainess anime will be airing on Tokyo MX, BS11, and Sun TV when it premieres on April 6.
The main cast of the anime includes Yūsuke Kobayashi as Cecil and Miyu Tomita as Bertia.
Junichi Yamamoto directs the anime at Ashi Productions. Miki Matsumoto is the character designer for animation, and Akiko Inoue is both writing and overseeing the series scripts. Yūki Hayashi, Luke Standridge, and Asa Taylor are the music composers, with music production cooperation by Futokoro Gatana.
Additional staff members include:
- Sub-Character Design: Abe, Uni Matsui
- Color Design: Naomi Nakano (Stella)
- Assistant Color Design: Yuika Nagai (Stella)
- Art Director: Junichi Higashi
- Background Art: Yūta Fujii
- Director of Photography: Hideki Eto (EXPLOSION)
- Prop Design: Kio Edamatsu
- CG Director: Jie Ren (Boundary)
- Editing: Akinori Mishima (Mishima Editing Room)
- Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
Shiki first serialized the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website, and AlphaPolis released the original novel in two volumes in 2017 with illustrations by Wan Hachipisu. Hanashi Media publishes the light novel series in English.
Here’s a description of the story, via Hanashi Media:
Exceptionally gifted to his own detriment, Prince Cecil had always found life effortlessly mundane. One ordinary day, his life took an unexpected turn when he became engaged to Miss Bertia, the Chancellor’s daughter. This engagement, however, was anything but typical.
“Prince Cecil! I must confess – I am the villain of this story!” Bertia’s declaration was startling. She claimed to have memories of her former life, where she had been the antagonist in a “Otome game”. Her lofty ambition was to excel as a villainess and thus have her engagement annulled. However, despite her plans for various misdeeds, her attempts have always been unsuccessful.
