Square Enix has announced that Kentarou’s From Overshadowed to Overpowered (Rakudai Kenja no Gakuin Musō: Nidome no Tensei, S-Rank Cheat Majutsushi Bōkenroku) manga will be getting an anime adaptation in July. The manga is based on Arata Shiraishi’s Rakudai Kenja no Gakuin Musō: Nido Tensei Shita Saikyō Kenja, 400-nen-go no Sekai o Maken de Musō light novel series.
To celebrate the announcement Kentarou released a celebratory illustration.
Hisashi Ishii, known for his work on I’m Quitting Heroing, is directing the anime. Hisashi also released a celebratory illustration.
The anime will star Shūichirō Umeda as Ephtal the protagonist, Reo Osanai will star as heroine Anastasia, and Haruka Shiraishi will star as magical academy head Marin.
Hisashi Ishii is directing the anime at EMT Squared, with Deko Akao handling the series’ scripts. Hideki Furukawa will be in charge of character design.
Kentarou first launched the manga in Square Enix’s Manga UP! website in September 2019. Square Enix published the manga’s eighth compiled book volume in June 2025.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the story via Comickey who releases the manga in English:
Ephtal is reincarnated as a human, coming from modern Earth. In this new world where magic is real, he decides to devote the entirety of his lifein the pursuit of magic. Despite his efforts, though, he discovers that he isabsolutely talentless in magic, and breathed his last in anguish….But it isn’t the end for him just yet! He reincarnates once again bearing the same name, Ephtal, 400 years later. Having retained his knowledge and power, he steels his resolve and once again sets his sights for the peak of magic!
