The staff of the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Satsuki Nakamura’s Though I Am an Inept Villainess light novel series released a new key visual to celebrate Children’s Day in Japan. The Though I Am an Inept Villainess Children’s Day visual depicts Kou Reirin, Shu Keigetsu, Eu Gyomei and Shin-u as they rest after drawing together.
Crunchyroll will stream Though I Am an Inept Villainess this July in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, and the Indian Subcontinent.
The cast of the Though I Am an Inept Villainess anime includes:
- Manaka Iwami as Kou Reirin
- Natsumi Kawaida as Shu Keigetsu
- Makoto Furukawa as Ei Gyoumei
- Yuichiro Umehara as Shin-u
- Hana Hishikawa as Lily
- Nikray Farahnaz as Kou Tousetsu
Mitsue Yamazaki directs the Though I Am an Inept Villainess anime series at studio Dōga Kōbō. What’s more, Yoshiko Nakamura oversees the series scripts, and Ai Kikuchi is the anime’s character designer.
Additional staff members include:
- Color Key Artist: Kei Ishiguro
- Art Director: Seina Yaguchi (Studio Pablo)
- Compositing Director of Photography: Yui Fukuoka
- Editing: Mutsumi Takemiya
- Music: Yukari Hashimoto
- Casting: Makoto Tanimura
- Sound Effects: Yuika Shiraishi
- Audio-Recording Engineer: Toshihiro Hayano
- Recording Assistant: Ryō Kaneko
- Sound Production: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Ichijinsha launched Nakamura’s light novel series in December 2020. The manga adaptation by Ohitsuji was launched at the same time in Ichijinsha’s Monthly Comic Zero-Sum magazine. Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the series in English.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the Though I Am an Inept Villainess series, via Seven Seas Entertainment:
In a kingdom inspired by historical China, five clans put forth their maidens as imperial consorts–but only one will be crowned empress. The frail and beautiful Kou Reirin, the so-called “butterfly” of the imperial court, is a shoo-in to marry the crown prince. But when “court rat” Shu Keigetsu lashes out at her during the glittering Lantern Festival, it’s Reirin who wakes up in the dungeons! Body-swapped by her assailant to steal her position at court, Reirin’s plight seems dire…to everyone else! Now that she’s got a robust new body, not even the looming threat of execution can stop her!
