The staff of the upcoming anime of Satsuki Nakamura’s Though I Am an Inept Villainess light novel series revealed the anime’s main trailer along with five new cast members. The video reveals and previews the opening theme song “Sunny” by milet, who is best known for performing the opening theme for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc alongside MAN WITH A MISSION. This marks her first time performing an anime’s opening theme song as a solo artist.
Newly announced cast members include:
- Rei Igarashi as Kou Kenshū
- Ai Kayano as Shu Gabi
- Mai Nakahara as Kin Seika
- Inori Minase as Ran Hōshun
- Yui Ishikawa as Gen Kasui
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
The anime will premiere on July 12 and Crunchyroll will stream it as it airs in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, and the Indian Subcontinent.
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. The light novels’ 10th volume shipped on April 2. Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the series in English and released the ninth volume on August 26.
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!
