TOHO has announced that the English dub for the TV anime adaptation of Satsuki Nakamura’s Though I Am an Inept Villainess light novel series will premiere on July 26 at 8:45 a.m. PT / 24:45 JST on Crunchyroll, Hulu, Disney+, and Netflix (Asia). The English dub cast of Though I Am an Inept Villainess was also revealed.
- Brianna Knickerbocker as Kou Reirin
- Rebecca Wang as Shu Keigetsu
- Kaiji Tang as Ei Gyoumei
- Aleks Le as Shin-u
- Lizzie Freeman as Leelee
- Mori Calliope as Kou Tousetsu
milet performs the opening theme song “Sunny.” Rokudenashi performs the ending theme song “Shooting Star (Hōkiboshi).”
The cast of the 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
- 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
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. The light novels’ 10th volume shipped on April 2. Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the series in English.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the 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!
