The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Asa Rokushima’s The Laid-Off Cheat-Granting Mage Enjoys a New Life novel series has revealed a new promotional video and new staff members.
The new staff members include:
- Chief Animation Director: Min Ji Yu
- Monster Design/Action Animation Director: Noboru Sugimitsu
- Main Animator: Kayoko Nabeta
- Color Design: Kazu Doi
- Art Director: Tamako Kamiyama
- Art Design: Risa Iwatsuki
- Prop Design: Hiromi Makino
- 2D Design: Yoshihide Mukai
- Special Effects: Masahiro Murakami, Sumie Murakami
- 3D Director: Motonari Ichikawa
- Compositing Director of Photography: Yōichirō Satō
- Editing: Ayumu Takahashi
- Music: Arisa Okehazama
- Sound Director: Ryōsuke Naya
- Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
- Sound Production: Studio Mausu
- Animation Producer: Mitsuhito Tsuji
Shū Honma, known for his work on Mayonaka Punch, is directing the anime at P.A. Works. Yōko Yonaiyama is handling the series scripts. Tadahito Kiyosawa is designing the characters, along side Masami Gohda who serves as the sub-character designer. Both Kiyosawa and Gohda will also serve as chief animation directors.
The cast of the anime includes:
- Daiki Yamashita as Rein Garland
- Lynn as Lily Flumbell
- Yoshino Aoyama as Margaret Else
- Miyu Tomita as Mirabell
- Megumi Han as Elsy Zora
- Konomi Kohara as Nina
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Hanbun
- Makoto Furukawa as Cornelius
- Rie Shibata as Assassin Mom
The anime premieres this October on TV Tokyo and affiliate channels.
Rokushima first launched the original story in the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in January 2021, and is still updating the story. Kodansha published the first print volume of the novels with illustrations by kisui in January 2022, and the second volume shipped in October 2022. Gyōmuyōmochi then launched the manga adaptation in Kodansha’s Shōnen Magazine R in November 2021, and moved the manga to Kodansha’s Comic Days app in March 2023 after Shōnen Magazine R ended publication.
Shochiku describes the anime:
Rein, an enchanter who strengthens equipment with his magic, is suddenly expelled from his guild, simply because every piece of gear in the guild has already been enhanced enough. Outraged by the absurd treatment, Rein decides to take back the enormous amount of mana he had poured into their equipment. When he casually channels it into a random copper sword, it transforms into a cheat-level weapon with 10,000 enhancement points!
With zero combat experience but armed with magic that can turn anything into overpowered gear, this enchanter sets off to enjoy a new, carefree life as an adventurer! In a world where magic and science intertwine, wild humor meets layered character drama, fueling nonstop fan theories and generating major buzz long before the anime was even announced.
