Atsushi Tamaru, Yūichi Nakamura, Katsuyuki Konishi, Mugihito join the cast
Kodoani.com – The official website for the television anime adaptation of the light novel Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire (Eiyū-Ō, Bu o Kiwameru Tame Tensei-Su: Soshite, Sekai Saikyō no Minarai Kishi) of the light novel has been revealed. The clip reveals the opening and ending songs, adds a voice cast and staff, and will premiere January 9 on Thursday.
The anime will premiere in Japan on January 10 at 1:45 a.m. (January 9 at 11:45 a.m. EST) on TV Tokyo. The anime will then air on BS TV Tokyo and AT-X channels. The anime will stream first on the dAnime Store in Japan and then on other services in Japan. Muse Asia also licensed the anime distribution.
The anime will hold a pre-screening event in Japan on January 8 at United Cinemas Toyosu in Tokyo. The anime will screen the first two episodes at the event.
Additional actors are:
Atsushi Tamaru as Rafael Billford
Yūichi Nakamura as Leon Olfer
Katsuyuki Konishi as the Man in the Black Mask
Mugihito as the Old King Inglis
The previously announced cast includes:
Akari Kitō as Inglis Ecus Ai Kakuma as Rafinha Bilford Tomori Kusunoki as Leone Olfa Wakana Kuramochi as Liselotte Arcia Shiraishi Haruka as Eris Eri Kitamura as Sistia Rouge Naomi Ōzora as Ripple New promotional video introducing the opening song anime “DAY1” by AUO feat. MORISAKI WINS. Yui Nishio will perform the ending theme song “Self Hug Big Love”.
Naoyuki Kuzuya (Saiyuki Gaiden, Wild Adapter, Jūza Engi Egetsu Sangokuden) is directing the anime at Studio Comet. Mitsutaka Hirota (Rent-A-Girlfriend, Edens Zero, Anime-Gataris) is in charge of the series scripts. Reiichirō Ōfuji designed the characters, with Tomoko Miyakawa, Rion Matsuda, and Maki Fukui serving as supporting character designers. Ōfuji, Miyakawa and Matsuda are also chief animation directors, along with Masayuki Nomoto. Kenta Higashiohji (Super Shiro, Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle) is composing the music. Fumiyuki Go is the sound director, while Emi Takanashi is assigned to the sound effects.
Additional staff for the anime include:
Design color: Eiko Nishi
Art Director: Hiroshi Gouroku, Mame
Director of Photography: Kenji Takehara
CG Director: Hayato Numajiri
Editor: Kiyotaka Miyake
Magic Stone Beast Design: Yoshiki Kuga
Music producer: Nippon Columbia
Sound Production: Bit Grooove Ads
J-Novel Club licensed the light novel series and it describes the series:
Hero-King Inglis’ last wish is to be resurrected as a warrior. Though when he wakes up, he realizes he has been reincarnated as a girl from a noble family! Even when she was denied the title of knight, she still became the most extraordinary squire ever.
Hayaken began serializing the original novel’s story on the Shōsetsu ni Narō (Let’s Be Novelists) website in March 2019. Hobby Japan’s HJ Bunko publishing house is publishing the novel in print with illustrations by Hobby Japan. Nagu. Moto Kuromura serialized the manga on Hobby Japan’s Comic Fire website.
The light novel series previously inspired two short anime series in November 2020.
