“I'm the Villainess, So I'm the Final Boss” the anime series from 1 October 2022 on Crunchyroll
I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss (悪 役 令 嬢 な の で ラ ス ボ ス を 飼 っ て み ま し た, Akuyaku Reijō Nanode Rasubosu or Katte Mimashita) is a series of Japanese light novels written by Sarasa Nagase and illustrated by Mai Murasaki. It began serialization online in May 2017 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Kadokawa Shoten, who has published nine volumes since September 2017 under his imprint Kadokawa Beans Bunko. A manga adaptation with drawings by Anko Yuzu was serialized in Kadokawa ShotenComp Aceda's manga magazine seinen June 2018 to August 2019. It was collected in three tankōbon volumes. Both the light novel and the manga are licensed in North America by Yen Press. An adaptation of an anime television series by Maho Film will premiere in October 2022.
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The official website of the television anime adaptation of Sarasa Nagase's light novels I 'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss (Akuyaku Reijō Nanode Last Boss or Katte Mimashita) revealed the second promotional video and the final artist theme on Thursday. The trailer premieres the opening theme song for voice actress Rie Takahashi's lead vocal “Kyо̄kan Sarenakute mo Ii Janai” and reveals the anime's premiere date on October 1st.
The anime will premiere on Tokyo MX and MBS on October 1, on WOWOW on October 5, on AT-X on October 6 and on BS-TBS on October 7.
The ACCAMER will perform the final theme "Nomick".
Previously announced cast members include:
Rie Takahashi as Aileen Lauren Dautriche (Yen Press spells name as Aileen Lauren d'Autriche)
Yuichiro Umehara as Claude Jeanne Elmir (Yen Press spells the name as Claude Jean Ellmeyer)
Toshiki Masuda as Cedric Jeanne Elmir (Yen Press spells name as Cedric Jean Ellmeyer)
Jun Fukuyama as Keith Eigrid
Yūki Ono as Belzebuth (Yen Press spells the name as Belzebuth)
Kana Hanazawa as Lilia Rainworth (Yen Press spells the name as Lilia Reinoise)
Tomokazu Sugita as Almond
Yuma Uchida as Isaac Lombard
Hiroki Yasumoto as Jasper Varie
Takuto Yoshinaga as Doni (Yen Press spells name as Denis)
Shin'ichiro Kamio as Ruck (Yen Press spells name as Luc)
Yu Miyazaki as Quartz
Kumiko Habara (I'm Standing on 1.000.000 Lives. Both Seasons) will direct the anime at Maho Film. Kenta Ihara (Tomodachi Game, Vinland Saga, Saga of Tanya the Evil) is writing and supervising the scripts for the series. Momoko Makiuchi, Eri Kojima and Yūko Ōba are the character designers. Natsumi Tabuchi, Hanae Nakamura, Miki Sakurai, Sayaka Aoki and Kanade Sakuma are composing the music.
Yen Press licensed both the novels and the manga adaptation and describes the story:
When her engagement to the prince ends unceremoniously, details from young noblewoman Aileen's past life come running back and help her realize that she is living in the world of one of her favorite otome games, as the heroine's greatest rival. ! However, her memory has more plot holes than bad fan fiction… and the only certainty is that if she doesn't do something quickly, her death is almost assured. You can't rely on the hero / main love interest, so why not see what the last boss has to say?
The novel series debuted on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō (Let's Become Novelists) website in 2017. Kadokawa began publishing novels featuring Mai Murasaki's illustrations in September 2017. Anko Yuzu launched the manga adaptation in Comp Ace of Kadokawa in June 2018. The third and final compiled book volume shipped to Japan in December 2019.
