{"id":919263,"date":"2026-10-03T16:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T16:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/919263\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T16:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T16:36:08","slug":"ascendance-of-a-bookworm-novels-part-4-gets-tv-anime-from-wit-studio-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/919263\/","title":{"rendered":"Ascendance of a Bookworm Novels&#8217; Part 4 Gets TV Anime From Wit Studio &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Announced after end of Part 3 anime<\/p>\n<p>The staff for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2023-12-06\/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-light-novels-get-more-anime-by-wit-studio\/.205167\" data-pasted=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">anime<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=169805\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miya Kazuki<\/a>&#8216;s Ascendance of a Bookworm (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=21902\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Honzuki no Gekokuj\u014d &#8211; Shisho ni Naru Tame niwa Shudan o Erandeiramasen<\/a>) light novel series announced on Saturday that the novels&#8217; part 4, Founder of the Royal Academy&#8217;s So-Called Library Committee (Kizoku-in no Jish\u014d Tosho Iin), will receive a television anime. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=10798\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wit Studio<\/a> is once again animating for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=40608\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 4: Founder of the Royal Academy&#8217;s So-Called Library Committee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"519\" height=\"600\" alt=\"1l5w6i05i3oakw4jk4yvw4wdkcqekg\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.10\/242442\/1l5w6i05i3oakw4jk4yvw4wdkcqekg.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/booklove-anime.jp\/news\/contents\/article_qk1xesez9hf0kano.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ascendance of a Bookworm anime&#8217;s website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Miya Kazuki\/TO Books<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"424\" alt=\"bookworm\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max300x600\/cms\/news.9\/233207\/bookworm.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image courtesy of Sony Music<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u9999\u6708\u7f8e\u591c\u30fbTO \u30d6\u30c3\u30af\u30b9\/\u672c\u597d\u304d\u306e\u4e0b\u524b\u4e0a\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a2026<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=30955\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke<\/a> anime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2026-01-19\/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-adopted-daughter-of-an-archduke-anime-main-trailer-unveils-more-staff-\/.233207\" data-pasted=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">premiered<\/a> on April 4 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=848\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yomiuri TV<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=124\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NTV<\/a> channels at 5:30 p.m. JST (4:30 a.m. EDT), and ended on Saturday. The anime aired across two consecutive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/lexicon.php?id=123\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cours<\/a>\u00a0for a half-year run. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=7606\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crunchyroll<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2026-03-24\/crunchyroll-announces-release-schedule-for-spring-2026-season\/.235686\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">streaming<\/a> the anime with English subtitles and an English <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2026-04-18\/crunchyroll-reveals-english-dub-cast-staff-for-mistress-kanan-is-devilishly-easy-ascendance-of-a-\/.236519\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dub<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=28316\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yuka Iguchi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=4128\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Show Hayami<\/a> returned in the Part 3 anime as Rozemyne (previously Myne) and Ferdinand, respectively. The anime&#8217;s new cast members included:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=383\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yoshiaki Iwasaki<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=33696\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kowloon Generic Romance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=7490\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hayate the Combat Butler<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=21294\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">We Never Learn: BOKUBEN<\/a>) directed the Part 3 anime at Wit Studio, replacing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/lexicon.php?id=70\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">franchise<\/a>&#8216;s previous director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=291\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mitsuru Hong\u014d<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=74555\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mariko Kunisawa<\/a> returned to write the series scripts, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=157964\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aiko Minowa<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=20226\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">After the Rain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=19762\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Ancient Magus&#8217; Bride<\/a> in-between animation) was the new character designer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=66785\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MICHIRU<\/a> returned to compose the music.<\/p>\n<p>The first anime season <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2019-08-01\/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-anime-reveals-14-episode-length-october-2-debut\/.149575\" data-pasted=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">premiered<\/a> in October 2019, and ended in December 2019 with 14 episodes. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2019-12-05\/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-anime-2nd-part-premieres-next-spring\/.154041\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">second<\/a> season premiered in Japan in April 2020. The anime&#8217;s third season <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2022-03-03\/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-anime-season-3-ad-reveals-maaya-sakamoto-new-song-april-11-debut\/.183229\" data-pasted=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">premiered<\/a> in April 2022. Crunchyroll streamed all three seasons as they aired.<\/p>\n<p>Kazuki <a href=\"http:\/\/ncode.syosetu.com\/n4830bu\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-pasted=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">began<\/a> the original novels on the &#8220;Sh\u014dsetsuka ni Nar\u014d&#8221; website in 2013, and ended the web novel in 2017. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=153084\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">You Shiina<\/a> illustrates the print edition. The main series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2022-12-15\/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-light-novel-series-approaches-conclusion-in-2023\/.192942\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ended<\/a> with its 33rd volume (volume 12 of part 5) in December 2023. The novel series now has over 13 million copies in circulation (including digital copies).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=15174\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">J-Novel Club<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2018-11-20\/j-novel-club-launches-online-manga-reader-licenses-5-manga-titles\/.139761\" data-pasted=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">releasing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2019-03-17\/j-novel-club-licenses-ascendance-of-a-bookworm-novels\/.144654\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">both<\/a> the light novels and some of the various manga adaptations in English.<\/p>\n<p>Sources: Ascendance of a Bookworm&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/booklove-anime.jp\/news\/contents\/article_qk1xesez9hf0kano.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">website<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/natalie.mu\/comic\/news\/692238\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Comic Natalie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Announced after end of Part 3 anime The staff for the anime of Miya Kazuki&#8216;s Ascendance of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":919264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-919263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}