{"id":630675,"date":"2026-09-20T17:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T17:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/630675\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T17:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T17:48:09","slug":"though-i-am-an-inept-villainess-animes-2nd-part-unveils-cast-key-visual-january-2027-debut-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/630675\/","title":{"rendered":"Though I am an Inept Villainess Anime’s 2nd Part Unveils Cast, Key Visual, January 2027 Debut – News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The staff\u00a0for the television anime<\/a> of Satsuki Nakamura<\/a>‘s Though I Am an Inept Villainess<\/a> (Futsutsuka na Akujo de wa Gozaimasu ga – S\u016bg\u016b Ch\u014dso Torikae Den) light novel series revealed on Sunday the January 2027 premiere for the second cours<\/a> (quarter of a year) titled \u201cThe First Royal Outing” arc, more cast for the new arc, and a key visual.<\/p>\n

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Y\u016bichi Nakamura<\/a> plays Rerien’s eldest brother Keikou.<\/p>\n

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Shunichi Toki<\/a> plays Rerien’s second-eldest brother Keishou.<\/p>\n

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Chiaki Kobayashi<\/a> plays Unran, the young leader of a village.<\/p>\n

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Seven Seas Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0publishes<\/a> both the light novels and manga under the title Though I Am an Inept Villainess: Tale of the Butterfly-Rat Body Swap in the Maiden Court<\/a>, and describes the story:<\/p>\n

In a kingdom inspired by historical China, five clans put forth their maidens as imperial consorts\u2013but only one will be crowned empress. The frail and beautiful Kou Reirin, the so-called \u201cbutterfly\u201d of the imperial court, is a shoo-in to marry the crown prince. But when \u201ccourt rat\u201d 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!<\/p>\n

Mitsue Yamazaki<\/a> (How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?<\/a>, Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun<\/a>) is directing the anime at D\u014dga K\u014db\u014d<\/a>. Yoshiko Nakamura<\/a> (Detective Conan: Zero’s Tea Time<\/a>; Tadaima, Okaeri<\/a>; The Helpful Fox Senko-san<\/a>) is overseeing the series scripts, and Ai Kikuchi<\/a> (How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?, New Game!<\/a>, Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie<\/a>) is designing the characters.<\/p>\n

Singer-songwriter milet<\/a> performs<\/a> the opening theme song “Sunny.” Rokudenashi<\/a> performs the the ending theme song “Shooting Star” (H\u014dkiboshi).<\/p>\n

Additional staff members include:\n<\/p>\n

The anime premiered<\/a> on TV Tokyo<\/a> and its affiliates on July 12. Netflix<\/a> began\u00a0streaming<\/a> the anime in Asia on July 12. Crunchyroll<\/a> streamed<\/a> the anime as it aired in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, and the Indian Subcontinent. TOHO<\/a> debuted<\/a> an English dub on July 25 on Crunchyroll, Hulu<\/a>, and Disney+<\/a>. The dub is also available on Netflix in Asia.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The anime’s premiere was delayed<\/a> to July due to delays in production progress. The anime was initially announced to premiere<\/a> in April.<\/p>\n

Ichijinsha<\/a> launched Nakamura’s light novel series with illustrations by YukiKana<\/a> in December 2020. The novels’ manga adaptation by Ei Ohitsuji<\/a> simultaneously launched in Ichijinsha’s Monthly Comic Zero-Sum<\/a> magazine. Ichijinsha published the light novels’ 12th volume on March 31. The series will enter<\/a> its final arc “Hoshi ni Negai o” (Wish Upon a Star) with the series’ 13th light novel volume on September 30.<\/p>\n

Seven Seas released the manga’s ninth volume on August 4 and will release the light novels’ 11th volume in English on September 22.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Source: Press release<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The staff\u00a0for the television anime of Satsuki Nakamura‘s Though I Am an Inept Villainess (Futsutsuka na Akujo de…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":["post-630675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}