The fall 2019 anime adaptation of Ascendance of Bookworm wrapped up at the end of last year and now things are waiting on the second cour that’s set for the spring 2020 season. While most things are still focusing on the winter season, some casting for this series has arrived with a few servants being cast. That includes:
- Yuko Sanpei as Gil, a child who seems sardonic and quick to conflict, but is actually just earnest
- Shō Karino as Fran, Myne’s first attendant, who is constantly swept up in Myne’s whims
- Chiyo Tomaru as Delia, who knows how to use her feminine wiles despite her young age
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🍀ギル：三瓶由布子孤児院からマインの側仕えに召し上げられた灰色神官見習い。
素行が悪く、これまでに何度も「反省室」行きになっている。https://t.co/86gsPqWhC0 #本好きの下剋上 #三瓶由布子 pic.twitter.com/jHUwMdjJxQ— TVアニメ「本好きの下剋上」公式 (@anime_booklove) January 10, 2020
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🍀フラン：狩野 翔神官長に付けられたマインの筆頭側仕えの灰色神官。
マインに仕える前は神官長の筆頭側仕えで、神官長に心酔している。https://t.co/86gsPqWhC0 #本好きの下剋上 #狩野翔 pic.twitter.com/BzuA3CeyID— TVアニメ「本好きの下剋上」公式 (@anime_booklove) January 10, 2020
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🍀デリア：都丸ちよ神殿長に付けられたマインの側仕えの灰色巫女見習い。
神殿という特殊な環境で育ったため、権力者に媚びるのが最良の生き方という価値観の持ち主。https://t.co/86gsPqWhC0 #本好きの下剋上 #都丸ちよ pic.twitter.com/eZl0OMnINp— TVアニメ「本好きの下剋上」公式 (@anime_booklove) January 10, 2020
The show comes from director Mitsuru Hongo based on the series composition by Mariko Kunisawa. Yoshiaki Yanagida and Toshihisa Kaiya are on board for character designs with Ajiado handling the animation production. The series is also set for an October 2019 debut.
The announced cast includes Megumi Nakajima as Turi, Fumiko Orikasa as Eva, Tsuyoshi Koyama as Gunther, Mutsumi Tamura as Lutz, Takehito Koyasu as Penno, Satoshi Hino as Otto, Tomoaki Maeno as Mark, Aya Uchida as Frieda, and Hiroshi Naka as Gustaf.
The opening theme song is “Masshiro” as performed by Sumire Morohoshi while Megumi Nakajima is on board to perform the ending theme song “Kamikazari no Tenshi” for the show.
The series began ints print run in 2015 and has seventeen volumes to date plus a manga adaptation that’s at seven volumes.
Check out the official website and Twitter.
Plot Concept: When she woke up, she was in a parallel world…
Avid bookworm and college student Motosu Urano ends up dying in an unforeseen accident. This came right after the news that she would finally be able to work as a librarian like she had always dreamed of.
When she regained consciousness, she was reborn as Myne, the daughter of a poor soldier. She was in the town of Ehrenfest, a town that existed in a parallel world and had a harsh class system where the magic-wielding nobles ruled supreme. But Myne doesn’t really let that get to her. After all, as long as she had books, she didn’t really need anything else.
However, this world had a very low literacy rate and no real way of printing books, so books were scarce and belonged only to the nobles. They were completely out of reach for the daughter of some poor soldier. But that doesn’t stop Myne from wanting to read books, so she makes a decision…
“If there aren’t any books, I’ll just create some.”
Myne might not have energy or money, but she has an endless amount of knowledge from all the books she read in her previous life. Will Myne actually be able to make some books? Myne’s adventure to create books starts now.
[Source: ANN]
