The light novel series Hachinantte Sore wa Inai Deshō! joined the spring 2020 season with Crunchyroll handling the simulcast and doing some solid promotion for it since it got underway. Crunchyroll recently revealed that they’re going to be producing an English language dub for it as well that got underway back on May 14th, 2020. They intend to release new episodes weekly and have worked on this dub remotely with the cast that they have. While they’ve been doing a lot of simulcast promotion they’re now getting some dub promotion underway with the third clip from it now out that focuses on the third episode where Well is trying to make friends but is having trouble doing so because of his power level.
Tatsuo Miura is on board to direct it with Takeshi Miyamoto handling the series composition. Fuzichoco is listed as the original character designer with Keiji Tanabe adapting them and animation production handled by Shinei Animation and Synergy SP.
The English dub cast includes Ben Diskin as Adult Wendelin, Reba Buhr as Elise, Erica Mendez as Iina, Cherami Leigh as Louise, and Veronica Taylor as Wilma
The Japanese cast includes Junya Enoki as Wendelin and Asuka Nishi as Eliz, Yuuna Mimura as Louise, Mikako Komatsu as Iina, and M.A.O as Vilma. Additional casting includes Hiro Shimono as Erwin von Alnim, Tomohito Takatsuka as Roderich, Shizuka Ishigami as Wendelin (young), Tomokazu Sugita as Kurt, Yukana as Amalie, Daisuke Namikawa as Alfred, Yūsaku Yara as Brantack Lyngstad, and Masashi Yamane as Klimt Kristoff von Armstrong.
The series comes from writer Y.A. and artist Fuzichoco which began in 2013 and wrapped up in 2017 through the online side while print editions began in 2015 and will have fifteen volumes out as of this December 2018. A manga began in 2015 as well with Hiroki Kusumoto handling that which has five volumes out so far.
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Plot Concept: Shingo Ichinomiya, a 25-year-old man working at a firm company, while thinking of tomorrow’s busy working day, goes to sleep. However, when he woke up, he found himself in a room unknown to him and realized that he is inside a 6-years-old body, taking over his body and mind. He soon learns from the memories of the boy that the boy was born as the youngest child of a poor noble family living in a back country. Having no administrative skill, he can’t do anything to manage the vast land his family has. Fortunately, he is blessed with a very rare talent, the talent of magic. Unfortunately, while his talent could bring prosperity to his family, in his situation it only brought disaster. This is the story of the boy, Wendelin Von Benno Baumeister, opening his own path in a harsh world.
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