The last day of 2019 revealed that a new anime adaptation was coming from a light novel series with Kennoji’s Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life – Isekai ni Tsukurō Drugstore getting the nod. Translating as The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist: A Drugstore Built on an Alternate World, it’s been quiet since then beyond Seven Seas Entertainment picking up the rights to the light novels and manga adaptations.
The official site has done a full rollout of the details for the production now with it set for a Summer 2021 debut. With a new key visual released below, we now know that Masafumi Sato is directing it based on the scripts by Hiroko Kanasugi. Etsuko Sumimoto is working on the character design adaptations with EMT Squared handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Jun Fukushima as Reiji Kirio
- Risae Matsuda as Noella
- Akane Kumada as Mina
- Satsumi Matsuda as Elaine
- Mariko Higashiuchi as Annabel
- Fumiko Uchimura as Ejiru
The series itself began in 2016 with four volumes out so far featuring illustrations from Matsuuni. A manga got underway from Eri Haruno previously as well.
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Plot Concept: The “heartwarming fantasy” follows an ordinary, former working stiff who ends up enjoying a relaxing life in a rural town on an alternate world. Frustrated with his dead-end job and life, Reiji suddenly realized one day that he was transported to an alternate world. The skill he picks up there is the skill of making medicine. He is disappointed not to have a combat skill, but the potions he makes become popular overnight, and he opens a drugstore with the money he accumulated. And so, Reiji enjoys a slow life made possible with his skill, catering to clients who come to his store.
[Source: ANN]
