We learned in May last year about the TV anime adaptation of the Kenja no Deshi o Nanoru Kenja light novel series and recently a new update came in that revealed Funimation to be a co-producer on it. Going with the English title of She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man, The series was set as a Funimation exclusive for streaming later in 2021 but was pushed back to January 2022.
Now, the Japanese side has dropped a new trailer for it that comes in at 90-seconds and highlights the always fun transformation sequence around the minute mark. Check it out below!
The series has Keitaro Motonaga directing it based on the scripts overseen by Takamitsu Kouno. Kumi Horii is handling the character designs with Studio A-Cat handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Nichika Omori as Mira, Ayumu Murase as Solomon and Minami Hinata as Luminaria.
The novel series began in 2012 and is ongoing with thirteen volumes in print so far by Hirotsugu Ryusen. A manga adaptation began in 2016 by Dicca Suemitsu that has six volumes out.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man follows Sakimori Kagami, a young man who’s spent four years perfecting his avatar in the online VRMMORPG Arch Earth Online.
Going by the name Dunbalf, he’s known across the land of this virtual world. But one night before bed, Kagami uses an in-game vanity case that’s about to expire—opting to create his ideal version of a female Dunbalf avatar for fun.
Waking up, he’s surprised to find that he’s now in the body of the avatar he created the night before, and he’ll have to work his way from the bottom up! So he’s a young dude, playing an old dude, who is now playing a young girl—who is still that old dude.
Mira is described as a beautiful summoner who identifies herself as Dunbalf’s pupil. And if you’ve been keeping up, you’ll remember that she is Dunbalf, which means her abilities are the same as his. Despite her youthful appearance, she speaks like an old man.
Previous promos:
#大森日雅 さんが演じる主人公ミラの設定も公開です🌠
ぜひ公開中のPV第1弾で動く姿とかわいい声をご覧ください🎶
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— TVアニメ「賢者の弟子を名乗る賢者」公式 (@kendeshi_anime) March 26, 2021
