The I’m in Love With the Villainess anime adaptation revealed a new visual, trailer, and additional cast information on Thursday along with the opening and ending theme songs and an October 2 premiere date. Kenn, Daisuke Namikawa, and Yoko Hikasa are ing the cast as Rod Bauer, Thane Bauer, and Yu Bauer respectively. The opening and ending theme songs will be performed by the main characters Rae Taylor (Yuu Serizawa) and Claire François (Karin Nanami). 4e62z
Studio Platinum Vision is animating the anime with Hideaki Oba as the director. Ayumu Hisao is writing the script and Yoko Sato is doing the character designs. Hajime Takakuwa is the sound director. The newly announced characters and the opening song are featured in the latest trailer.
I’m in Love With the Villainess anime adaptation is based on the light novel series written by Inori and illustrated by Hanagata. It was originally published on Shosetsuka ni Naro in January 2018. Ichijinsha acquired it at a later date and has published a total of five volumes. A manga adaptation by Anoshimo launched in June 2020 and it currently has 6 volumes in circulation.
Seven Seas Entertainment is publishing the light novel in English and they describe the plot as:
Ordinary office worker Ohashi Rei wakes up in the body of the protagonist of her favorite otome game, Revolution. To her delight, the first person to greet her is also her favorite character, Claire Francois—the main antagonist of the story! Now, Rei is determined to romance Claire instead of the game’s male leads. But how will her villainous ladylove react to this new courtship?!
Source: Official Twitter and Website
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