The Tearmoon Empire (Tearmoon Teikoku Monogatari: Dantoudai kara Hajimaru, Hime no Tensei Gyakuten Story) anime adaptation will begin airing in Japan on October 7 (effectively October 8 at 1 AM JST). A second key visual and additional cast members were revealed in addition to the premiere date announcement.
The newly announced cast members are Kanon Takao as Tiona Rudolvan and Nao Touyama as Rafina Orca Belluga.
Tearmoon Empire is based on the TO Books-published light novel series written by Nozomu Mochitsuki and illustrated by Gilse. The series began in 2019 and has 13 volumes as of April 2023.
J-Novel Club describes the light novels as:
Surrounded by the hate-filled gazes of her people, the selfish princess of the fallen Tearmoon Empire, Mia, takes one last look at the bleeding sun before the guillotine blade falls… Only to wake back up as a twelve-year-old! With time rewound and a second chance at life dropped into her lap, she sets out to right the countless wrongs that plague the ailing Empire. Corrupt governance? Check. Border troubles? Check. Natural calamities and economic strife? Check. My, seems like a lot of work.
Hard work and Mia don’t mix, so she seeks out the aid of others, starting with her loyal maid, Anne, and the brilliant minister, Ludwig. Together, they strive day and night to restore the Empire. Little by little, their tireless efforts begin to change the course of history, pushing the whole of the continent toward a new future. And why did the selfish princess have a change of heart, you ask? Simple—she didn’t. She’s just terrified of the guillotine. They hurt like hell, and Mia hates pain more than work.
The anime’s staff includes:
• Director: Yuushi Ibe (The Maid I Hired Recently Is Mysterious assistant director)
• Series composer Deko Akao (My Stepmom`s Daughter Is My Ex)
• Character designer: Mai Ootsuka (The Demon Girl Next Door 2)
• Music composer: Su4 Inc.’s Kouji Fujimoto (The Maid I Hired Recently Is Mysterious co-composer) as music composer
• Animation production studio: SILVER LINK
Sumire Uesaka is voicing main heroine Mia Luna Tearmoon. Other cast members include Tomori Kusunoki as Anne Littstein and Yuuichirou Umehara as Ludwig Hewitt.
Tearmoon Empire began as a web novel on Shousetsuka ni Narou in 2018. The light novels have inspired a manga adaptation by Mizu Morino and a manga spin-off by Naoharu.
Source: @tearmoon_pr
