A new character trailer has been revealed for the upcoming I’ll Become a Villainess That Will Go Down in History TV anime series, spotlighting the main villainess Alicia Williams. The trailer also reveals that the anime will begin broadcasting in Japan on October 1, 2024.
Yuuji Yanase (My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1) is directing the anime series, with Sawako Hirabayashi (Delicious Party Precure) as series screenwriter, Yuuko Watanabe (Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp character designer) and Eri Kojima (My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1 co-main character designer) as main character designers, and Moe Hyuuga (The Angel Next Door) as music composer. MAHO FILM is handling the animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast includes:
- • Kanna Nakamura as Alicia Williams
- • Kaito Ishikawa as Duke Seeker
- • Rie Takahashi as Jill
- • Hiroshi Yanaka as Will
- • Manaka Iwami as Cather Liz
- • Ryota Osaka as Albert Williams
- • Kohei Amasaki as Alan Williams
- • Haruki Ishiya as Henry Williams
- • Kent Ito as Eric Hudson
- • Ayumu Murase as Finn Smith
- • Shoya Chiba as Gale Evans
- • Nobuhiko Okamoto as Curtis Kenwood
- • Kazuyuki Okitsu as Arnold Williams
- • Takehito Koyasu as Luke Seeker
Crunchyroll will stream the anime in the fall worldwide, as it airs in Japan.
The anime is based on the isekai light novel series written by Izumi Ookido and illustrated by Jyun Hayase. The light novel series (also known as Rekishi ni Nokoru Akujo ni Naru zo in Japanese) was first published under Kadokawa’s Enterbrain imprint on August 15, 2019. Six volumes have been released as of March 2024. The series began as a web novel on Shosetsuka ni Naro on December 11, 2018.
The light novels also inspired a manga adaptation by Akira Hoshi in 2020. Yen Press releases the manga in English for North America, describing the synopsis as:
“Screw all your lip service! I’ll go down in history as a villain!”
Me, the same girl who hates all those prim and proper heroines, got reincarnated as the villain in the world of my favorite fantasy dating sim! It’s my dream come true, so I’m going to leave my mark on history by becoming the world’s greatest villain! But to do that, I’ll need to get a lot stronger, and smarter. Just one problem—the harder I try to be evil, the harder the prince falls for me! At this rate, will I ever get to earn my place in history!?
Source: I’ll Become a Villainess Official Japanese Anime Twitter
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