The Fake Alchemist TV anime adaptation revealed in June has received a teaser trailer presenting its world and lead characters. The Passione-produced show’s main staff and cast were also revealed.
Hijiri Sanpei (Spice and Wolf: merchant meets the wise wolf Season 1, Yuri Is My Job!, Wasteful Days of High School Girls) is directing the anime with Takeo Takahashi (Spice and Wolf: merchant meets the wise wolf) as chief director, Kenta Ihara (Ishura) as series composer, Yuka Takashina (Inari Konkon) as character designer, and Luke Standridge (An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess co-music composer) as music composer. Meanwhile, the cast is led by Yohei Matsuoka as Paracelsus and Miyari Nemoto as Nora.
The Fake Alchemist is based on the manga written by Jiro Sugiura and drawn by Umemaru. The anime’s synopsis reads:
In the city-state of Orichalconia, a world where alchemy and magic are deeply rooted in the lives of the people, the reincarnated Paracelsus ekes out a living as an alchemist while hiding his “cheat skills”.
However, his life changes dramatically one day after he enters into a contract with a shaman slave-girl, Nora, and later meets Coco, an elf who has lost all four limbs and five senses.
To save Coco, what began as a rescue attempt in a small workshop gradually escalates into a battle involving alchemy and sorcery, space and even the gods themselves—
The curtain now rises on this story, filled to the brim with “everything fantasy”!
The manga was originally an independent work before starting serialization on KADOKAWA’s ComicWalker in 2023. It has five volumes as of February 2026. Yen Press publishes the manga in English.
Source: Press release
