A trailer and key visual for the Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke TV anime have been unveiled, along with the show’s April 4 broadcast start date.
It was also announced that Little Glee Monster‘s “Pages” is the opening theme song, and that the anime will have an early screening event on March 8 at Shinjuku Piccadilly.
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Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke adapts the third part of the light novel series written by Miya Kazuki and illustrated by You Shiina. J-Novel Club’s synopsis for the first Adopted Daughter of an Archduke volume reads:
Following a disastrous encounter with a noble, Myne finally resolves to say goodbye to her family and friends in the lower city, changing her name to Rozemyne and beginning her new life as the adopted daughter of Ehrenfest’s archduke. However, her days as an archnoble in noble society are brutal, as she is put through rigorous etiquette and magic training on top of her duties as High Bishop and forewoman. It all proves too much for a weak little seven-year-old girl… Or it would have, had the High Priest not offered her the keys to the temple’s book room as a reward. If she could get her hands on those, she’d be able to read all sorts of precious books! Her name may have changed, but Rozemyne’s passion for books remains the same as she charges into awhole new world! The detailed setting expands as the printing industry grows in size. Here begins Part 3 of this biblio-fantasy for book lovers everywhere!”
The new anime comes after three Ajia-do-produced seasons, the first of which debuted in 2019. The TO Books-published light novel series began in 2015 and ended in 2023 with its 33rd main volume (Volume 12 of Part 5).
The Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke light novel series has inspired spin-offs, short story collections, and manga adaptations of its story parts. The story was first a web novel on Shosetsuka ni Naro that began serialization in 2013.
Staff (different from previous seasons)
• Director: Yoshiaki Iwasaki (Kowloon Generic Romance)
• Series composition: Mariko Kunisawa (The Dinner Table Detective)
• Character designer: Aiko Minowa
• Animation production: WIT STUDIO
Cast
• Yuka Iguchi as Rozemyne
• Sho Hayami as Ferdinand
Source: Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke anime website
