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The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess Anime's Blu-ray Disc to Include 2 Special Episodes
posted on by Alex Mateo
This year's November issue of Hakusensha's LaLa magazine revealed on Friday that the Special Edition Blu-ray Disc for the anime adaptation of Akiharu Tōka's The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess (Tensei Akujo no Kuro Rekishi) manga will include two special anime episodes based on short stories that are not part of the television broadcast: "Yomi to Shitto to Tanjōbi" ("Yomi, Jealousy, and Happy Birthday") and "Iana to Sol Netsuppoi Ichinichi" ("A Bad Case of Butler Fever"). The Blu-ray Disc ships in Japan on April 3, 2026.
The anime will star:
- Yoshino Aoyama as Iana Magnolia
- M.A.O as Konoha Magnolia
- Shōhei Komatsu as Sol Nemophyra
- Makoto Furukawa as Ginoford Dandelion
- Shunichi Toki as Yomi Blacksarana
- Arthur Lounsbery as Cheneau Clematis
- Atsushi Tamaru as Mika
- Tomoaki Maeno as Yamato Hydrangea
Hiroaki Sakurai (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., Di Gi Charat) is directing the anime at Studio DEEN. Mitsutaka Hirota (Edens Zero, Rent-A-Girlfriend) is overseeing the series scripts, and Tomoyo Sawada (Love Rice) is designing the characters. Ryūichi Takada (The Faraway Paladin, Summer Time Rendering) from MONACA is composing the music at HIKE.
KID PHENOMENON from EXILE TRIBE perform the opening theme song "Black Flame." Zerofrom perform the ending theme song "Rengene."
Yen Press is releasing the romantic comedy manga in English, and it describes the story:
Konoha Satou has a dark history, written throughout middle school—a fantasy adventure of love and magic about the Count's daughter Konoha Magnolia and the knights who love her! But when it looks like that dark history is going to be uncovered by her mother, Konoha panics and dies in a traffic accident! Opening her eyes, she finds that she's been reincarnated into the world of her own dark history as Iana Magnolia, the worst villainess of her own creation!
Tōka launched the manga in Hakusensha's LaLa magazine in August 2018. Hakusensha released the 17th compiled book volume on Friday. The manga has more than 1.7 million copies in circulation, including digital copies sold.
Sources: LaLa's November issue and website
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