Ascendance of a Bookworm (TV)
Alternative title:
Honzuki no Gekokujō (Japanese)
本好きの下剋上 (Japanese)
本好きの下剋上 司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません (Japanese)
Genres:
slice of life
Themes:
Isekai
Objectionable content:
Significant
Plot Summary:
A certain college girl who's loved books ever since she was a little girl dies in an accident and is reborn in another world she knows nothing about. She is now Myne, the sickly five-year-old daughter of a poor soldier. To make things worse, the world she's been reborn in has a very low literacy rate and books mostly don't exist. She'd have to pay an enormous amounts of money to buy one. Myne resolves herself: If there aren't any books, she'll just have to make them. Her goal is to become a librarian. (from manga)
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Episode titles: We have 14
Vintage:
2019-10-02
Opening Theme:
"Mashiro" (Pure White) by Sumire Morohoshi
Ending Theme:
"Kami-kazari no Tenshi" by Megumi Nakajima
Official website:
TVアニメ「本好きの下剋上 司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません」公式サイト (Japanese)
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Ascendance of a Bookworm Episodes 1-26 Streaming (Aug 3, 2020)
Ascendance of a Bookworm ‒ Episode 26 (Jun 22, 2020)
Ascendance of a Bookworm ‒ Episode 25 (Jun 16, 2020)
Ascendance of a Bookworm ‒ Episode 24 (Jun 16, 2020)
Ascendance of a Bookworm ‒ Episode 23 (Jun 1, 2020)
Ascendance of a Bookworm ‒ Episode 22 (May 25, 2020)
Ascendance of a Bookworm ‒ Episode 20 (May 11, 2020)
Ascendance of a Bookworm ‒ Episode 19 (May 4, 2020)
Ascendance of a Bookworm ‒ Episode 18 (Apr 27, 2020)
Ascendance of a Bookworm ‒ Episodes 15-16-17 (Apr 22, 2020)
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| Blu-ray (Region A) |
| Ascendance of a Bookworm: I'll Do Anything to Become a Librarian! - Seasons 1&2 (Blu-ray) 2021-01-26 (from $29.19) |
| Blu-ray (Region B) |
| Ascendance of a Bookworm - Seasons 1&2 [Collector's Edition] (Blu-ray) 2023-11-27 |
Director: Mitsuru Hongō Series Composition: Mariko Kunisawa Storyboard: Mitsuru Hongō (OP; eps 1, 10) Motoko Shikama (as 羽永花ゆい; eps 5, 11) Takahide Ogata (eps 3, 6, 12) Takeshi Mori (eps 7, 9, 13) Yoshiki Kawasaki (ED; eps 2-4, 8, 14) Episode Director: Chikayo Nakamura (eps 7, 13) Mitsuru Hongō (OP; ep 1) Motoko Shikama (as 羽永花ゆい; ep 5) Shigeru Ueda (上田繁; eps 4, 10-11) Takahide Ogata (eps 3, 6, 9, 12) Yoshiki Kawasaki (ED; eps 2, 8, 14) Music: MICHIRU Original creator: Miya Kazuki Original Character Design: You Shiina Art Director: Ryōka Kinoshita Chief Animation Director: Emiko Endo (4 episodes eps 3, 7, 10, 13 )Toshihisa Kaiya (5 episodes eps 2, 5, 8, 11, 14 )Yoshiaki Yanagida (5 episodes eps 1, 4, 6, 9, 12 )Animation Director: Ai Kato (eps 3, 9) Chiemi Kishi (eps 3, 6, 12) Emiko Endo (ep 7) Kanako Tsuji (eps 2, 8, 14) Kayoko Kumagai (eps 7, 13) Masakazu Saitō (eps 7, 13) Shigeru Katō (eps 3, 6, 9, 12) Tomoaki Kado (eps 7, 13) Tomoyuki Matsumoto (eps 1, 4, 10) Toshihisa Kaiya (OP) Yayoi Yoshikawa (eps 1-2, 5, 11) Yayoi Yūdō (ep 12) Yoshiaki Yanagida (OP) Yūji Kondō (eps 1, 4, 10) Art design: Toshiaki Amada Sound Director: Jun Watanabe Director of Photography: Naoki Kitamura Producer: Emi Kashimura Fumihiro Ozawa Hiroaki Tsunoda Hiroyuki Birukawa Hitoshi Kawamura Keisuke Satō Masahiko Nagano Shinichirō Ozawa Shinji Ōmori Tomoyoshi Koyama Yoshihiro Yoshida Yosuke Shimizu 2D Work: Akiko Hamanaka 2nd Key Animation: Emiko Niiyama (ep 14) Hanako Egami (eps 2, 14) Haruka Matsunae (ep 2) Ryoko Sugiura (ep 2) Taku Hoshino (ep 14) Yui Miyashita (ep 2) Animation: Chiaki Kumakura (IKIF+; ED) Hikaru Hara (IKIF+; ED) Momoko Yamada (IKIF+; ED) Tomoko Shima (IKIF+; ED) Animation producer: Tatsuya Yamaguchi Assistant Director: Yoshiki Kawasaki Background 3D Modeling: Yasushi Mito Background Art: An Hoai (Bihou; eps 1-8, 14) Anh Huyenh (Bihou; eps 6-12) Anh Huynh (Bihou; OP; eps 1-14) Anh Nguyen (Bihou; eps 5-6) Ayami Yamaguchi (Bihou; eps 1-2, 14) B. Pakrada (Bihou; eps 2-4) Bao Pham (Bihou; eps 6-13) Chinh Dan (Bihou; eps 1-12, 14) Dien Tran (Bihou; eps 1-14) Dung Ha (Bihou; OP; eps 5-6, 9-12) Duy Nguyen (Bihou; eps 6-13) Hanh Tran (Bihou; eps 6-13) Hung Ba (Bihou; eps 1-12, 14) Huong Vo (Bihou; 5 episodes eps 5-6, 9-10, 12 )Isao Yokoyama (Bihou; eps 6-12) Jia Ling Zhu (Bihou; eps 4, 6, 10-13) Kazunori Miyazato (Bihou; OP; eps 1-14) Kham Huy (Bihou; eps 1-8, 14) Kosei Matsushita (Bihou; eps 2-5) Linh Thuy (Bihou; eps 1-8, 14) Michie Suzuki (Bihou; OP; eps 1-10, 12-14) Phong Nguyen (Bihou; OP; eps 5-13) Phuong Bao (Bihou; eps 1-8, 14) Phuong Ngoc (Bihou; eps 1-12, 14) Phuong Nguyen (Bihou; ep 6) Quang Nguyen (Bihou; 5 episodes eps 5-6, 9-10, 12 )Sam Vo (Bihou; eps 5-6, 9-12) Sotaro Sato (Bihou; eps 1-14) Suong Ngoc (Bihou; eps 1-8, 14) Tai Cao (Bihou; eps 5-6) Tai Phat (Bihou; eps 1-12, 14) Thao Nguyen (Bihou; eps 6-13) Thuong Dinh (Bihou; 5 episodes eps 5-6, 9-10, 12 )Thuy Nguyen (Bihou; eps 6, 8-13) Tram Lam (Bihou; eps 5-6) Trinh Tu (Bihou; eps 1-8, 14) Tu Phan (Bihou; OP; eps 6-13) Tuan Van (Bihou; eps 1-11, 14) Tuyen Co (Bihou; eps 6-13) Color Check: Masaaki Hino (eps 3, 6, 9, 12) Miho Sakurai (eps 7, 13) Miyoko Ichinose (OP; 6 episodes eps 1-2, 5, 8, 11, 14 )Tamai Okuda (eps 1, 4, 10) Color Coordination: Masaaki Hino (eps 3, 6, 9, 12) Miho Sakurai (eps 7, 13) Miyoko Ichinose (OP; 6 episodes eps 1-2, 5, 8, 11, 14 )Tamai Okuda (eps 1, 4, 10) Color design: Miyoko Ichinose Editing: Tomoki Nagasaka Finish Animation: Kana Aizawa (eps 3, 6, 9) Masaaki Hino (eps 6, 12) Masayuki Kusaka (ep 1) Mayumi Sawame (eps 3, 6, 9, 12) Miyo Tsukahara (eps 3, 6, 9, 12) Naomichi Hata (ep 1) Tamai Okuda (ep 1) Tomomi Sakurai (eps 3, 6, 9, 12) Yukie Nakajima (ep 1) In-Between Animation: Aya Watanabe (渡邉亜矢; ep 11) Kasumi Hara (OP) Kazu Ikeda (ep 1) Ken Kaneko (金子剣; eps 6, 9, 12) Mao Fujiwara (eps 6, 9, 12) Mitsuko Arasawa (OP; 5 episodes eps 1-2, 5, 8, 11 )Saori Konishi (ep 11) Soji Nezu (ep 6) Yōji Egawa (eps 1-2, 5, 8) Yukino Morita (eps 6, 12) Yūta Hata (ep 1) In-Between Check: Kanako Oikawa (eps 7, 13) Ken Kaneko (ep 12) Minako Nagasawa (OP; eps 8, 11) Soji Nezu (eps 3, 6, 9, 12) Tsutomu Yamamoto (eps 1, 4, 10) Key Animation: Ai Kato (eps 3, 9) Ami Nagata (5 episodes eps 1, 5, 8, 11, 14 )Aya Kato (MK-Za; eps 1, 4, 10) Ayano Shimizu (ep 2) Chiemi Kishi (eps 3, 6, 12) Chiharu Fuse (Debris Sapporo; eps 7, 13) Chihiro Saitō (Debris Sapporo; eps 7, 13) Chiho Mifune (MK-Za; eps 1, 4, 10) Emiko Endo (OP; eps 1-2, 5) Eriko Takahashi (BILBA; ep 2) Etsuko Miura (三浦悦子; ep 2) Hanako Kikuchi (Debris Sapporo; eps 7, 13) Haru Sakuramoto (ep 7) Haruka Matsunae (eps 8, 11, 14) Hideyuki Funakoshi (OP) Hiroyoshi Takenaga (eps 3, 6, 12) Kanako Tsuji (eps 8, 14) Kaori Yūma (5 episodes eps 2, 5, 8, 11, 14 )Kayoko Kumagai (eps 1, 7, 13) Kazu Ikeda (MK-Za; eps 1, 4, 10) Kazuki Kuramoto (eps 2, 8) Keiichirō Saitō (OP) Kimikazu Saito (White Fox Izukogen Studio; ep 11) Konatsu Kumagai (eps 8, 14) Kōnosuke Yoshihara (ep 2) Mai Ogawa (ep 14) Maiko Onishi (ep 7) Mika Uchimura (eps 3, 6, 9, 12) Miki Sakaibara (ep 5) Mitsuyo Tsuno (ep 8) Miyako Higashi (Debris Sapporo; eps 7, 13) Motoko Shikama (eps 1, 5) Naomi Hayakawa (ep 14) Naoto Satō (MK-Za; eps 1, 4, 10) Nogi Kokage (IKIF; ED) Risa Tanaka (5 episodes eps 1, 5, 8, 11, 14 )Ryō Hirata (eps 12-13) Ryō Tanaka (4 episodes eps 2, 8, 11, 14 )Satoshi Ohashi (eps 2, 8) Shigeru Katō (eps 6, 9) Shinichi Tōkairin (ep 7) Shintarō Tomita (MK-Za; ep 1) Shizue Kaneko (OP) Soji Nezu (eps 3, 6, 12) Takashi Kawaguchi (OP) Tetsurō Karai (OP) Tetsuya Kobayashi (eps 2, 8, 11) Tomoaki Kado (ep 13) Tomohito Abe (MK-Za; eps 1, 4, 10) Tomoka Karino (MK-Za; eps 1, 4, 10) Toshihisa Kaiya (OP; ep 7) Toshiya Washida (Debris Sapporo; eps 7, 13) Tsutomu Yamamoto (MK-Za; eps 1, 4, 10) Yayoi Yoshikawa (ep 11) Yayoi Yūdō (eps 3, 6, 12) Yuan Yuan Chen (BILBA; ep 2) Yūgo Ōhashi (ep 7) Yūichi Nakajima (ep 2) Yukari Kobayashi (ep 13) Yuki Miyamoto (OP; 7 episodes eps 1-2, 5, 8, 11, 13-14 )Yuki Nishioka (ep 1) Yūki Tamori (Debris Sapporo; eps 7, 13) Yukinori Kuwabara (ep 13) Yukio Umini (ep 5) Yuko Watanabe (eps 7, 13) Yūsuke Teraguchi (eps 3, 9, 12) Yūta Hata (MK-Za; eps 1, 4, 10) Yutaka Kawasuji (eps 7, 13) Yuuta Nakajou (MK-Za; eps 1, 4, 10) Literature: Yūko Ishiyama Music producer: Masakazu Satō Photography: Ayumi Ushijima (Graphinica; OP) Eiko Hiramoto (Graphinica; eps 7-8) Hidenori Shuyama (Graphinica; eps 5-6) Isao Tōkairin (Graphinica; ep 7) Katsunori Shiradō (Graphinica; eps 1, 3) Kazuma Hatakeyama (Graphinica; ep 1) Kōhei Tanada (Graphinica; eps 7-8) Naoki Kitamura (Graphinica; OP) Shinya Katō (Graphinica; OP; eps 1-14) Si Yu Tang (Graphinica; ep 1) Yū Nishino (Graphinica; ep 1) Yu Zhang (LandQ Studios; 5 episodes eps 2, 4-5, 7, 11 )Yusuke Sasano (Graphinica; ep 1) Planning: Fumito Yoshio Kenji Ebato Masahiro Okamura Muneyuki Kanbe Satoshi Matsui Shinsaku Hatta Shirō Sasaki Tsuneo Takechi Yui Shibata Yukihiro Ito Production Advancement: Akino Mizugai (eps 2, 8, 14) Haruki Nanba (eps 1, 5, 11) Hirokazu Yokoyama (ep 4) Masako Yoshida (eps 4, 10) Sakura Morishige (eps 7, 13) Tomoya Ishikawa (eps 3, 6, 9) Yoshikazu Yamada (ep 12) Production producer: Seiji Suzuki Prop Design: Ryō Hirata Publicity: Nozomi Tachizawa Publicity Assistance: Mariko Kondō Publicity Producer: Mutsumi Ōishi Recording Adjustment: Kazuya Sakakieda Recording Assistant: Kana Akimoto Sound Effects: Hiromune Kurahashi Sound Production Manager: Shinji Okamura (岡村信治) Special Effects: Shōko Harada Theme Song Performance: Sumire Morohoshi (OP) | Yuka Iguchi as Aya Uchida as Fumiko Orikasa as Megumi Nakajima as Mutsumi Tamura as Satoshi Hino as Show Hayami as Tomoaki Maeno as Tsuyoshi Koyama as Eri Akiyama as Haruka Yanagisawa as Hiroshi Naka as Hiroyuki Takahashi as Hitomi Nabatame as Junko Koyama as Katsunori Okai as Manabu Hokazono as Masahito Kawanago as Mayumi Yamaguchi as Megumi Fukuchi as Mei Fukuda as Mitsuaki Hoshino as Rika Kinugawa as Seina Nishiwaki as Show Hayami as Shunsuke Yamane as Takayuki Nakatsukasa as Takuya Kuriyama as Teishi Ōmae as Uko Tachibana as Yui Saruwatari as Yuki Nagano as Yumiri Hanamori as | |||
2nd Key Animation: A-Line M.S.J Musashino Production Nakamura Production Studio Elle Studio Massket (eps 7, 13) Studio Neun WHITE FOX Izukōgen Studio Xebec Xing Yue Animation (ep 7) Animation: IKIF+ (ED) Animation Production: Ajiado Animation Production Cooperation: Frontier Engine (eps 7, 13) MK-Za (eps 1, 4) Studio Add (eps 3, 6, 11) Background Art: Bihou, Inc. Direction: IKIF+ (ED) Finish Animation: Artemis (OP; eps 2, 5) Heihuang Animation J&K Corporation M.S.J Musashino Production (OP) Studio Elle Studio Massket TAP Wuxi Maliang Animation xenron Xing Yue Animation In-Between Animation: Heihuang Animation J&K Corporation M.S.J Musashino Production (OP) MK-Za Studio Massket TAP Wuxi Maliang Animation xenron Xing Yue Animation In-between Check: M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 14) Key Animation: BILBA (ep 2) Debris Sapporo (eps 7, 13) Heihuang Animation (eps 7, 13) IKIF+ (ED) MK-Za (ep 1) Music Production: Flying Dog Offline Editing: Jay Film Photography Assistance: Tplus (ep 1) Production: ABC Animation Ajiado BS Fuji Flying Dog GENCO Happinet Corporation MIDIANET PICTURES The Klockworx Co., Ltd. TO Books Tokyo Animator Gakuin WOWOW Yomiuri TV Enterprise Script Development: Graphinica VFX Room Art Development Café Sound Production: JTB Next Creation Timing Photography: Yumeta Company Tool Development: Graphinica VFX Room Art Development Café Video Editing: Imagica | ||||
Translation: Sriram Gurunathan (Crunchyroll) ADR Script: Tyson Rinehart Associate producer: Mio Moroe (Bang Zoom!) Audio Operations Manager: Rayner Tham Casting Director: Mami Okada Re-Recording Mixing: Benjamin Harrington Senior Production Manager: Kamen Tagalicod (Bang Zoom!) Sound Supervision: Patrick Rodman (CAS) Spotting: Tetsuya Fujita Supervising Producer: Joshua Lopez Video Technician: Samantha Girod | Reba Buhr as Armen Taylor as Brian Timothy Anderson as Jeannie Tirado as Joe Zieja as Kaiji Tang as Kayli Mills as Kirsten Day as Lisa Reimold as Xander Mobus as Bill Rogers as Danielle McRae as Erika Harlacher as Laila Berzins as Rebecca Davis as | |||
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