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'May I Ask for One Final Thing?' Anime's 2nd Promo Video Reveals Theme Song Artists, Additional Staff, October 3 Premiere

The staff for the television anime of storywriter Nana Ōtori and illustrator Sora Hoonoki's May I Ask for One Final Thing? (Saigo ni Hitotsu dake Onegai Shite mo Yoroshii Deshō ka) manga revealed on Thursday the second promotional video, additional staff, and October 3 premiere. The video reveals and previews the anime's opening theme song "Senjō no Hana" (Flower of the Battlefield) by CHICO with Honeyworks and the ending theme song "Inferior" by Shiyui.

Additional staff includes:

• Prop Design: Kazunari Araki
• Art Setting: Morihito Ōhara, Ken Tsubuki
• Color Design: Hironori Nochi
• Director of Photography: Tetsuya Kawada
• Editing: Kiyomi Yamada

The anime will debut on October 3 on Tokyo MX, BS11, Gunma TV, and Tochigi TV at 12:00 a.m. JST (effectively, October 4) before airing on other networks.

There will be an advanced screening at United Cinemas Toyosu on September 28 with cast members in attendance.

The anime will star (Note: Some character name romanizations are not confirmed):

• Asami Seto as Scarlet
• Wataru Katō as Julius von Paristan
• Shōya Ishige as Leonardo El Vandimion
• Miyu Tomita as Nanaka
• Kazuki Ura as Sigurd Forgrave
• Taito Ban as Kyle von Paristan
• Ai Kakuma as Terenezza Hopkins

Crunchyroll will stream the anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS.

Kazuya Sakamoto (Kaginado both seasons) is directing the anime at LIDEN FILMS with main production at LIDEN FILMS Kyoto Studio. Deko Akao (Higehiro, Komi Can't Communicate, Flying Witch) is overseeing the series scripts, Eriko Haga (Kaginado both seasons) is designing the characters, and Hinako Tsubakiyama (Sugar Apple Fairy Tale both seasons, Shy both seasons) is composing the music. Satoshi Motoyama is the sound director.

AlphaPolis is releasing the manga in English digitally and it describes the story:

In the middle of a ball, Scarlet's fiancé, Kyle, suddenly calls off their engagement. She's falsely accused of being a bully and people unfairly call her a "Villainess." The aristocrats and noble families all denounce her. For years, she had to put up with his abuse and idiocy, but she can't take anymore of it! At her wit's end, she asks for one last favor; to give him a good fist in the face. So begins Scarlet's story of revenge against Kyle and his cronies! A fantasy about an elegant yet rebellious fighter, who doesn't let anyone take advantage of her!!

The manga is based on an original web novel by Otori. AlphaPolis released the sixth volume on July 1. The manga launched in Japan on the AlphaPolis website in June 2019. AlphaPolis released the manga's 11th compiled book volume digitally in Japan on June 27.

Sources: Press release, May I Ask for One Final Thing? anime's website