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Kunon the Sorcerer Can See Through Anime's Teaser Reveals More Cast, Staff, January 2026 Premiere
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The staff for the television anime adaptation of Umikaze Minamino's Kunon the Sorcerer Can See Through (Majutsu-shi Kunon wa Mieteiru) light novel series unveiled a new teaser trailer for the anime on Friday. The trailer reveals the anime's staff, a new cast member, and January 2026 premiere.
Akari Kitō joins the cast as Mirika, the ninth princess, and Kunon's fiancée.
Hideaki Ōba (Love of Kill, I'm in Love with the Villainess, Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and The Inexperienced Me) is directing the anime at Platinum Vision. Yuki Enatsu (Unlimited Fafnir, Tight-rope, Saint October) is both writing and supervising the series' scripts. Yōko Satō (Love of Kill, I'm in Love with the Villainess, Saiyuki Reload Blast) and Toshimitsu Kobayashi (Spice and Wolf II, Demon King Daimao, Futakoi Alternative) are designing the characters. Shunsuke Takizawa (TRYTONELABO) is composing the music.
The anime will premiere on Tokyo MX, BS Asahi, and WOWOW in January 2026.
Saori Hayami stars in the anime as protagonist Kunon Gurion, while Maaya Uchida voices Kunon's maid Iko Round.
Yen Press is releasing the novel series in English, and it describes the story:
Born blind, Kunon aims to be the first person to use water magic to create new eyes for himself. After five months of study, he has already surpassed his teacher, and continues to grow his talents. Not only can his magic help him sense color, but he can also use it to make handy items and even conjure a whole cat! Word of his skills and ingenuity soon reach the court and earn him a spot as disciple to the most powerful magician in the land. But is his ultimate goal even attainable?
Minamino launched the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in August 2021, and the story is ongoing. The series topped the general yearly ranking on Shōsetsuka ni Narō in August 2022.
Kadokawa began releasing compiled novel volumes for the series with illustrations by Laruha in March 2022, and released the seventh volume on March 10.
La-na launched a manga adaptation in Kadokawa's Comic Alive magazine in April 2022. Kadokawa released the sixth manga volume on May 22, and will release the seventh volume on December 23.
Source: Press release
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