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The Final-Boss Prince is Somehow Obsessed with the Chubby Villainess: Reincarnated Me Anime's 1st Video Unveils More Cast & Staff, January Debut
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The official website for the television anime of writer Kotoko and artist Kaname Hanamiya's The Final-Boss Prince is Somehow Obsessed with the Chubby Villainess: Reincarnated Me (Odebu Akujo ni Tensei Shitara, Nazeka Last Boss О̄jisama ni Shūchaku Sareteimasu) manga presented on Wednesday the anime's first full promotional video, first key visual, additional cast and staff members, and its January 2027 premiere. The anime will run on the Tokyo MX, BS NTV, AT-X and CBC TV channels, and will stream on the d Anime Store streaming service in Japan.
The newly announced cast members are:
Shunichi Toki as Lewis, the first-born prince of the kingdom
Fūka Izumi as Adele, Celine's little sister
The additional staff members include:
- Character Designer: Nozomi Ikuyama (This Monster Wants to Eat Me)
- Art Directors: Yuri Takagi, Keito Watanabe
- 3D Art Setting/3D Layout: Jishiro Shida
- Color Key Artist: Taeko Mizuno
- 2D Design: Suguru Shiga
- Compositing Director of Photography: Kenji Takehara
- Editing: Hitomi Sudō
- Sound Director: Ryōsuke Naya
- Sound Effects: Yuka Kazama
- Music: Tsubasa Itō (Skeleton Knight in Another World, A Girl & Her Guard Dog, Iwa-Kakeru! -Sport Climbing Girls-)
The staff previously announced that Fumino Kakihata and Yukiko Sekita are also designing the characters.
Media Do, NTT Docomo, Akatsuki Group, and MyAnimeList's joint digital manga distribution service Manga Mirai is publishing the series in English (until December), and it describes the story:
After dying of illness, she has been reincarnated as Celine, the selfish, fat, villainous duchess, sister of the heroine of a popular novel. If she stays this way, she will be killed by the hero prince and die a miserable death, just as in the novel. She vows to reform herself with all her might and begins to struggle, but she finds herself caught up in unexpected doting and obsession..! Will Celine be able to find “peaceful happiness”? A fantasy love story about a reincarnation in another world where she is loved too much by a Yandere.
The anime stars Haruka Shiraishi as Celine and Takeo Ōtsuka as Wilfred.
Naoyuki Kuzuya (Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time) is directing the anime at Studio Lings with Shūsaku Katо̄ as the assistant director. Mitsutaka Hirota (Edens Zero) is overseeing and writing the series scripts. Infinite is producing.
Kotoko and Hanamiya launch the manga in April 2023. The fifth compiled book volume shipped in Japan on February 14. The series has over 70 million downloads.
Sources: The Final-Boss Prince is Somehow Obsessed with the Chubby Villainess: Reincarnated Me anime's website, Comic Natalie
