The production team behind the anime adaptation of Kentarou‘s From Overshadowed to Overpowered (Rakudai Kenja no Gakuin Musō: Nidome no Tensei, S-Rank Cheat Majutsushi Bōkenroku) manga announced that Sora Amamiya has joined the voice cast as Tatiana, the older sister of Anastasia. Viewers can expect to see the character debut in the eighth episode, scheduled for broadcast on August 19.
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The series initially debuted in Japan on June 25 at 24:00 (effectively midnight on June 26) across platforms like the d Anime Store, ABEMA, and U-NEXT. Television broadcasts followed on Tokyo MX, ABC TV, BS Fuji, and WOWOW. International fans can follow the series via Crunchyroll, which simulcasts the episodes alongside their Japanese release.
Key production roles for the anime include:
Director Hisashi Ishii (Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear, I’m Quitting Heroing, The Unaware Atelier Master) at studio EMT Squared. Deko Akao (Higehiro, Komi Can’t Communicate, Flying Witch) oversees the scriptwriting, while Hideki Furukawa (WATAMOTE, Strike The Blood III onward, Ayakashi Triangle) handles character designs.
Musical contributions feature the rock band FLOW performing the opening theme, “+Encount,” and the musical unit TrySail delivering the ending theme, “Dōkei” (Aspiration).
English readers can access the manga through Comikey or Square Enix‘s Manga UP! Global platform. Comikey outlines the premise as follows:
After being reborn from modern Earth into a magical realm, Ephtal dedicates his entire existence to mastering the arcane arts. However, he eventually realizes he possesses zero magical aptitude and dies in profound disappointment. Miraculously, that isn’t the end of his journey; he reincarnates 400 years later under the exact same name. Retaining all his past memories and abilities, he reignites his ambition to conquer the pinnacle of magic once and for all!
The manga serves as an adaptation of Arata Shiraishi‘s original light novel series, Rakudai Kenja no Gakuin Musō: Nido Tensei Shita Saikyō Kenja, 400-nen-go no Sekai o Maken de Musō, utilizing a slightly tailored title for the comic adaptation.
Kentarou originally launched the manga on Square Enix‘s Manga UP! portal in September 2019, with the publisher dropping the ninth compiled volume on July 7.
Before the light novel print edition debuted via Kadokawa in October 2019—featuring illustrations by uodenim—Arata Shiraishi first serialized the narrative as a web novel. Kadokawa went on to release the eighth volume of the novel series in March 2022.
Sources: From Overshadowed to Overpowered anime’s website, Comic Natalie
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