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Ascendance of a Bookworm
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Ascendance of a Bookworm

2019

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~

AnimeTVFinished AiringPG-13 - Teens 13 or older
StudioAjia-do
14 Episodes
23 min per ep
7.96
375,795 MAL members
3,451 favorites
Light novel
MAL
Genres
FantasyIsekaiReincarnation

Urano Motosu loves books and has an endless desire to read literature, no matter the subject. She almost fulfills her dream job of becoming a librarian before her life is ended in an accident. As she draws her last breath, she wishes to be able to read more books in her next life. As if fate was listening to her prayer, she wakes up reincarnated as Myne—a frail five-year-old girl living in a medieval era. What immediately comes to her mind is her passion. She tries to find something to read, only to become frustrated by the lack of books at her disposal. Without the printing press, books have to be written and copied by hand, making them very expensive; as such, only a few nobles can afford them—but this won't stop Myne. She will prove that her will to read is unbreakable, and if there are no books around, she will make them herself! [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Characters & Voice Cast

MyneMainVA:Iguchi, YukaJapanese/Buhr, RebaEnglish/Ponzanelli, ValcaSpanish
LutzMainVA:Tamura, MutsumiJapanese/Tirado, JeannieEnglish/Rodríguez Ramírez, Ángel IvánSpanish
BennoSupportingVA:Koyasu, TakehitoJapanese/Bravo, AlanSpanish/Mobus, XanderEnglish
BezewanstSupportingVA:Hoshino, MitsuakiJapanese/Alberto, SantosSpanish/Chalmers, BrookEnglish
CarlaSupportingVA:Tachibana, YuukoJapanese/Davis, RebeccaEnglish
CorinnaSupportingVA:Kinugawa, RikaJapanese/Harlacher, ErikaEnglish/Juárez, AlmaSpanish
EffaSupportingVA:Orikasa, FumikoJapanese/Day, KirstenEnglish
FerdinandSupportingVA:Hayami, ShowJapanese/Taylor, ArmenEnglish/del Roble, DanielSpanish
FeySupportingVA:Hanamori, YumiriJapanese/Berzins, LailaEnglish
FreidaSupportingVA:Uchida, AyaJapanese/Mills, KayliEnglish
GuntherSupportingVA:Koyama, TsuyoshiJapanese/Tang, KaijiEnglish
GustavSupportingVA:Naka, HiroshiJapanese/Chalmers, BrookEnglish
JennySupporting
MarkSupportingVA:Maeno, TomoakiJapanese/Anderson, BrianEnglish
OttoSupportingVA:Hino, SatoshiJapanese/Zieja, JoeEnglish
RalphSupportingVA:Nabatame, HitomiJapanese/Mcrae, DanielleEnglish

Staff & Creators

Birukawa, HiroyukiProducer
Kashimura, EmiProducer
Kawamura, HitoshiProducer
Koyama, MichiyoshiProducer
Nagano, MasahikoProducer
Oomori, ShinjiProducer
Ozawa, ShinichirouProducer
Ozawa, FumihiroProducer
Satou, KeisukeProducer
Tsunoda, HiroakiProducer
Yamaguchi, TatsuyaProducer
Yoshida, YoshihiroProducer

Production

Studios
Ajia-do
Producers
WOWOWGencoMediaNetKlockWorxflying DOGBS FujiYomiuri TV EnterpriseABC AnimationHappinetTokyo Animator GakuinTO BooksJTB Next Creation
Licensors
Sentai FilmworksCrunchyroll

MAL Community Activity

Watching21,996
Completed253,675
On Hold6,764
Dropped9,040
Plan To Watch84,368
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Theme Songs

Openings
  • "Masshiro (真っ白)" by Sumire Morohoshi (諸星すみれ)
Endings
  • "Kamikazari no Tenshi (髪飾りの天使)" by Megumi Nakajima

Details

AiredOct 3, 2019 to Dec 26, 2019
MAL Rank#797
Popularity#733

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