The main cast of Akira Iwafune’s light novel adaptation Potion, Wagami wo Tasukeru has been revealed for the upcoming anime, featuring Kaede Hondo as Kaede and Takeo Otsuka as Azul.
As the latest installment in Animation ID’s “Light Anime” series, the show is scheduled to premiere in October 2025.
Key Visual:

MAIN CAST:
Kaede Hondo as Kaede
Takeo Otsuka as Azul


STAFF:
Director: Mikiko Furukawa
Sound Director: Yuichi Imaizumi
Music: bermei.inazawa
Animation Production: Imagica Infos / Imageworks Studio
The original novel has been published across 10 volumes, and a manga adaptation illustrated by Sunaho Tobe is also currently available.
SYNOPSIS:
Kaede, an ordinary high school girl, wakes up in an unfamiliar alleyway. It is a mysterious another filled with beastmen, elves, and dragons. Kaede noticed an unfamiliar book in the backpack she was carrying. It was a mysterious book that could create potions simply by chanting the word “creation”! For Kaede, who had been thrust into this another world, the potions she created became the sustenance that supported her life. While hoping to one day return to Japan, her struggles in this another world continue—.
Sources: Comic Natalie, Crunchyroll News, Press Release
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