A special visual celebrating World Rat Day (April 4) has been released for the TV anime Though I Am an Inept Villainess. The series is directed by Mitsue Yamazaki at Doga Kobo and is scheduled to premiere in July 2026.
New Visual:
CAST:
Manaka Iwami as Kou Reirin
Natsumi Kawaida as Shu Keigetsu
Makoto Furukawa as Ei Gyoumei
Yuichiro Umehara as Shin-u
Hana Hishikawaa as Lily
STAFF:
Director: Mitsue Yamazaki
Series Composition: Yoshiko Nakamura
Character Design: Ai Kikuchi
Animation Production: Doga Kobo
Seven Seas Entertainment describing the story as follows:
In the Kingdom of Ei, five clans put forth their maidens as imperial consorts—but only one will be crowned empress. Just when frail and beautiful “court butterfly” Kou Reirin seems poised to marry the crown prince, jealous “court rat” Shu Keigetsu steals her body! Reirin wakes up in the dungeons as the conspirator, and things look dire…or do they? Now that she’s got a robust new body, not even the looming threat of execution can stop her!
Source: @futsutsuka_PR
© Satsuki Nakamura, Ichijinsha / Inept Villainess Project
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