We already know that the fall anime season is going to come loaded with long-awaited premieres and a good string of new features. Among all the barrage of series that outline its arrival by then, the anime adaptation of ‘Bibliophile Princess’ (‘Mushikaburi-hime’), which has already presented a first preview and more details about the production.
A fairy tale romance?
The anime series is developing from mad housewho have a long history in the world of anime and have worked on iconic titles such as ‘Perfect Blue’, ‘Death Note’, ‘Wolf Children’ and the first season of ‘One Punch Man’. Tarou Iwasaki will direct the series, while Mitsutaka Hirota is in charge of the script and Mizuka Takahashi of character design.
Although no specific day has been set, This first trailer for ‘Bibliophile Princess’ confirms its release window for next October. The teaser does not leave much to see but we can already get an idea of the appearance of the animation and it has also introduced us to the leading couple both in the trailer and in a first promotional image.
There is still a lot of cast to be confirmed, but we have already been able to hear Queen Ueda as Lady Elianna in the anime adaptation and is also known to Ryohei Kimura will be the voice of Prince Christopher.
‘Bibliophile Princess’ will adapt Yui’s light novels illustrated by Satsuki Shina that were published between 2015 and January of this year. The anime focuses on Lady Elianaa literature lover who sees her fiancé on Prince Christopher spending time with another noblewoman. Elianna begins to think that the prince is in love with someone else and that the annulment of her marriage is a matter of time, although it is only the beginning of a much larger conspiracy.