The official website for the Akuyaku Reijou Tensei Oji-san (The Middle-Aged Man That Reincarnated as a Villainess) TV anime has released a new teaser visual and video and confirmed that the show will premiere in January 2025.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c69-nnnAfU4]
Takeuchi Tetsuya (Yuri Seijin Naoko-san) is directing the anime at Ajiado studio, and the anime will star Inoue Kazuhiko as Kenzaburou Tondabayashi and M.A.O as Grace Auvergne.
The anime is an adaptation of the Akuyaku Reijou Tensei Oji-san manga created by Ueyama Michiro (Tsumanuda, Kijuu Shinseiki Zoid). The manga was first published in March 2020 in Shonengahosha’s Monthly Youngking Ours GH magazine, and Shonengahosha published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in December 2020 and the sixth volume in January 2024. The manga’s seventh volume will be released on August 5th, 2024.
The story centers on Kenzaburou Tondabayashi, a 52-year-old public servant who gets into a traffic accident one day. When he regains consciousness, he finds himself reincarnated into a fantasy world’s academy, reborn now as the haughty Grace Auvergne, daughter of a duke.
We’ve previously covered Akuyaku Reijou Tensei Oji-san on NamiComi News, which you can read by visiting the relevant news article.