The official website for the TV anime Izure Saikyou no Renkinjutsu-shi? (Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?) revealed the first full promotional video and a new key visual for the anime. The anime will premiere in Japan in January 2025 on the Tokyo MX and BS 11 channels, and it will also be streamed in Japan on the d Anime Store.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qZJ9dD7KlU]
Kuzuya Naoyuki (Saiyuki Gaiden, Bikkuriman 2000, Bikini Warriors) is directing the anime at Studio Comet, and the anime will star Sakata Shougo as Takumi Iruma, Kayano Ai as Sofia Sylphid, Touyama Nao as Maria, Hashi Afumi as Maple (Kaede) and Amamiya Sora as Goddess Nolyn. Staff for the anime have also confirmed this week that Hieda Nene will star as Reyva and Koizumi Moeka will star as Mani.
The anime is based on Kogitsunemaru’s Izure Saikyou no Renkinjutsu-shi? (Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist) light novel series. Kogitsunemaru started the story in 2017 on the AlphaPolis Website, and AlphaPolis released the first novel with illustrations by Hitogome in February 2018 and the 16th novel in May 2024. The novels won the Reader Award at AlphaPolis 10th Fantasy Shousetsu Award in 2017.
The novel series also inspired a manga adaptation by Sasakama Tarou, which was published on the AlphaPolis website in August 2018. AlphaPolis released the manga’s first tankoubon volume in March 2019 and the seventh volume in May 2024. AlphaPolis’ Alpha Manga service publishes the manga in English under the title Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time. It also releases the manga volumes digitally, with the sixth volume being released in April 2024.
Not even a hero, Takumi Iruma gets accidentally mixed in with a group of heroes chosen to be summoned to another world. As compensation for the mix-up, a goddess offers him the right to choose any skill he wishes for! Hoping for a peaceful and quiet life that has nothing to do with fighting or going into battle, he chooses a seemingly boring creation skill. However, it turns out that alchemy is the most powerful skill that allows him to create everything from a holy sword to flying ships! This cheat skill he unexpectedly acquired turns him into a wealthy merchant and makes him undefeatable in battles! A heartwarming adventure story about (possibly) the most powerful alchemist in another world!
