TO Books has confirmed that the Mizuzokusei no Mahoutsukai (The Water Magician) light novel series by Kubou Tadashi has been green-lit for a TV anime adaptation. The anime will premiere in July 2025 on TBS and other channels.
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Satake Hideyuki is directing the anime at Typhoon Graphics and Wonderland studios, and the anime will star Murase Ayumu as Ryou, Ura Kazuki as Abel, and Hondo Kaede as Sera.
Kubou started the story in June 2020 on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website and TO Books published the first novel with illustrations by Nokito in March 2021. The 12th novel, which is the fifth book in the second part of the series, will be released on January 15th, 2025. Nokito illustrated the first two novels, Mebaru illustrated novels three to six, and from the seventh novel onwards, Amano Hana has been the main illustrator for the series.
The novels were adapted into a manga series by Bokutengou in September 2021 on TO Books’ Comic Corona website. TO Books published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in March 2022 and the fifth volume in July 2024. The manga’s sixth volume will be released on January 15th, 2025.
Both the novels and manga adaptation are released in English by J-Novel Club. The company will release the fourth novel on March 14th, 2025, and the manga’s third volume on January 15th, 2025. J-Novel Club Describes the story below:
Ryo is delighted to be reincarnated into the fantastical world of Phi, where he thinks he’ll get to live a quiet life learning to use his newfound water magic. Going with the flow here, however, means something very different. Ryo is immediately pitted against the wild lands he winds up in and the slew of deadly monsters that call the remote subcontinent home.
You’d think he’d forget about taking it easy when he’s stuck fighting for his life, but lucky for Ryo, he’s naturally optimistic, clever, and blessed with the hidden “Eternal Youth” trait. Twenty years pass in the blink of an eye, and each encounter along the way pushes him one step closer to the pinnacle of human magic. Little does he realize that’s only the opening chapter of his tale. A fateful meeting soon thrusts Ryo to the forefront of history, forever changing the course of his life…
Thus begins the adventures of the strongest water magician the world has ever seen—who also likes to do things at his own pace!
