An old man becomes a waifu in From Bureaucrat to Villainess

On the official site for the anime adaptation of Michiro Ueyama's manga, "From Bureaucrat to Villainess (Akuyaku Reijou Tensei Oji-san)", the promotional video for the project was revealed. The video confirms that the premiere is scheduled for January 9, 2024 in Japan, and shows a fragment of the opening theme titled "Choose!!" and performed by Cider Girl.

For his part, Michiro Ueyama began publishing the manga through Shonengahosha's Monthly Youngking Ours GH magazine in March 2020, where it is still in serialization. He foresaw other works such as "Age '87", "Tsumanuda Fight Town", and "Kijuushin Seiki Zoids".

Voice cast

Kazuhiko Inoue as Kenzaburo Tondabayashi
Mao Ichimichi as Grace Auvergne
Akira Sekine as Anna Doll
Kaito Ishikawa as Virgile Vierge
Yuichiro Umehara as Richard Verseau.
Ryota Suzuki as Auguste Lion
Takuma Nagatsuka as Pierre Gemeaux
Seiichiro Yamashita as Lambert Balance

Production Equipment

Tetsuya Takeuchi (Sword Art Online II, Lycoris Recoil, Tengoku Daimakyou) is in charge of directing the anime at Ajia-do Studios.
Shingo Irie (Shoumetsu Toshi, Hakata Mentai! Pirikarako-chan) is in charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
Haruka Matsunae (Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen 3rd Season) is in charge of character design and animation direction.
Kaho Sawada, Natsumi Tabuchi, Tsugumi Tanaka, and Misaki Tsuchida are in charge of composing the soundtrack.

An old man becomes a waifu in From Bureaucrat to Villainess

Synopsis of From Bureaucrat to Villainess

In her previous life, in today's Japan, she was Kenzaburou Tondabayashi, a 52-year-old civil servant... and now she is the villain! Reborn as Grace Auvergne, the drill-haired villain from an otome game her daughter used to play, Kenzaburou is quite confused. From what little information she possesses, Kenzaburou knows that she should be a haughty noblewoman, but the disciplined old man is simply incapable of acting that way. His calm and kind aura leads him to befriend the heroine and to further gain the appreciation of the student body as the pinnacle of elegance. As he tries to keep the story on track, Kenzaburou will have to draw on his years of work experience, perfect Japanese manners, and family morals to fit in among his peers.

Source: Comic Natalie

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