The new cast members appeared in episode 7 of the anime.
The new fantasy anime series “From Overshadowed to Overpowered: Second Reincarnation of a Talentless Sage”, which premiered in Summer 2026, has already released seven episodes. Ahead of the release of the seventh episode, three new cast members were revealed, who made their first appearance in the anime with the latest episode.
From Overshadowed to Overpowered
Premiere date: 1 July, 2026 (TV broadcast), 25 June, 2026 (Streaming)
Animation studio: EMT Squared
Streaming platform: Crunchyroll
Who are the new voice actors who joined the cast of From Overshadowed to Overpowered?
The three new characters and their voice actors who appeared in the new episode are:
- Shinichiro Kamio as Abe
- Rina Kawaguchi as Maria
- Hiroki Takahashi as Genie
The main cast of the anime includes:
- Shūichirō Umeda as Ephtal
- Reo Osanai as Anastasia
- Haruka Shiraishi as Marin
- Hiroki Tōchi as Ephtal (Sage form)
- Ayaka Fukuhara as Ephtal (Youth form)
- Emiri Katō as Iria
- Daisuke Hirakawa as Fraser
Hisashi Ishii directs the anime at EMT Squared with Deko Akao handling series composition. Hideki Furukawa is designing the characters for the isekai anime.
Other staff members include:
- Art Director: Toshiyuki Tokuda
- Colour Key Artist: Sakie Suzuki
- Compositing Directors of Photography: Kōhei Asahi, Tomo Namiki
- Editing: Honami Yamagishi
- Sound Director: Noboru Haraguchi
- Sound Effects: Taishi Inomata
- Sound Production: Bit Grooove Promotion
- Music: Takaaki Nakahashi
- Music Production: jeux d'eau
What is From Overshadowed to Overpowered about?
The From Overshadowed to Overpowered: Second Reincarnation of a Talentless Sage light novel series is written by Arata Shiraishi and illustrated by Denim Uo. It began as a web novel on the user-generated website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in 2018. Later, Kadokawa Shoten started publishing it in book format under their Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint in 2019. It also has a manga adaptation by Kentarō which began publishing in Square Enix’s MangaUp! service in 2019.
MangaUp! Global and Comikey publish the manga series in English. Comikey describes the story as:
Ephtal is reincarnated as a human, coming from modern Earth. In this new world where magic is real, he decides to devote the entirety of his life in the pursuit of magic. Despite his efforts, though, he discovers that he is absolutely talentless in magic, and breathed his last in anguish....But it isn't the end for him just yet! He reincarnates once again bearing the same name, Ephtal, 400 years later. Having retained his knowledge and power, he steels his resolve and once again sets his sights for the peak of magic!