The anime also revealed additional cast and other info in the new trailer.
A new teaser trailer has been released for the upcoming fantasy romance anime “The Final-Boss Prince is Somehow Obsessed with the Chubby Villainess: Reincarnated Me”. It was confirmed that the anime will premiere in January 2027. Moreover, additional cast and staff members for the series have also been revealed.
The Final-Boss Prince is Somehow Obsessed with the Chubby Villainess: Reincarnated Me
Premiere window: January 2027
Animation studio: Studio Lings
Streaming platform: TBA
What do we know about “The Final-Boss Prince is Somehow Obsessed with the Chubby Villainess: Reincarnated Me” anime so far?
The series will premiere in January 2027.
The newly announced cast members are:
- Shunichi Toki as Lewis
- Fūka Izumi as Adele
While the previously announced main cast of the anime include:
- Haruka Shiraishi as Celine
- Takeo Ōtsuka as Wilfred
Naoyuki Kuzuya directs the anime at Studio Lings with Shūsaku Katо̄ as the assistant director. Mitsutaka Hirota is writing and overseeing the scripts. Infinite is producing. Nozomi Ikuyama (NEW), Fumino Kakihata, and Yukiko Sekita are designing the characters.
Other newly announced staff members of the anime are:
- Art Directors: Yuri Takagi, Keito Watanabe
- 3D Art Setting/3D Layout: Jishiro Shida
- Colour Key Artist: Taeko Mizuno
- 2D Design: Suguru Shiga
- Compositing Director of Photography: Kenji Takehara
- Editing: Hitomi Sudō
- Sound Director: Ryōsuke Naya
- Sound Effects: Yuka Kazama
- Music: Tsubasa Itō
What is The Final-Boss Prince is Somehow Obsessed with the Chubby Villainess: Reincarnated Me about?
The anime is based on a webtoon-format manga written by Kotoko and illustrated by Kaname Hanamiya. It has been serialised on the Mecha Comic and Comico Japan websites since 2023. Hanamiya also released a new illustration to celebrate the anime adaptation.
Digital manga distribution service Manga Mirai publishes the series in English and describes the story as:
After dying of illness, she has been reincarnated as Celine, the selfish, fat, villainous duchess, sister of the heroine of a popular novel. If she stays this way, she will be killed by the hero prince and die a miserable death, just as in the novel. She vows to reform herself with all her might and begins to struggle, but she finds herself caught up in unexpected doting and obsession..! Will Celine be able to find “peaceful happiness”? A fantasy love story about a reincarnation in another world where she is loved too much by a Yandere.