A new visual has also been unveiled for the second part of the anime.
The 11th and final episode of “Though I Am an Inept Villainess” Season 1 Cour 1 came out on Sunday, 20 September. It has now been announced that the anime will be back with its second cour in January 2027. Crunchyroll will continue to stream the anime when it returns next year. Moreover, some new cast members and story arc details have also been revealed.
Though I Am an Inept Villainess
Premiere window: January 2027
Animation studio: Doga Kobo
Streaming platform: Crunchyroll
What do we know about Though I Am an Inept Villainess Cour 2 so far?
The anime will return with its second cour in January 2027, no other details about the exact release date have been revealed yet. The second cour will begin with the The First Royal Outing Arc. The series will stream on Crunchyroll.
The three new voice actors joining the anime’s cast are:
- Yuichi Nakamura as Keikou (Reirin’s eldest brother)
- Shunichi Toki as Keishou (Reirin’s second eldest brother)
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Unran (the head of a village)
The returning main cast of the anime includes:
- Manaka Iwami as Kō Reirin
- Natsumi Kawaida as Shu Keigetsu
- Makoto Furukawa as Ei Gyōmei
- Yūichiro Umehara as Shin-u
- Hana Hishikawa as Riirii
- Farahnaz Nikray as Kō Tōsetsu
Mitsuke Yamazaki directs the anime at studio Doga Kobo, with Yoshiko Nakamura handling series composition. Ai Kikuchi designs the characters for the series. Other production staff members include:
- Colour Key Artist: Kei Ishiguro
- Art Director: Seina Yaguchi
- Compositing Director of Photography: Yui Fukuoka
- Editing: Mutsumi Takemiya
- Music: Yukari Hashimoto
- Casting: Makoto Tanimura
- Sound Effects: Yuika Shiraishi
- Audio-Recording Engineer: Toshihiro Hayano
- Recording Assistant: Ryō Kaneko
- Sound Production: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
What is Though I Am an Inept Villainess about?
The anime is based on the light novel series of the same name written by Satsuki Nakamura, which began serialising in the user-generated website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in July 2020. Ichijinsha began publishing it in print in December of the same year with illustrations by YukiKana. A manga adaptation illustrated by Ei Ohitsuji began serialising in the Monthly Comic Zero Sum magazine in December 2020. Seven Seas Entertainment publishes both the novel and the manga in English.
Crunchyroll describes the story as:
As maidens from the Five Clans battle for the Crown Prince’s heart, jealous Keigetsu uses forbidden magic to swap bodies with the beloved Reirin. Switching places does not guarantee happiness for Keigetsu with her new body's ill health leaving her hanging on the verge of death. Meanwhile, Reirin, now wearing the face of a scorned outcast, must answer for Keigetsu’s crimes in a dangerous trial.
The unlikely pair become increasingly entangled in each other’s lives and they will need to work together to survive after discovering the dark conspiracies brewing beneath the palace's genial surface. To confront the deadly threats lurking in the shadows, Reirin must embrace her new identity and defy their expectations of the court's inept villainess.