The production team behind Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke — the latest television anime adaptation of Miya Kazuki’s light novel series Honzuki no Gekokujō — unveiled the anime’s new opening theme song in a video preview on Friday. Singer Kana Nishino performs “Power of Love,” which will serve as the opening theme for the series’ second of two consecutive cours.
The anime began airing on April 4 on Yomiuri TV and NTV at 5:30 p.m. JST, with the two-cour run spanning roughly half a year. Crunchyroll is streaming the series worldwide with both English subtitles and an English dub.
Cast
Yuka Iguchi and Show Hayami reprise their roles as Rozemyne (formerly Myne) and Ferdinand, respectively. New cast members joining Part 3 include:
- Yukari Tamura as Georgine
- Mami Koyama as Veronica
- Minami Takayama as Florencia
- Kazuhiro Yamaji as Bonifatius
- Nao Tōyama as Angelica
- Asami Seto as Brigitte
- Katsumi Fukuhara as Zack
Staff
Yoshiaki Iwasaki (Kowloon Generic Romance, Hayate the Combat Butler, We Never Learn: BOKUBEN) directs the new series at Wit Studio, taking over from franchise veteran Mitsuru Hongō. Mariko Kunisawa returns as series script writer, Aiko Minowa (After the Rain, The Ancient Magus’ Bride in-between animation) joins as the new character designer, and MICHIRU continues as composer.
Theme Songs
For the first cour, Little Glee Monster performs the opening theme “Pages,” while Erika Ikuta of Nogizaka46 sings the first ending theme “Ima mo, Arigatō” (“Even Now, I Thank You”).
Series Background
The first anime season aired from October to December 2019 across 14 episodes, followed by a second season in April 2020 and a third in April 2022 — all of which are available on Crunchyroll. Miya Kazuki originally serialized the story on the “Shōsetsuka ni Narō” website from 2013 to 2017. The print edition features illustrations by You Shiina, and the main novel series concluded with its 33rd volume (Part 5, Vol. 12) in December 2023, with over 13 million copies in circulation including digital editions. J-Novel Club publishes the light novels and select manga adaptations in English.
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