Anime

Ascendance of a Bookworm (本好きの下剋上 ～司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません～Honzuki no Gekokujō: Shisho ni Naru Tame niwa Shudan o Erandeiraremasen) is an anime adaption based off of the light novels and manga by the same name. The anime was produced by Ajia-Do.

Season 1 of the anime began airing on October 2, 2019 on WOWOW. Season 2 of the anime began airing on April 4, 2020 with ABC TV. Crunchyroll is releasing the English subbed and dubbed versions on their website.

An avid bookworm and college student Motosu Urano ends up dying in an unforeseen accident, right after landing her dream job as a librarian.

When she regains consciousness, she is reborn as Myne, the daughter of a poor soldier. She lives in Ehrenfest, a city with medieval-era technology and a strict class system where the magic-wielding nobles rule supreme. But Myne doesn't let that get to her. After all, as long as she has books, she doesn't really need anything else.

However, the new world has a very low literacy rate and no printing presses, so books are scarce and belong only to nobles. They're completely out of reach for a commoner like Myne. But that doesn't stop her from wanting to read books, so she makes a decision: "If there aren't any books, I'll just create some."




 * Director: Mitsuru Hongo (Crayon Shin-chan, Outlaw Star)
 * Sub-Director: Yoshiki Kawasaki
 * Series Composition: Mariko Kunisawa (Hatsukoi Limited, Magimoji Rurumo)
 * Character Design: Yoshiaki Yanagida (Tribe Cool Crew), Toshihisa Kaiya (IGPX -Immortal Grand Prix-)
 * Anime Production: Ajia-do (Izetta: The Last Witch, How Not to Summon a Demon Lord)


 * Myne ("Main"): Yuka Iguchi (Index in A Certain Magical Index)
 * Ferdinand: Sho Hayami (Maximilian Jenius in The Super Dimension Fortress Macross)
 * Tuuli ("Turi"): Megumi Nakajima (Megumi Aino in HappinessCharge PreCure)
 * Effa ("Eva"): Fumiko Orikasa (Rukia Kuchiki of Bleach)
 * Gunther: Tsuyoshi Koyama (Mercenary in Grimoire of Zero)
 * Lutz: Mutsumi Tamura (Kobayashi in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid)
 * Benno: Takehito Koyasu (Mu La Flaga in Mobile Suit Gundam Seed)
 * Otto: Satoshi Hino (Ainz Ooal Gown in Overlord)
 * Mark: Tomoaki Maeno (White Blood Cell in Cells at Work!)
 * Freida: Aya Uchida (Kotori Minami in Love Live!)