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Ascendance of a Bookworm
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Yuka Iguchi
Main (voice)
60 eps
Show Hayami
Ferdinand (voice)
60 eps
Mutsumi Tamura
Lutz (voice)
58 eps
Takehito Koyasu
Benno (voice)
49 eps
Megumi Nakajima
Tuuli (voice)
53 eps
Tsuyoshi Koyama
Gunther (voice)
49 eps
Fumiko Orikasa
Effa (voice)
51 eps
Satoshi Hino
Otto (voice)
14 eps
Tomoaki Maeno
Mark (voice)
39 eps
Aya Uchida
Frida (voice)
7 eps
Hiroshi Naka
Gustav (voice)
3 eps
Kazuhiko Inoue
Sylvester (voice)
28 eps
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Karstedt (voice)
30 eps
Yuuichirou Umehara
Damuel (voice)
34 eps
Yuko Sanpei
Gil (voice)
40 eps
Sho Karino
Fran (voice)
44 eps
Chiyo Tomaru
Delia (voice)
17 eps
Minori Suzuki
Rosina (voice)
12 eps
Kiyono Yasuno
Wilma (voice)
31 eps
Haruki Ishiya
Schicicoza (voice)
3 eps
Rika Kinugawa
Corinna (voice)
4 eps
Minami Takayama
Florencia (voice)
24 eps
Yuka Terasaki
Wilfried (voice)
24 eps
Kikuko Inoue
Elvira (voice)
24 eps
Asami Seto
Brigitte (voice)
24 eps
Nao Toyama
Angelica (voice)
24 eps
Toshihiko Seki
Eustachius (voice)
2 eps
Yusuke Kobayashi
Eckhard (voice)
4 eps
Yumiri Hanamori
Fey (voice)
3 eps
Shunsuke Yamane
Person in the Market (voice)
2 eps
Hitomi Nabatame
Ralph (voice)
6 eps
Uko Tachibana
Carla (voice)
6 eps
Mayumi Yamaguchi
Ilse (voice)
4 eps
Toshitsugu Takashina
Wolf (voice)
3 eps
Kanako Miyamoto
Rico (voice)
6 eps
Kouji Takahashi
Johann (voice)
6 eps
Tomohito Takatsuka
Josef (voice)
3 eps
Yuki Nagano
Jenni (voice)
5 eps
Ayano Shibuya
Heidi (voice)
4 eps
Yoshiyuki Ito
Arno (voice)
9 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Ascendance of a Bookworm actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Ascendance of a Bookworm reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Spectacle.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
When a sickly young girl suddenly becomes obsessed with inventing new things, her family and friends are all puzzled. "What has gotten into Myne?" they wondered, never dreaming that the answer is not a "What" but a "Who": Urano Motosu, a book-loving apprentice librarian who died in an earthquake in Tokyo who somehow found herself in Myne's body! And since Myne's world is still in a medieval stage, where books can only be owned by the elite, the new Myne intends to do everything she can to bring her beloved books to the masses in the time she has left.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 60 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20204 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Ascendance of a Bookworm
201936 episodes
7.8IMDbWhen a sickly young girl suddenly becomes obsessed with inventing new things, her family and friends are all puzzled. "What has gotten into Myne?" they wondered, never dreaming that the answer is not a "What" but a "Who": Urano Motosu, a book-loving apprentice librarian who died in an earthquake in Tokyo who somehow found herself in Myne's body! And since Myne's world is still in a medieval stage, where books can only be owned by the elite, the new Myne intends to do everything she can to bring her beloved books to the masses in the time she has left.
Best episode · S01E36 Blessing
Season 2 · Complete
Adopted Daughter of an Archduke
202624 episodes
7.3IMDb
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E36 · Signature episode
Blessing
To protect her family, Main agrees to be adopted by Sylvester. It is he who enters the cathedral with Sir Karstedt just at the moment when Ferdinand and Sir Bindewald are involved in a fight, but this entire affair will not only have consequences for Main because now Count Bindewald, the bishop, and Delia have to answer for their actions.
- Directed by Mitsuru Hongo
- Written by Mariko Kunisawa
S01E11 · Signature episode
Life-or-Death Choices and Family Meetings
With Main collapses, everyone she knows comes together in a bid to save her life. But soon, she is faced with a life-or-death decision, one that she must discuss with her family.
- Directed by Shigeru Ueda
- Written by Mariko Kunisawa
S01E06 · Signature episode
Meeting
Lutz and Main prepare for the meeting with Otto. But Otto brings someone with him, turning a casual meeting into an interview that will decide both Lutz and Main's futures.
- Directed by Takahide Ogata
- Written by Mariko Kunisawa
S01E10 · Signature episode
To the Second Winter
Main learns from Frieda that the illness she has is called the Devouring, and that it will flare up if she ever feels anxiety or loses hope. Almost on cue, her fever starts acting up...
- Directed by Shigeru Ueda
- Written by Mariko Kunisawa
S01E08
Lutz's Main
As Main and Lutz begin making their paper for real, Main's excitement gets the better of her, and Lutz's suspicions come to a head. He resolves to talk to her about it after the paper is finished.
- Directed by Yoshiki Kawasaki
- Written by Yuko Ishiyama
S01E12 · Signature episode
Baptism and Divine Paradises
The day of Main and Lutz's baptism has arrived. Wearing a fancy dress and a new hair ornament, Main appears a clear standout from the rest of the kids, but soon she loses her way and finds herself in what she sees as heaven on earth.
- Directed by Takahide Ogata
- Written by Mariko Kunisawa
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E17
Episode 17
S02E16
New Dress and Printing Press
S02E12
The Winter Social Season and Debut
- Directed by Yuka Hashimoto
- Written by Mariko Kunisawa
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Yosuke ShimizuProducer
- Hiroaki TsunodaProducer
- Michiyoshi KoyamaProducer
- Emi KashimuraProducer
- Shinichiro OzawaProducer
- Keisuke SatoProducer
Writing
- Chisato UedaWriter
- Ryo YamazakiWriter
- Yuko IshiyamaWriter
- Mariko KunisawaWriter
- Mitsuru HongoWriter
Direction
- Motoko ShikamaDirector
- Shinpei MatsuoDirector
- Yoshiki KawasakiDirector
- Atsuko KaseDirector
- Kenta NoudaDirector
- Shigeru ChibaDirector
Cinematography
- Mayuko KoikeDirector of Photography
- Naoki KitamuraDirector of Photography
Music
- MICHIRUOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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