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Wise Man's Grandchild
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Yusuke Kobayashi
Shin Wolford (voice)
12 eps
Shohei Komatsu
August von Earlshide (voice)
12 eps
Rina Honnizumi
Sicily von Claude (voice)
12 eps
Yuuki Wakai
Maria von Messina (voice)
12 eps
Yusaku Yara
Merlin Walford (voice)
12 eps
Gara Takashima
Melinda Bowen (voice)
12 eps
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Oliver Schtrom (voice)
12 eps
Miyu Kubota
Alice Corner (voice)
12 eps
Arisa Shida
Toll von Flegel (voice)
12 eps
Megumi Yamaguchi
Lynn Hughes (voice)
12 eps
Juri Nagatsuma
Yuri Carlton (voice)
12 eps
Chiaki Kobayashi
Tony Freyd (voice)
12 eps
Keisuke Komoto
Julius von Littenheim (voice)
12 eps
Shota Hayama
Mark Bean (voice)
12 eps
Saya Satou
Olivia Stone (voice)
12 eps
Yoshi Nanami.
Miranda Wallace (voice)
12 eps
Maya Hinanogi
May Von Earlshide (voice)
12 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Wise Man's Grandchild actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Wise Man's Grandchild reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and World Building.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
A young man is reborn in another world where he is adopted as a baby by the hero Merlin Wolford and named Shin. By his 15th birthday, Shin has accumulated all kinds of power by studying under Merlin, but one thing his adoptive grandfather didn't give him was a lick of common sense.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01 · Signature episode
A Babe in the Woods Goes to the Capital
Shin Wolford was an average office worker in Japan, but after being killed in a traffic accident, he is reborn in another world. There he learns magic from his adoptive grandfather Merlin and grows up sheltered from the world.
S01E02 · Signature episode
The Unconventional New Student
After moving to the royal capital, Shin prepares to take the entrance exam for Earlsheid Magic Academy, a high school for magicians. However, his far-disproportionate skill in magic already ensures that he is in a class of his own.
S01E03 · Signature episode
An Emergency Arises!
During their first full day of school, Shin and his classmates get a tour of the academy. After Kurt's father comes down on him over his recent behavior, he is grounded, while his mother invites his former mentor over to speak to him.
S01E04 · Signature episode
The Name of the Instigator
News of Shin's exploits proves impossible to keep under wraps, and many more applicants wish to join the study group. The king orders a joint investigation into the appearance of the new demonoid. The study group gains two new members.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E12
And So, Off into the World...
S01E11
The Mightiest Corps of Magicians Ever
S01E10
The Fall of the Empire
S01E09
The Grandchild, the Magic Gear, and the Engagement Party
S01E08
A Starlit Pledge
S01E07
Let’s Go to Camp!
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Mieko TsurutaProducer
- Takashi TachizakiProducer
- Seiichi KawashimaProducer
- Norio KumamotoProducer
- Daisuke IwasakiProducer
- Aya IizukaProducer
Cinematography
- Atsushi SatouDirector of Photography
Music
- Kow OtaniOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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