Though I Am an Inept Villainess Gets Anime by Doga Kobo
Though I Am an Inept Villainess: Tale of the Butterfly-Rat Body Swap in the Maiden Court light novel is getting an anime adaptation by studio Doga Kobo. The staff includes:
- Director: Mitsue Yamazaki (Zenshu)
- Series Composition: Yoshiko Nakamura (Tadaima, Okaeri)
- Character Design: Ai Kikuchi (Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie)
Check out the announcement video:
The anime will adapt the light novel written Satsuki Nakamura and illustrated by Kana Yuki. Ichijinsha has been serializing the series since 2020. There are currently nine volumes out. The same publisher is also serializing a manga adaptation by Ei Otsuji in the Comic Zero-Sum magazine.
Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the light novel series in English and describes the plot as:
In the Kingdom of Ei, five clans put forth their maidens as imperial consorts—but only one will be crowned empress. Just when frail and beautiful “court butterfly” Kou Reirin seems poised to marry the crown prince, jealous “court rat” Shu Keigetsu steals her body! Reirin wakes up in the dungeons as the conspirator, and things look dire…or do they? Now that she’s got a robust new body, not even the looming threat of execution can stop her!
Source: Official Website
© Satsuki Nakamura, Ichijinsha, "Inept Villainess" Production Committee