The main PV has more romantic scenes between leading couple Elianna and Christopher, plus the OP theme song Prologue by Yuka Iguchi.
By: Nicole S. Castro on September 12, 2022 at 18:48 PHT
Official channels have released the main promotional video for the TV anime adaptation of Bibliophile Princess, scheduled to air on Oct. 6, 2022. The anime is produced by studio Madhouse.
Bibliophile Princess is a romance light novel series written by Yui and illustrated by Satsuki Shiina. The series stars book-loving Lady Elianna Bernstein (CV: Reina Ueda) who is engaged to Prince Christopher Selkirk Ashelard (CV: Ryōhei Kimura). Despite their engagement, Christopher holds feelings for someone else. And now Elianna finds herself struggling with her feelings as their annulment approaches.
The main PV also features the opening theme song Prologue sung by Yuka Iguchi.
Additional Cast
Alexei Strasser (CV: Koki Uchiyama)
Glenn Eisenach (CV: Yuma Uchida)
Theodore Warren Ascherald (CV: Wataru Hatano)
Alan Ferrera (CV: Gen Sato)
Irvin Oranza (CV: Yohei Azakami)
Alfred Bernstein (CV: Nobunaga Shimazaki)
Jean (CV: Taku Yashiro)
The light novel for Bibliophile Princess was first serialized online from September 2015 to January 2022 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Ichijinsha, who has released six volumes since July 2016 under their Iris NEO label.
A manga adaptation with art by Yui Kikuta has been serialized via Ichijinsha's shōjo manga magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum since August 2018. The light novels and manga are both licensed in North America by J-Novel Club.
Staff
Original work: Yui (Ichijinsha Iris NEO/Ichijinsha)
Character concept: Satsuki Shiina, Yui Kikuta
Director: Tarou Iwasaki
Series composition: Mitsutaka Hirota
Character design: Mizuka Takahashi
Animation production: Madhouse
Source: Bibliophile Princess official Twitter, official website, Comic Natalie
NICOLE S. CASTRO
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Nicole is based in the Philippines and works as a freelance Japanese Translator/Interpreter and copywriter (English). She is a JLPT N2 passer who watches anime to "study" for N1. She has a long career history on LinkedIn (with primary focus on media and translation), but her anime watchlist is much, much longer.
