Ascendance of a Bookworm

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2019-10-03

Last Air Date: 2026-05-09

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 48

Networks: Nippon TV, WOWOW Prime, YTV, ABC TV, FBS, Chukyo TV, RNB, HTV, FCT, STV, KNB, KTK, RAB, TVI, MMT, ABS, JRT, TOS, YBC, UMK TV Miyazaki, TeNY, RNC, NIB, KKT, Daiichi-TV, FBC, RKC, KYT, KRY

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Top Cast

Yuka Iguchi as Main (voice)
Show Hayami as Ferdinand (voice)
Mutsumi Tamura as Lutz (voice)
Takehito Koyasu as Benno (voice)
Megumi Nakajima as Tuuli (voice)
Tsuyoshi Koyama as Gunther (voice)
Fumiko Orikasa as Effa (voice)
Tomoaki Maeno as Mark (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue as Sylvester (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Karstedt (voice)

Seasons

Specials (2020) - (4 Episodes)

Ascendance of a Bookworm (2019) - (36 Episodes)

Adopted Daughter of an Archduke (2026) - (12 Episodes)

Specials (2020)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Side Story One: Eustachius's Incognito Operation Downtown (2020-03-10)

The head priest wants more information on Main, so he sends two of his aides, Eckhard and Eustachius, to investigate her.
Ep. 2: Side Story Two: Visiting Missus Corinna (2020-03-10)

Eva and Turi find themselves having to accompany Main to Corinna's residence, because she wants to take a look at the outfit Main wore for her baptism.
Ep. 3: Re-Ascendance of a Bookworm (1) (2022-03-29)

Main begins her journey to create paper, facing setbacks and revealing her true self to Lutz.
Ep. 4: Re-Ascendance of a Bookworm (2) (2022-03-29)

Main faces challenges as she takes over the orphanage, aiming to help the kids while uncovering dark secrets.