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Ascendance of a Bookworm
TV series / 2019

Ascendance of a Bookworm

AnimationDramaSci-fi & fantasy

★ 8.1/10149 votes

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 story

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.

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The seasons

Season 1 Ascendance of a Bookworm 2019 · 36 episodes Season details

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.

Season 2 Adopted Daughter of an Archduke 2026 · 24 episodes Season details

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Special episodes
Specials 2020 · 4 episodes Season details

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Cast

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Kazuhiko InoueSylvester (voice) Toshiyuki MorikawaKarstedt (voice) Takugo IwakawaGray-Robed Priest (voice) · Lothar (voice) · Damuel's Friend 1 (voice) · Bierce (voice) · Volk (voice) · Knight (voice) · Ink Workshop Foreman (voice) · Workshop Master (voice) · M Chiyo TomaruDelia (voice) Asami SetoBrigitte (voice) Satoshi HinoOtto (voice) Mari HinoYoung Sylvester (voice) · Noble Lady (voice) · People (voice) · Kamil (voice) · Child C (voice) · Gray-Robed Apprentice Priest (voice) · Kamil / Thore (voice) · Thore (voice) · Zas Mitsuaki HoshinoFormer High Priest (voice) · High Priest (voice) Minori SuzukiRosina (voice) Yuka TerasakiWilfried (voice) Kiyono YasunoWilma (voice) Yusuke KobayashiEckhard (voice) Kiyoko MiyazawaRihyarda (voice) Sou TakeuchiGray-Robed Priest (voice) · Deid (voice) · Apprentice Merchant (voice) · Hugo (voice) · Man (voice) · Gatekeeper (voice) · Ancient Mesopotamian (voice) Yoshiyuki ItoArno (voice) Yukine YaehataJutte (voice) · Woman (voice) · Orphan (voice) · Apprentice Soldier (voice) · Sieg (voice) · Gray-Robed Apprentice Priest (voice) Hiroyuki EndoMan (voice) · Achim (voice) · Roderick (voice) · Blue-Robed Priest 2 (voice) · Man 2 (voice) · Lesser Knight (voice) · Darua (voice) · Linhardt (voice) Minami TakayamaFlorencia (voice) Kikuko InoueElvira (voice) Saeko OkiDirk (voice) · Guest (voice) · Royella (voice) · Boy (voice) · Christel (voice) · Young Karstedt (voice) · Noble Lady 2 (voice) Shinya TakahashiEwald (voice) · Man 1 (voice) · Moritz (voice) · Giebe Illgner (voice) · Kampfer (voice) · Blue-Robed Priest 1 (voice) · Moritz / Giebe Leisegang (voice) Kouji TakahashiJohann (voice) Yusuke ShiraiLamprecht (voice) Aya UchidaFrida (voice) Toshihiko SekiEustachius (voice) Kanako MiyamotoRico (voice) Seiichiro YamashitaCornelius (voice) Nao ToyamaAngelica (voice) Rika KinugawaCorinna (voice) Hitomi NabatameRalph (voice) Uko TachibanaCarla (voice) Yui HashimotoMarthe (voice) · Maxine (voice) · Child B (voice) · Child 2 (voice) · Young Noble Lady (voice) Yuki NaganoJenni (voice) Katsumi FukuharaZack (voice) Arisa HiroseOrphan (voice) · Woman (voice) · Gilberta Company Customer (voice) · Apprentice Soldier (voice) Maho OkaApprentice Soldier (voice) · Woman (voice) · Orphan (voice) Hikaru IidaNicola / Rick (voice) · Rick (voice) · Nicola (voice) Minami ShinodaMonica (voice) Minamo NagasawaChild A (voice) · Noble Lady 1 (voice) · Nora (voice) · Christel's Mother (voice) Mayumi YamaguchiIlse (voice) Nagisa MaruyamaElla (voice) Ayano ShibuyaDirk (voice) · Heidi (voice) Kenyu HoriuchiViscount Gerlach (voice) · Grausam (voice) Motoi KoyanagiMayor of Hasse (voice) Hiroshi NakaGustav (voice) Haruki IshiyaSchicicoza (voice) Yumiri HanamoriFey (voice) Toshitsugu TakashinaWolf (voice) Tomohito TakatsukaJosef (voice) ChafurinCount Bindewald (voice) Yua NagaeOrphan (voice) Toshinari FukamachiRicht (voice) Kazuhiro YamajiBonifatius (voice) Manaka IwamiPhiline (voice) Teruyuki TanzawaViscount Joisontak (voice) Shunsuke YamanePerson in the Market (voice) · Gilberta Company Customer (voice) Aino ShimadaKai (voice) Yuma UchidaHartmut (voice) Shougo NakamuraIngo (voice) Yuri EharaOrphan (voice) Haruka YanagisawaPerson in the Market (voice) Megumi FukuchiPerson in the Market (voice) Yui SawatariPerson in the Market (voice) Taishi OmaePerson in the Market (voice) Seina NishiwakiPerson in the Market (voice) Junko OyamaPerson in the Market (voice) Hiroyuki TakahashiPerson in the Market (voice) Takuya KuriyamaPerson in the Market (voice)

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