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Ascendance of a Bookworm
TV series / 2019

Ascendance of a Bookworm

AnimationDramaSci-fi & fantasy

★ 8.1/10Audience rating

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