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The Laid-Off Cheat-Granting Mage Enjoys a Second Lease on Life Anime's Video Reveals More Cast, Opening Song, October 6 Debut
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The website for the television anime of Gyōmuyōmochi's manga adaptation of Asa Rokushima's Tsuihō Sareta Cheat Fuyo Majutsushi wa Kimamana Second Life o Ōka Suru. (The Laid-Off Cheat-Granting Mage Enjoys a New Life or Chi-Fuyo for short) novels unveiled the main promotional video and main visual for the anime on Wednesday. The video announces more cast members, the opening theme song "Ember Torch" by the rock band sumika, and the October 6 premiere date for the anime.
The new cast members include:
Takumi Yamazaki as Donguri and Donguri (Real)
Taiten Kusunoki as Balius
Megumi Toyoguchi as Glenda
The anime will premiere on TV Tokyo and its affiliates on October 6 at 24:00 (effectively, October 7 at midnight), and on AT-X on October 8. Crunchyroll will stream the anime as it airs in Japan.
Shochiku describes the anime:
Rein, an enchanter who strengthens equipment with his magic, is suddenly expelled from his guild, simply because every piece of gear in the guild has already been enhanced enough. Outraged by the absurd treatment, Rein decides to take back the enormous amount of mana he had poured into their equipment. When he casually channels it into a random copper sword, it transforms into a cheat-level weapon with 10,000 enhancement points!
With zero combat experience but armed with magic that can turn anything into overpowered gear, this enchanter sets off to enjoy a new, carefree life as an adventurer! In a world where magic and science intertwine, wild humor meets layered character drama, fueling nonstop fan theories and generating major buzz long before the anime was even announced.
The anime will star:
- Daiki Yamashita as Rein Garland
- Lynn as Lily Flambert
- Yoshino Aoyama as Margaret Ells
- Miyu Tomita as Mirabelle
- Megumi Han as Elsie Zra
- Konomi Kohara as Nina
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Hanbun (Half)
- Makoto Furukawa as Cornelius
- Rie Shibata as Mother of Assassins
Shū Honma (Ya Boy Kongming!, Mayonaka Punch, Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 "Sisters") is directing the anime at P.A. Works. Yōko Yonaiyama (Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk, mono, Ya Boy Kongming!) is in charge of the series scripts. Tadahito Kiyosawa is designing the characters, with Masami Gohda as the sub-character designer. Both Kiyosawa and Gohda also serve as chief animation directors.
Other staff members include:
Rokushima began serializing the original story in the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in January 2021, and is still updating the story. Kodansha published the first print volume of the novels with illustrations by kisui in January 2022, and the second volume shipped in October 2022.
Gyōmuyōmochi launched the manga adaptation in Kodansha's Shōnen Magazine R in November 2021, and moved the manga to Kodansha's Comic Days app in March 2023 after Shōnen Magazine R ended publication. Kodansha released the manga's 21st compiled book volume on August 7. Kodansha's K MANGA service is releasing the manga digitally in English.
Sources: Tsuihō Sareta Cheat Fuyo Majutsushi wa Kimamana Second Life o Ōka Suru. anime's website, Comic Natalie
