An exciting new release is headed your way on Crunchyroll's streaming services today! The anime adaptation of the light novel series I'm in Love with the Villainess is dropping its first episode today, and it will be coming in both English sub and English dub options! The episode officially dropped this morning at 9:30 PT, so you can head on over and start watching it now!
Hideaki Oba (Love of Kill) is directing the series at Studio Platinum Vision. The anime is based on the light novels by Inori and Hanagata. Ayumu Hisao (Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life) is composing the series, Youko Satou (7SEEDS) is designing the characters, and Noriyuki Asakura (Knights of Sidonia) is over the music.
Let's get to know the people behind the shows romance. Check out the official cast and crew lists below:
Crew
- ADR Director: Emily Fajardo
- ADR Producer: Zach Bolton
- ADR Script Writer: Leah Clark
- ADR Mixer: Andrew Tipps
- ADR Engineer: August Cline
Cast
- Rae: Hannah Alyea (Cecilia in Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence)
- Claire: Lindsay Sheppard (Erika in A Couple of Cuckoos)
- Misha: Marisa Duran (Hori in Horimiya)
- Rod: Corey Wilder
- Thane: Oscar Seung (Kurama in AYAKA)
- Yu: Ciarán Strange (Richard in Requiem of the Rose King)
- Pepi: by Abigail Blythe
- Loretta: Erin Nicole Lundquist (Rebecca in Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence)
- Torrid: Bruce DuBose (Kaijin in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime)
- Lene: Kara Edwards (Mio in TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy-)
- Additional Voices: C.J. Critt, Monica Flatley, Christopher Wehkamp, Patrick Mealey, Dio Garner, Chase Kloza, Brandi Price, Jacob Wilson, Katie Wetch, Stephanie Sakovich
Learn about the series' storyline below:
Ordinary office worker Ohashi Rei wakes up in the body of the protagonist of her favorite otome game, Revolution. To her delight, the first person to greet her is also her favorite character, Claire Francois—the main antagonist of the story! Now, Rei is determined to romance Claire instead of the game’s male leads. But how will her villainous ladylove react to this new courtship?!
Be sure to watch the official trailer for I'm in Love with the Villainess to get a sneak peek before diving into the anime's first episode:
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