adieu performs ending song “Wanna me” for anime’s 2nd part
The staff for Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke, the new television anime of Miya Kazuki’s Ascendance of a Bookworm (Honzuki no Gekokujō – Shisho ni Naru Tame niwa Shudan o Erandeiramasen) light novel series, started streaming the anime’s third promotional video on Saturday. The video previews the previously announced new ending theme song for the anime’s second cours (quarters of the year), “Wanna me” by adieu (actress Moka Kamishiraishi’s singing stage name). The video also previews again the opening theme song “Power of Love” by Kana Nishino.
The new ending theme song will start airing in the episode premiering on July 11.
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The anime premiered on April 4 on the Yomiuri TV and NTV channels at 5:30 p.m. JST (4:30 a.m. EDT). The anime is airing across two consecutive cours for a half-year run. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime with English subtitles and an English dub.
Yuka Iguchi and Show Hayami return in the new series as Rozemyne (previously Myne) and Ferdinand, respectively. The anime’s new cast members include:
Yoshiaki Iwasaki (Kowloon Generic Romance, Hayate the Combat Butler, We Never Learn: BOKUBEN) is directing the new series at Wit Studio, replacing the franchise’s previous director Mitsuru Hongō. Mariko Kunisawa returns to write the series scripts, and Aiko Minowa (After the Rain, The Ancient Magus’ Bride in-between animation) is the new character designer. MICHIRU returns to compose the music.
Little Glee Monster performs the first part’s opening theme song “Pages.” Nogizaka46 member Erika Ikuta performs the first part’s ending theme song “Ima mo, Arigatō” (Even Now, I Thank You).
The first anime season premiered in October 2019, and ended in December 2019 with 14 episodes. The second season premiered in Japan in April 2020. The anime’s third season premiered in April 2022. Crunchyroll streamed all three seasons as they aired.
Kazuki began the original novels on the “Shōsetsuka ni Narō” website in 2013, and ended the web novel in 2017. You Shiina illustrates the print edition. The main series ended with its 33rd volume (volume 12 of part 5) in December 2023. The novel series now has over 13 million copies in circulation (including digital copies).
J-Novel Club is releasing both the light novels and some of the various manga adaptations in English.
Sources: Ascendance of a Bookworm’s website, Comic Natalie
