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Seven Seas Entertainment picked up the license of the light novel and manga series The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior by Tenichi and Suzunosuke back in June of 2021, and it got underway with releases in 2022. And that was some good timing, as a TV anime adaptation was announced for it in October 2022, which saw a July 2023 release.
We learned in June 2025 that a second season saw an April 7th, 2026, debut, with HIDIVE making the expected pickup of it. Now, the production has brought out the first preview of the 4th episode ahead of its April 28th, 2026, debut.
The series has Norio Nitta directing it and is based on the series composition by Deko Akao. Hitomi Kono is handling the character designs with OLM Team Yoshioka handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Fairouz Ai as Pride Royal Ivy, Maaya Uchida as Stayle Royal Ivy, Haruka Tomatsu as Tiara Royal Ivy, Junya Enoki as Arthur, Kikuko Inoue as Freesia’s Queen Rosa, Toshiyuki Morikawa as Freesia’s Prince Albert, Koji Yusa as Gilbert, Hiroki Yasumoto as Roderick, Toshihiko Seki as Clark, Daisuke Ono as Callum, Takuma Nagatsuka as Eric, Hiro Shimono as Alan, Junichi Suwabe as Val, MAO as Sefekh, and Shizuka Ishigame as Khemet. Second season cast additions include Shinnosuke Tachibana as Leon and Hikaru Midorikawa as Cedric.
New 2nd season cast members include Ryota Suzuki as Harrison, Hiroki Yasumoto as Roderick, Toshihiko Seki as Clark, Daisuke Ono as Callum, Takuma Nagatsuka as Eric, and Hiro Shimono as Alan.
The English saw John Swasey directing it from the scripts by Kalin Black with a cast that includes Karlii Hoch as Pride, Adam Gibbs as Arthur, Blake Weir as Eric, Brandon Hearnsberger as Albert, Brittney Karbowski as Tiara, Courtland Johnson as Callum, James Marler as Stale, Jay Hickman as Gilbert, Jeremy Gee as Val, Joe Daniels as Clark, Luis Gallindo as Rodrick, Shelley Calene-Black as Rosa, Annie Wild as Lotte, Elissa Cuellar as Marie, John Gremillion as Carl, Josh Swasey as Hannes, Nathan Wilson as Jaques, and Olivia Swasey as Stale’s Mom.
Additional voices include Adam Noble, Alyssa Marek, Annie Wild, Brandon Hearnsberger, Courtland Johnson, Elissa Cuellar, Heath Morrow, Jeremy Gee, John Gremillion, John Hallmark, Josh Swasey, Mark X Laskowski, and Nathan Wilson.
The series features Retroiron performing “Ego” as the opening theme song, while Garakuta will perform “Tarareba” for the ending theme song.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: Pride Royal Ivy returns for another season! Reborn as the villainess in her favorite game, Pride must contend with her dark destiny and decide if she’ll live up to her character’s villainous reputation, or change the world of the game into something better. But with deviation from the game’s script comes unexpected complications, and with her own death at the end of the story as motivation, Pride will have to weather the storm of a story thrown off track, or die in the attempt.
© 天壱・一迅社 / ラス為製作委員会 2023
© 天壱・一迅社 / ラス為製作委員会 2023
© 天壱・一迅社 / ラス為製作委員会 2023
© 天壱・一迅社 / ラス為製作委員会 2023
Chris Beveridge
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Chris has been writing about anime, manga, movies and comics for well on twenty years now. He began AnimeOnDVD.com back in 1998 and has covered nearly every anime release that’s come out in the US ever since.
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