The animated series based on the light novel “7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!” by Tо̄ko Amekawa and Wan Hachipisu will make its debut on January 7.
This news was disclosed by the anime’s official Twitter, marking its launch across the TOKYO MX, AT-X, and BS11 television channels.
Simultaneously, the anime’s promotional campaign, named “Loop 7 Weeks,” commenced, with plans to feature one character per week over a span of seven weeks. Ikumi Hasegawa voices the lead, Rishe Imgard Wertsner and the campaign began by releasing special voice snippets of the character online.
／#ルプなな 1st Week
🦋Special Voice🦋
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— TVアニメ『ループ7回目の悪役令嬢は、元敵国で自由気ままな花嫁生活を満喫する』公式 (@7th_timeloop) November 5, 2023
The promotional efforts extend through each week with a Sunday showcase of voice recordings, character sketches on Monday, bespoke icons and wallpapers on Tuesday, Wednesday’s reveal of floral arrangements, Thursday’s narration from the light novel, Friday’s introduction to costume designs, and a Saturday Q&A with creator Amekawa.
The anime’s anticipated time slot is set for 11:00 p.m. JST on January 7, which corresponds to 9:00 a.m. EST. AT-X will air the show, with subsequent availability on AT-X and BS11 channels.
Meanwhile, Crunchyroll has been announced as the platform to stream the show for Western audiences.
Featuring in the voice cast are:
- Ikumi Hasegawa as the protagonist, Rishe Imgard Wertsner
- Nobunaga Shimazaki, voicing Arnold Hein
- Mariya Ise lending her voice to Theodor August Hein
- Shunichi Toki, portraying Oliver Laurents Friedheim
Under the helm of Kazuya Iwata at Studio KAI and HORNETS, the anime boasts direction with a series script supervised by Touko Machida. Kenichi Ōnuki leads the character design with additional design support from Wakako Yoshida, Minoru Tanaka, and Chisa Shibata.
The chief animators are Hideki Inoue and Tōru Imanishi, and music composers are Satoshi Hōno and Ryūnosuke Kasai. The opening theme, “Another Birthday,” is performed by Toki, and the ending theme, “Kienai,” is by THE BINARY.
The following staff fills key production roles:
- Dress Design: Yoshihiro Nagamori
- Prop Design: Tomokazu Sugimura
- Color Design: Chiho Nakamura
- Background Art: Kusanagi
- 3D CG Director: Norimitsu Hirosawa
- Director of Photography: Masahi Uoyama
- Editing: Kazuhiro Nii
- Sound Director: Hiroto Morishita
- Sound Effects: Shota Yaso
- Sound Production: Dax Production
- Music Production: Pony Canyon
- Art Director: Nobuhiso Ogiso
- Art Setting: Manami Ishida, Risa Iraha
- Art Board: Shingo Kanai
- Music Production Assistance: APDREAM
For English-speaking fans, Seven Seas Entertainment holds the rights to both the light novel and manga adaptation, celebrating the tale of Rishe’s recurrent lifetimes and escapades.
With her seventh life in motion, Rishe aims for leisure but must outwit her past life’s assassin—now her prospective prince consort—to relish her desired opulent existence.
The story, first serialized on the “Shōsetsuka ni Narō” website by Amekawa in February 2020, continues to be published online.
Overlap released the first illustrated print volume in October 2020, with the series’ fifth volume coming out on August 25. Seven Seas Entertainment’s English translation of the fifth volume will hit the shelves on April 23.
Hinoki Kino’s manga version commenced on Overlap’s Comic Gardo website in December 2020. Overlap has released five volumes of the manga as of August 25, with Seven Seas Entertainment slated to publish the manga’s fourth volume on December 5.
