An updated winter version of the Bibliophile Princess anime teaser visual has been released by the series’ production team. The anime premiered on October 6, 2022 and will air for 12 total episodes.
Tarou Iwasaki (Sweetness and Lightning) directed the anime with Mitsutaka Hirota (EDENS ZERO) as series screenwriter and Mizuka Takahashi (Overlord III co-sub character designer) as character designer. Madhouse handled the animation production.
Other staff members include Junko Abe (Chihayafuru Season 3 animation director) and Shinichi Yoshikawa (Date a Live IV Ep 5 and 11 monster designer) as sub-character designers, Hitomi Yoshida (The Vampire Dies in No Time) as art director, Harue Ohno (Chihayafuru Season 3) as color designer, Junko Sakai (Akebi’s Sailor Uniform) as photography director, and Yuuko Fukushima (Kodai Ouja Kyouryuu King: D-Kids Adventure) and Tomotaka Oosumi (SD Gundam World Heroes) as music composers.
The main voice cast consists of Reina Ueda as Elianna Bernstein, Ryouhei Kimura as Christopher, Kouki Uchiyama as Alexei Strasser, Yuuma Uchida as Glenn Eisenach, Wataru Hatano as Theodore, Gen Satou as Alan Ferrera, Ayaka Nanase as Irene, Youhei Azakami as Irvin Olanza, Nobunaga Shimazaki as Alfred Bernstein, and Taku Yashiro as Jean.
Bibliophile Princess is based on the fantasy romance light novels of the same name, written by Yui and illustrated by Satsuki Shiina. The series is published under Ichijinsha’s Iris Neo label, which first began on July 1, 2016. Seven physical volumes have been released as of October 2022. A manga adaptation by Yui Kikuta was also launched in 2019.
HIDIVE is streaming the anime and describes the story as:
Known as the Bibliophile Princess for her unquenchable love of books, Lady Eliana Bernstein wants nothing more than to shirk social duties in favor of retreating to the library. So, when the handsome Crown Prince Christopher promises to shield her from high-society drudgery in exchange for pretending to be his fiancée, she jumps at the chance to hide behind their sham relationship and read to her heart’s content (especially since he’s offered her access to the palace library). But much like the plot of her favorite novel, soon Eli’s feelings for the prince develop in unexpected ways, and she realizes she can’t always judge a royal book by its cover.
Christopher and Elianna are also currently ranked in sixth place on Anime Trending’s weekly Fall 2022 Couple Ship Charts.
