{"id":163939,"date":"2026-07-26T03:17:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T10:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=163939"},"modified":"2026-07-26T23:47:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T06:47:27","slug":"though-i-am-an-inept-villainess-announces-official-english-dub-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/07\/26\/though-i-am-an-inept-villainess-announces-official-english-dub-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"Though I Am an Inept Villainess Announces English Dub Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The official English cast for the ongoing anime series <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though I Am an Inept Villainess<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been officially announced ahead of episode three of the series. According to an X post by TOHO Animation, the English cast includes:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><b>Brianna Knickerbocker <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as <\/span>Kou Reirin<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><b>Rebecca Wang <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as <\/span>Shu Keigetsu\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><b>Kaiji Tang<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as <\/span>Ei Gyoumei<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><b>Aleks Le<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as <\/span>Shin-u<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><b>Lizzie Freeman<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as <\/span>Leelee<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><b>Mori Calliope<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as <\/span>Kou Tousetsu<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px;\">The official English dub will be available beginning July 26 on Crunchyroll, Hulu, and Netflix (Asia) at 8:45 a.m. PT \/ 24:45 JST.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Though I Am an Inept Villainess | Official English Dub Trailer\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TrQMb34An1w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px;\">Doga Kobo is animating the series, directed by <strong>Mitsue Yamasaki<\/strong> with <strong>Sumie Noro<\/strong> serving as assistant director. Yoshiko Nakamura is responsible for the series composition, with <strong>Ai Kikuchi <\/strong>as character designer, and <strong>Kei Ishiguro<\/strong> as color designer. Other staff members include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022Art Director:<\/span><b> Seina Yaguchi (studio Pablo)<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022Director of Photography:<\/span><b> Yui Fukuoka<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022Editing:<\/span><b> Mutsumi Takemiya<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022Music: <\/span><b>Yukari Hashimoto<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022Casting:<\/span><b> Makoto Tanimura (Sound Wing)<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022Sound Effects: <\/span><b>Yuika Shiraishi<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022Recording Adjustment: <\/span><b>Toshihiro Hayano<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2022Recording Adjustment Assistant: <\/span><b>Ryo Kaneko<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px;\">The original Japanese cast for the anime includes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><b>\u2022Manaka Iwami<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as <\/span>Kou Reirin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><b>\u2022Natsumi Kawaida<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as <\/span>Shu Keigetsu<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><b>\u2022Makoto Furukawa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as <\/span>Ei Gyoumei<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><b>\u2022Yuichiro Umehara<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as <\/span>Shin-U<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><b>\u2022Hana Hishikawa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as <\/span>Leelee<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><b>\u2022Farahnaz Nikray<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as <\/span>Kou Tousetsu<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/futsutsuka.net\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">official website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though I Am an Inept Villainess <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">anime lists the synopsis as follows:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As maidens from the Five Clans battle for the Crown Prince\u2019s heart, jealous Keigetsu uses forbidden magic to swap bodies with the beloved Reirin. Switching places does not guarantee happiness for Keigetsu with her new body&#8217;s ill health leaving her hanging on the verge of death. Meanwhile, Reirin, now wearing the face of a scorned outcast, must answer for Keigetsu\u2019s crimes in a dangerous trial.<br \/><\/span><\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The unlikely pair become increasingly entangled in each other\u2019s lives and they will need to work together to survive after discovering the dark conspiracies brewing beneath the palace&#8217;s genial surface. To confront the deadly threats lurking in the shadows, Reirin must embrace her new identity and defy their expectations of the court&#8217;s inept villainess.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The anime adaptation is based on a light novel series by Satsuki Nakamura. It was first published on the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shosetsuka ni Naro <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website in July 2020 before being acquired by Ichijinsha in December 2020, with illustrations by YukiKana. A manga adaptation with illustrations by Ei Ohitsuji has been serialized by Ichijinsha since onDecember 2020. Both adaptations are ongoing, with Seven Seas Entertainment serializing them for North America.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TOHOanimationEN\/status\/2080654245938995237\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOHO Animation X (Twitter)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The official English dub will be available beginning July 26 on Crunchyroll, Hulu, and Netflix (Asia).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":163940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[11771],"class_list":["post-163939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-though-i-am-an-inept-villainess"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Though-I-Am-an-Inept-Villainess-_-Official-English-Dub-Trailer-0-48-screenshot.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-GEb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163939"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163939"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164051,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163939\/revisions\/164051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}