The production team behind the television anime adaptation of Yomu Mishima’s I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! (Ore wa Seikan Kokka no Akutoku Ryōshu!) unveiled the anime’s main promotional video, primary visual, and additional cast details on Sunday.
The newly released video features a preview of the opening theme song, “Uchū-teki Mystery,” performed by Saishū Mirai Shōjo.
Anime Visual and Additional Cast
The newly announced cast addition is Toshiya Miyata, who will voice Liam in his previous life. In that past life, Liam endured a grueling existence, working tirelessly at an exploitative company where he was constantly mistreated by his superiors. His dedication was solely for the well-being of his beloved wife and daughter.
Broadcast Information
The anime is scheduled to premiere on April 5 at 26:00 (which translates to April 6 at 2:00 a.m.) as part of the “Animazing” programming block on ABC TV, TV Asahi, and 22 other channels across Japan.
Main Cast
- Natsuki Hanae as Liam
- Reina Ueda as Amagi
- Takehito Koyasu as Guide
- Ayana Taketatsu as Nias Carlin
- Mikako Komatsu as Christiana Leta Rosebreia
- Kaori Maeda as young Liam Sera Banfield
- Shinichirō Miki as Yasushi
- Yōji Ueda as Brian Beaumont
- Tetsu Inada as Goaz
Key Staff Members
- Director: Tetsuya Yanagisawa
- Series Script Supervision & Scripts: Katsuhiko Takayama
- Character Design: Kazuya Morimae
- Chief Animation Directors: Kazuya Morimae, Masahiko Suzuki, Ayako Karatani, Keita Hagio
- Mechanical Design: Masahiro Yamane, Tsukasa Kotobuki, Yasuhiro Moriki, Kazuma Akagi
- Battleship Design: Tetsuya Watanabe
- Key Animator: Tōru Yoshida
- Art Director: Takuji Jizōmoto
- Background Artist: Makoto Shiraishi
- Color Key Artist: Hitomi Ikeda
- Director of Photography: Hideki Imaizumi
- 3DCG Director: Tetsuya Watanabe
- Editing: Jun’ichi Masunaga
- Sound Director: Ryōsuke Naya
- Sound Effects: Kiyotaka Kawada
- Sound Production: Procen Studio
- Music: Yūsuke Seo, Shun Narita
- Sound Production: PONY CANYON
- Animation Production: Quad
Theme Songs
- The opening theme song, “Uchū-teki Mystery” (Space-Like Mystery), is performed by Saishū Mirai Shōjo.
- The ending theme song, “Nantonaku” (Somehow), is performed by Nagi Fujisaki.
About the Story
Seven Seas is publishing the light novel series in English and describes the story as follows:
In his last life, Liam lived as a moral, responsible person… but died deep in debt and betrayed by his wife. Reborn into the ruling family of a vast interstellar empire, Liam knows that life is divided into the downtrodden and the ones who do the stomping, so this time he’s going to take what he wants and live for himself.
But somehow, things refuse to work out that way. Despite doing his best to become a tyrant, Liam’s decisions lead to nothing but peace and prosperity for the empire under his rule, and he just gets more and more popular!
Background and Adaptations
Mishima first began serializing the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in August 2018. Overlap later began publishing physical editions, featuring artwork by Nadare Takamine, with the first volume released in July 2020.
Additionally, Kai Nadashima’s manga adaptation is also being published by Seven Seas, alongside Mishima’s spinoff novel series, I’m the Heroic Knight of an Intergalactic Empire!. The spinoff debuted in December 2022, and Jyu Ishiguchi launched a manga adaptation of the spinoff on Comic Gardo in July 2023.