{"rewrite":{"id":"r_f06f6411ed242fb8a0914bc9","clusterId":"c_ae9fcde0510ecc3b7deadf2b","slug":"final-boss-prince-anime-sets-january-2027-premiere-adds-two-cast-members","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Final-Boss Prince Anime Sets January 2027 Premiere, Adds Two Cast Members","summary":"The anime of Kotoko and Kaname Hanamiya's The Final-Boss Prince is Somehow Obsessed with the Chubby Villainess: Reincarnated Me will premiere in January 2027, with a first promotional video, key visual, and new staff. Shunichi Toki plays Lewis and Fuka Izumi plays Adele, joining Haruka Shiraishi as Celine and Takeo Otsuka as Wilfred. Naoyuki Kuzuya directs at Studio Lings.","whyItMatters":"The January 2027 slot and a full staff roster put the adaptation on a fixed broadcast schedule rather than a development slate, which is the point at which a manga with an English release running only until December starts to need an anime to carry it.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe anime will air on Tokyo MX, BS NTV, AT-X and CBC TV, and stream on the d Anime Store in Japan. Tsubasa Ito, whose credits include Skeleton Knight in Another World, handles the music. Nozomi Ikuyama is the character designer, with Fumino Kakihata and Yukiko Sekita previously announced in the same role. Mitsutaka Hirota is writing the series scripts, Shusaku Kato is assistant director, and Infinite is producing.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManga Mirai, the joint service from Media Do, NTT Docomo, Akatsuki Group and MyAnimeList, publishes the series in English until December.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Studio Lings is directing The Final-Boss Prince with Naoyuki Kuzuya at the helm, and the two new cast members fill roles around Celine and Wilfred rather than replacing them.","twitterPost":"Naoyuki Kuzuya directs The Final-Boss Prince at Studio Lings, with Shunichi Toki and Fuka Izumi joining the cast around the existing leads.","threadsPost":"The Final-Boss Prince is stacking its cast around Haruka Shiraishi and Takeo Otsuka, with Shunichi Toki and Fuka Izumi added as Lewis and Adele. Naoyuki Kuzuya directs at Studio Lings, so the January 2027 premiere rests on a team that hasn't been announced before now.","newsletterBlurb":"The anime of Kotoko and Kaname Hanamiya's The Final-Boss Prince is Somehow Obsessed with the Chubby Villainess: Reincarnated Me will premiere in January 2027, with a first promotional video and key visual. Shunichi Toki and Fuka Izumi join Haruka Shiraishi and Takeo Otsuka in the cast, and Tsubasa Ito is composing. Naoyuki Kuzuya directs at Studio Lings.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-30/the-final-boss-prince-is-somehow-obsessed-with-the-chubby-villainess-reincarnated-me-anime-1st-/.242337\",\"title\":\"The Final-Boss Prince is Somehow Obsessed with the Chubby Villainess: Reincarnated Me Anime's 1st Video Unveils More Cast \\u0026 Staff, January Debut\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4789,"outputTokens":715,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791092676,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T05:42:22.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T05:43:26.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T05:43:26.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_ae9fcde0510ecc3b7deadf2b","canonicalTitle":"News\nThe Final-Boss Prince is Somehow Obsessed with the Chubby Villainess: Reincarnated Me Anime's 1st Video Unveils More Cast \u0026 Staff, January Debut","representativeArticleId":"a_82a82cb3e8692d34335097c2","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"The Final-Boss Prince is Somehow Obsessed with the Chubby Villainess: Reincarnated Me\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Shunichi Toki\",\"Fūka Izumi\",\"Tsubasa Itō\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-30T10:08:38.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-30T10:08:38.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T05:43:22.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-30/the-final-boss-prince-is-somehow-obsessed-with-the-chubby-villainess-reincarnated-me-anime-1st-/.242337","title":"News\nThe Final-Boss Prince is Somehow Obsessed with the Chubby Villainess: Reincarnated Me Anime's 1st Video Unveils More Cast \u0026 Staff, January Debut"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["The Final-Boss Prince is Somehow Obsessed with the Chubby Villainess: Reincarnated Me"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Shunichi Toki","Fūka Izumi","Tsubasa Itō"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}