{"rewrite":{"id":"r_d9d4e9f42a55b497c345ef6d","clusterId":"c_75672eaa6635ee6d632e6ac3","slug":"greatest-magicmaster-s-retirement-plan-anime-casts-eri-yukimura-as-tesfia","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Greatest Magicmaster's Retirement Plan Anime Casts Eri Yukimura as Tesfia","summary":"The television anime of The Greatest Magicmaster's Retirement Plan will cast Eri Yukimura as Tesfia \"Fia\" Fable, the production announced on Wednesday. Tesfia is an ice magic user and a first-year student at the magical institute that protagonist Alus Reigin attends. The series is scheduled to air in 2027 in the \"Agaru Anime\" programming block on CBC, TBS, and 26 other affiliated channels. A character visual for Tesfia was released alongside the cast announcement. Yuto Uemura voices Alus Reigin and Yui Ogura voices Loki Leevahl. Yusuke Suzuki directs at HOTLINE, with series scripts by Gigaemon Ichikawa and character designs by Yuki Kitajima. Takatoshi Hamano is the sound director. The anime adapts the light novel series by writer Izushiro and illustrator Ruria Miyuki, which J-Novel Club publishes in English. A prequel manga, The Greatest Magicmaster's Retirement Plan Zero, is set to launch this winter, drawn by Karu Yoneshiro.","whyItMatters":"The cast reveal arrives with a prequel manga slated for this winter and 20 light novel volumes already in print, so the anime is being positioned as an entry point into an established property rather than a standalone adaptation.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe prequel manga carries the full title The Greatest Magicmaster\u0026#39;s Retirement Plan Zero -The Secret History of the Beginning-. It will follow Alus\u0026#39; life before he enrolled in the magic academy and connect to the main story.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe Alternative, Karu Yoneshiro\u0026#39;s manga, launched in Square Enix\u0026#39;s Manga UP! app in 2020 and ended with its 10th compiled volume, which shipped in January 2024. Comikey publishes it in English digitally.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eYoneshiro\u0026#39;s version is the second manga adaptation. Yu Uonuma\u0026#39;s earlier adaptation ran in Hobby Japan\u0026#39;s website and spanned two volumes.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIzushiro began publishing the novels on the Shosetsuka ni Naro website in 2015. Hobby Japan released the 20th volume in December 2025 under its HJ Bunko label.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYusuke Suzuki\u0026#39;s directing credits include This Monster Wants to Eat Me and Duel Masters Win. Yuki Kitajima designed characters for The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You and Kakegurui, and worked as a key animator on a One Piece episode. Takatoshi Hamano\u0026#39;s sound director credits include IDOLiSH7 and Ishura.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Eri Yukimura joins as Tesfia, but the schedule is the detail that stands out: the 2027 slot on CBC and TBS means this light novel adaptation is booking terrestrial broadcast well ahead of production.","twitterPost":"The Greatest Magicmaster's Retirement Plan slots into CBC and TBS in 2027, so Eri Yukimura's Tesfia casting lands two years before broadcast.","threadsPost":"Eri Yukimura voicing Tesfia is the visible part of the announcement. The quieter detail is the 2027 slot in the Agaru Anime block on CBC and TBS, which puts The Greatest Magicmaster's Retirement Plan on terrestrial broadcast on a schedule arranged long before the show airs.","newsletterBlurb":"Eri Yukimura will voice Tesfia \"Fia\" Fable in The Greatest Magicmaster's Retirement Plan, and a character visual for her is out. The anime airs in 2027 on CBC and TBS affiliates. 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