She confessed to being the sage’s pupil, the series of light novels by Hirotsugu Ryusen that has been running since April 2012, will receive an anime adaptation in the course of 2021, as announced a few moments ago by the US streaming site Funimation. The series has been in production since 2020 and was recently featured in the first official trailer.

Kenja no Deshi or Nanoru Kenja, that’s the name of the work in Japan, tells the story of Sakimori Kagami, a player in the augmented reality MMORPG Arch Earth Online. After years of creating the perfect character, the boy uses an item in the game and finds himself trapped in the fantasy world the next morning. as a girl named Mira. Her character no longer exists and now Sakimori has to make sure that Mira, her new avatar, becomes equally strong.

Nichika Omori will give the protagonist Mira his voice. Keitaro Motonaga (Dates A Live Seasons 1, 2 and 3) directs the anime Studio A-Catwhile Takamitsu Kouno (Utawarerumono: The wrong faces, absolute duo) takes care of the script. Kumi Horii (LBX Girls, Infinite Stratos 2), who has worked with A-Cat in the past, takes care of the character design based on the illustrations in the light novel Go Sakabe (Date A Live, Digimon Adventure) composes the music.

The series currently runs in Japan with 14 volumes published, and the first season should cover at least the events of the first 4. There is currently no official release date, but Funimation has confirmed it The series will debut later this year.

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