From Overshadowed to Overpowered TV Anime Announces More Cast
The NBCUniversal booth at the AnimeJapan 2026 convention hosted a stage panel for the anime of Kentarou's From Overshadowed to Overpowered (Rakudai Kenja no Gakuin Musō: Nidome no Tensei, S-Rank Cheat Majutsushi Bōkenroku) manga based on Arata Shiraishi's Rakudai Kenja no Gakuin Musō: Nido Tensei Shita Saikyō Kenja, 400-nen-go no Sekai o Maken de Musō light novel series on Sunday. The panel announces more cast members (from left to right in the image below) for the anime:The anime debuting in July 2026 is adapting Kentarou's manga, and specifically uses the manga's slightly different title.The anime stars Shūichirō Umeda as the protagonist Ephtal, while Reo Osanai voices the heroine Anastasia, and Haruka Shiraishi plays the magical academy head Marin.Hisashi Ishii (Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear, I'm Quitting Heroing, The Unaware Atelier Master) is directing the anime at EMT Squared, with Deko Akao (Higehiro, Komi Can't Communicate, Flying Witch) supervising the series' scripts. Hideki Furukawa (WATAMOTE, Strike The Blood III onwards, Ayakashi Triangle) is designing the characters.Kentarou launched the manga in Square Enix's Manga UP! website in September 2019. Square Enix published the manga's eighth compiled book volume in June 2025.Arata Shiraishi originally published the story in a web novel format, before Kadokawa published the first print volume in October 2019, with illustrations by uodenim. Kadokawa published the eighth novel volume in March 2022.Sources: From Overshadowed to Overpowered anime's X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie
