The official website for the Mushikaburi-hime ( Bibliophile Princess ) anime has revealed a new trailer and a premiere date of October 6.
Check out the trailer
The trailer reveals that Mushikaburi-hime is a traditional shoujo with charming and sensitive characters. Several handsome suitors await the heroine, Elianna Bernstein , who in the trailer appears to be a typical shoujo protagonist: the sensitive and kind girl. So, the question remains: will Mushikaburi-hime bring something unusual to the story or follow the traditional shoujo formula? We'll find out eventually!
Synopsis
Ever since she could read, Eliana Bernstein—better known as the "Bibliophile Princess"—has preferred the company of books to people. However, as a noblewoman, it is her duty to find a suitor. Fortunately for her, Crown Prince Christopher Selkirk Asherald proposes a deal: he will protect her free time, and in exchange, Eliana will be his bride in name only.
The years they spend together are blissful, as Eliana learns to open up to others. But all good things must come to an end. For Eliana, who loves books more than people, ending the fake relationship shouldn't be a big deal. But as Christopher grows closer to another girl, Eliana begins to realize she's not as indifferent to him as she thought.
Staff
Iwasaki Tarou will direct the anime at Madhouse ( Death Note , Overlord ). Hirota Mitsutaka will be responsible for the script and animation composition. Yui and Shiina Satsuki will be the original character designers, and Takahashi Mizuka will be the character designer. Iguchi Yuka and Itou Kashitarou will perform the theme song.
Finally, the light novel Mushikaburi-hime by authors Yui (story) and Satsuki Shiina (art) was serialized on the Shosetsuka ni Naro between September 2015 and January 2022, being released by Ichijinsha in July 2016. Additionally, Ichijinsha released a manga adaptation written by Yui and drawn by Kikuta Yui in Monthly Comic Zero Sum Shoujo in August 2018.
