Ascendance of a Bookworm
2019 · TV Series · TV-14 · 24 min · ★ 8.1
After waking up in a frail child’s body in a world where books are rare and reserved for the elite, a determined young girl sets out to make them more accessible. Along the way, her curiosity and drive reshape daily life for the people around her.
Based on Ascendance of a Bookworm
Also known as Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke
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Details
- Original title
- 本好きの下剋上 司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません
- Years
- 2019–2026
- Release date
- 2019-10-03
- Network
- ABC TV, Nippon TV, YTV, WOWOW Prime, FBS, Chukyo TV, RNB, FCT, STV, KNB, HTV, RAB, TVI, YBC, UMK TV Miyazaki, MMT, TeNY, RNC, NIB, KKT, TOS, KTK, ABS, JRT, Daiichi-TV, FBC, RKC, KYT, KRY
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 24 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 8.1/10 (134 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like gentle fantasy, everyday problem-solving, and underdog ambition in the spirit of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End; Not for you if you want fast pacing, big action, or consistently polished visuals.
Pros: heartfelt lead; rich worldbuilding; warm relationships | Cons: slow episodes; heavy exposition; divisive animation
Themes
- magic
- work
- reincarnation
- slice of life
- religion
- based on manga
- medieval
- anime
- josei
- isekai
- based on light novel
Cast & crew
Yuka Iguchi
as Main (voice)
Show Hayami
as Ferdinand (voice)
Mutsumi Tamura
as Lutz (voice)
Takehito Koyasu
as Benno (voice)
Megumi Nakajima
as Tuuli (voice)
Tsuyoshi Koyama
as Gunther (voice)
Fumiko Orikasa
as Effa (voice)
- SH
Satoshi Hino
as Otto (voice)
Tomoaki Maeno
as Mark (voice)
- AU
Aya Uchida
as Frida (voice)
Directed by Yuki Watanabe, Kohei Kawai, Mitsuru Hongo +15 more
Episodes2 seasons · 64 episodes
Season 152 episodes
- S1E1A World Without Books24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E2Life Improvements and Slates24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E3The Events of Winter24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E4Forests and Clay Tablets24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E5Baptisms and Strange Fevers24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E6Meeting24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E7Seeds of Suspicion24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E8Lutz's Main24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E9The Guild Master's Granddaughter24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E10To the Second Winter24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E11Life-or-Death Choices and Family Meetings24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E12Baptism and Divine Paradises24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E13The Choice to Be an Apprentice Priestess24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E14Conclusions24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E15Apprentice Priestess24m
- S1E16Blue Robes and Uncommon Sense24m
- S1E17Needs24m
- S1E18Orphanage Reforms24m
- S1E19Cleanups and Star Festivals24m
- S1E20The Path Ahead of Lutz24m
- S1E21New Retainers24m
- S1E22Wilma and Holy Scriptures for Kids24m
- S1E23Harvest Festivals and Staying Home24m
- S1E24Knight Orders and Requests24m
- S1E25Trombe and Battles24m
- S1E26Dreamlike World24m
- S1E27The Beginning of Winter24m
- S1E28The Story About Winter Stays and the Future24m
- S1E29The Dedication Ceremony and Spring Arrives24m
- S1E30Spring Prayer24m
- S1E31Gift from the Blue-Robed Priest and Going Home24m
- S1E32The Abandoned Child of the Cathedral and Making Colors24m
- S1E33Delia and Dirk24m
- S1E34Ominous Developments24m
- S1E35The Black Protective Charm24m
- S1E36Blessing24m
- S1E37Episode 37
- S1E38Episode 38
- S1E39Episode 39
- S1E40Episode 40
- S1E41Episode 41
- S1E42Episode 42
- S1E43Episode 43
- S1E44Episode 44
- S1E45Episode 45
- S1E46Episode 46
- S1E47Episode 47
- S1E48Episode 48
- S1E49Episode 49
- S1E50Episode 50
- S1E51Episode 51
- S1E52Episode 52
Season 212 episodes
- S2E1I've Become a Noble24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E2Lower City Family Reunion24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E3Archduke's Castle and Italian Restaurant24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E4How to Collect Donations24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E5Concert Preparations24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E6Harspiel Concert24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E7Hasse's Monastery24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E8Ferdinand's Task24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E9Wilfried's Day as High Bishop24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E10First Material Gathering24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E11Episode 11CrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E12Episode 12CrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video