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Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 4 Premieres April 4 with Trailer
WIT Studio takes over for two consecutive seasons adapting Archduke arc
Jan 19, 2026
Synopsis
Urano Motosu, a book-obsessed aspiring librarian, dies in an earthquake and wakes up in the body of Myne, a frail five-year-old girl in the medieval city of Ehrenfest. In a world where books are handmade treasures reserved for nobility, Myne resolves to recreate the printing knowledge of her old life so she can read again. Her efforts pull her from a soldier's family home into the city's merchant guild, the temple, and eventually the politics of the nobility, reshaping the duchy's craft, commerce and literacy along the way. Adapted from Miya Kazuki's light novel series published by TO Books, with illustrations by You Shiina.
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Anime seasons
Ascendance of a Bookworm (Season 1)
Anime Series · Season 1 · Completed · Oct 3, 2019
Adaptation of Part 1 of the light novel series.
14 episodes
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Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 2
Anime Season · Season 2 · Completed · Apr 5, 2020
12 episodes
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Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 3
Anime Season · Season 3 · Completed · Apr 12, 2022
10 episodes
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Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke
Anime Season · Season 4 · Airing · Apr 4, 2026
Fourth anime season, adapting Part 3 of the light novels.
24 episodes
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Movies & specials
Manga & light novels
Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 1 — Daughter of a Soldier
Light Novel · Completed · Jan 25, 2015
3 volumes · 85 chapters
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Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 2 — Apprentice Shrine Maiden
Light Novel · Completed · Sep 25, 2015
4 volumes · 105 chapters
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Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 3 — Adopted Daughter of an Archduke
Light Novel · Completed · Sep 10, 2016
5 volumes · 117 chapters
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Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 4 — Founder of the Royal Academy's So-Called Library Committee
Light Novel · Completed · Dec 9, 2017
9 volumes · 209 chapters
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Ascendance of a Bookworm Manga: Part 1
Manga · Completed · Oct 30, 2015
Manga adaptation by Suzuka.
7 volumes · 42 chapters
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Ascendance of a Bookworm Manga: Part 2
Manga · Completed · Sep 24, 2018
Manga adaptation by Suzuka.
13 volumes · 80 chapters
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Ascendance of a Bookworm Manga: Part 3
Manga · Ongoing · Apr 30, 2018
Manga adaptation by Ryou Namino.
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Main characters & voice actors
Myne
Main
CV: Yuka Iguchi
Lutz
Main
CV: Mutsumi Tamura
Ferdinand
Supporting
CV: Shou Hayami
Tuuli
Supporting
CV: Megumi Nakajima
Effa
Supporting
CV: Fumiko Orikasa
Gunther
Supporting
CV: Tsuyoshi Koyama
Otto
Supporting
CV: Satoshi Hino
Freida
Supporting
CV: Aya Uchida
Corinna
Supporting
CV: Rika Kinugawa
Gustav
Supporting
CV: Hiroshi Naka
Staff
Miya Kazuki
Original Creator
You Shiina
Original Character Design / Illustrator
Mitsuru Hongo
Director
Mariko Kunisawa
Series Composition
Yoshiaki Yanagida
Character Design
Suzuka
Manga Artist (Parts 1–2)
Ryou Namino
Manga Artist (Part 3)
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