During
the "Earth Star Novel 10th Anniversary Summer Festival" event,
Japanese publisher Earth Star Entertainment announced that the
romantic fantasy light novel The Oblivious Saint Can't Contain Her
Power: Forget My Sister! Turns Out I Was the Real Saint All Along!,
written by Almond and illustrated by Yoshiro Ambe,
will be adapted into a television anime.
The news
was accompanied by a teaser trailer and a promotional image
that can already be seen on the official website and on
the X (formerly Twitter) account of the series.
A luxury
cast for a story full of emotions
Along with
the announcement, the three main characters of the anime and
their respective voices were revealed:
- Rie
Takahashi (Megumin en KonoSuba) dará vida
a Carolina Sánchez.
- Makoto
Furukawa (Saitama en One Punch Man)
interpretará a Edward Ruby Martínez.
- Haruka
Shiraishi (Asirpa en Golden Kamuy) será
la voz de Flora Sánchez.
Mensajes de los protagonistas y el equipo creativo
The three
seiyuus shared messages with fans expressing their enthusiasm for the
project. Rie Takahashi commented that the team is working with
dedication and hopes that the public will enjoy the result. For his part, Makoto
Furukawa stressed that the anime will address issues of political
relations and conflicts between nations, and that there are many interesting
characters yet to be announced. Finally, Haruka Shiraishi expressed
her admiration for the strength of the protagonists, pointing out that the work
can be interpreted in different ways depending on the point of view of each
viewer.
A story of overcoming in a unique full world
The
original novel was first published on the independent novel portal Shousetsuka
ni Narou between 2020 and 2023. Subsequently, Earth Star
Entertainment released a print edition under its Earth Star
Luna label, with a total of four volumes. In addition, a
manga adaptation illustrated by Yona Eto has been published
since April 2022 in Comic Earth Star, accumulating six
volumes to date. Collectively, the franchise has surpassed one
million copies in print.
What is
"The Oblivious Saint" about?
The story
follows Carolina, the forgotten daughter of a powerful duke. While
her older sister shines as a prodigious magician and future Saint of the
kingdom, Carolina leads a discreet life without aspirations... until a royal
order changes its fate. Forced into a political marriage to
the feared Bloodthirsty Prince of the Malcosian Empire,
Carolina is thrown into a world full of intrigue, conflict and unexpected love.
Gradually, she begins to discover that the true power was within her all along.
The
publisher J-Novel Club has already licensed the novel and
manga for publication in English, which opens the door to a greater
international dissemination of this promising story.
