The anime
adaptation of the light novel series Roll Over and Die: I Will Fight
for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!, written by kiki and
illustrated by Kinta, has revealed its second promotional teaser
along with a new batch of voices and details about its production. The series
is scheduled to premiere sometime in 2026.
A
protagonist marked by tragedy
The story
follows Flum Apricot, a young woman destined to fail from the
beginning: with no useful skills and zero statistics, she ends up being
betrayed and sold into slavery by her own teammates. However, as she wields a
cursed sword in a desperate attempt to survive, something dark awakens in her.
Thus begins a bloody quest to regain his freedom and dignity.
Voices
that will bring a dark world to life
The new
confirmed cast includes:
- Ayaka Nanase as Flum Apricot,
the protagonist caught between fate and darkness.
- Miku Itō as Milkit, an
enslaved young woman who crosses Flum's path.
- Miki Kariya as Cyrill
Sweechka, a hero with outstanding stats.
- Makoto Yasumura as Jean Inteige,
the sage of the original group and responsible for Flum's downfall.
- Misaki Kuno as Eternal
Rinebow, a medicinally knowledgeable water magic user.
- Takaya Kuroda as Gadhio
Lathcutt, an S-rank adventurer who masters earth magic.
- Aya Endō as Maria Afenjuns,
a nun from the Church of Origin who uses light magic.
- Jin Ogasawara as Linus Radiants,
an S-rank adventurer who wields wind magic.
A
production with important names
The series
will be directed by Nobuharu Kamanaka (Detective Conan)
at the ACGT studio. The script is in the hands of Mariko
Kunisawa (Ascendance of a Bookworm), while the character design will
be in charge of a team composed of Miki Matsumoto (Summer Time
Rendering), Fumio Matsumoto (Orient), Takashi Fukuyo and Takafumi
Furusawa (Berserk of Gluttony). The music will be provided by Ryō
Takahashi (Arifureta).
From
light novel to multimedia franchise
The
original work was first published in 2018 under the
Micro Magazine imprint, and currently has more than 415,000
copies in circulation adding both novels and its manga adaptation,
both also available in English. The fifth novel introduced kodamazon as
the new official illustrator. In addition, the story has been adapted into an
audiobook, with narration by Emily Bauer.
Roll
Over and Die promises
to be one of the most raw and shocking proposals of recent anime, ideal for
those looking for dark stories with strong female protagonists and survival
plots. 2026 will be the year that Flum Apricot gets up... or die trying.
