A second trailer for Multi-Mind Mayhem landed today with the isekai anime's exact premiere date locked in at last. The new video also previews both theme songs and introduces six more characters joining Bard Cornelius on his rise in the Kingdom of Mauricia.
The announcement was posted on the official website of Multi-Mind Mayhem, which unveiled the trailer, the second key visual and the new cast additions together. Multi-Mind Mayhem is the television anime adaptation of Ryosen Takami's light novel series Multi-Mind Mayhem: Isekai Tensei Soudouki.
The trailer centers on Bard, the young noble whose body carries three souls at once. It gives viewers a fresh look at his world while previewing the opening and ending songs that will bookend each episode.
Watch the new trailer here:
A second key visual was also unveiled alongside the trailer, showing a sword-holding Bard with Sanai Oka, Masaharu Oka, Seillune and others gathered behind him. The visual carries the tagline, "Noble. Warlord. Otaku. A trinity rises to the top of another world!"
Rock band Maverick Mom performs the opening theme song, Isekai. VTuber Tokino Sora performs the ending theme song, Brand new day.
The six new cast additions are as follows:
Marina Inoue (Armin Arlert in Attack on Titan) as Maggot, Bard's mother
Takehito Koyasu (Dio Brando in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) as Ignis, Bard's father
Toshiki Kumagai (Yuhi Ohdo in Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!) as Brooks, Bard's school friend at the Royal Knight School
Ari Ozawa (Chiyo Sakura in Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun) as Teresa, Bard's childhood friend
Kohei Yanagi (Junnosuke Tachibana in Nukitashi: The Animation) as William, the fourth prince of the Kingdom of Mauricia
Yuki Sakakihara (Polka Shinoyama in Dead Mount Death Play) as Franco, the second prince of the Kingdom of Sanjuan
The new additions join the previously announced main cast led by Yusuke Kobayashi as Bard Cornelius. Takashi Matsuyama voices Sanai Oka and Satoshi Inomata voices Masaharu Oka, the two souls who share Bard's body.
Yukari Anzai voices Seillune, Ayasa Ito voices Selina and Sumire Morohoshi voices Silke. Those three were revealed with Bard's voice cast in the anime's first trailer announcement.
Hiroaki Sakurai, known for The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., directs the anime at Studio DEEN. Keiichiro Ochi handles series composition, with animation character drafts by Hajime Watanabe and character designs by Zenjiro Ukulele.
Ryoshi Takagi composes the music for the series. The staff and cast announcements complete the anime's main lineup ahead of its broadcast.
What is Multi-Mind Mayhem about?
Multi-Mind Mayhem began as a web novel by Ryosen Takami, first self-published on Shosetsuka ni Naro in 2013. AlphaPolis picked the isekai fantasy series up for print, publishing the light novels with illustrations by Ririnra from March 2014.
The light novel series ran to 14 volumes, with the final volume published in February 2019. A manga adaptation illustrated by Honoji launched on AlphaPolis in 2015 and has also reached 14 volumes.
One Peace Books publishes the manga in English in print, while Alpha Manga publishes it in English digitally. The story blends isekai, fantasy, action and comedy around a hero who quite literally argues with himself.
One Peace Books describes the story as follows:
Bard Cornelius: the son of a nobleman of Mauricia, an empire located in a parallel universe. But Bard is no ordinary boy―he's got three souls packed into one body! Aside from his own consciousness, he's got Oka Sanai, a miserly samurai, and Masaharu Oka, a high school otaku who loves animal ears. With his extra knowledge of military tactics and business acumen, Bard's ready to cheat his way to the top! Get ready to enjoy the manga version of this hit isekai light novel series!
Multi-Mind Mayhem premieres on Wednesday, January 6, 2027, at 10:00 p.m. on TOKYO MX, with further broadcasts on BS Fuji and AT-X. The series will also stream in Japan on d Anime Store, ABEMA and U-NEXT from January 6.
Sources: official website of Multi-Mind Mayhem, Comic Natalie
