Kadokawa has released a new main trailer for the TV anime adaptation of Sarase Nagase's The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor (Yarinaoshi Reijō wa Ryūtei Heika o Kōryaku-chū) light novel series, and the production team also revealed the theme songs and new visual for it. The opening theme song Awaku Kasuka (Faintly Dim) is performed by sajou no hana, and the ending theme song Gradation is performed by HaNaTan. The trailer highlights the interactions between the anime's two titular main characters, the protagonist Jill and Emperor Hadis.
The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor anime is scheduled to premiere on on October 9 at 10:00 p.m. JST. You can check out the latest key visual for The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor below:
Three additional cast members have also been revealed (character name romanizations not confirmed):
Makoto Furukawa as Listeard
Ayumi Mano as Faris
Kaori Nazuka as Elincia
They will be joining the rest of the cast that includes:
Shū Uchida as Jill Cervel
Kikunosuke Toya as Hadis Teos Rave
Shiori Izawa as Rave
Mari Hino as Camila
Tatsumaru Tachibana as Zeke
Shunichi Toki as Gerard
Yuka Nukui as Sphere
The main staff members are Kentarou Suzuki (Requiem of the Rose King, Kud Wafter) as the director, Atsuo Ishino (Baki Hanma Season 2 co-scriptwriter) as the series composer, and Sana Komatsu (The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3 co-character designer) as the character designer. J.C. Staff is in charge of the animation of The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor.
What is The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor about?
The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor is based on the light novel series written by Sarasa Nagase and illustrated by Mitsuya Fuji, which began in 2020. As of April 2023, six main volumes have been published by Kadokawa Shoten, and a short story collection was released in February 2024. The story originally started as a web novel on the user-generated novel publishing site Shousetsuka ni Narou in 2019.
Cross Infinite World shared a plot description for The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor:
From The Guillotine To Dragon Consort! Jill is sentenced to death by the crown prince, her fiancé. But just before she dies, she’s sent back in time six years to the party where their engagement had been decided. To avoid this route of ruin, Jill immediately proposes to the person standing behind her…but it’s the man who was her greatest enemy, Emperor Hadis?! Jill knows all about his future descent into evil. She quickly retracts the proposal, but the delighted Hadis takes her back to his castle and makes her a meal. Completely won over by the food, Jill makes a life-changing decision… “I’m going to reform—no, I’m going to make you happy!” It’s time to redo this life with the enemy!
The fantasy series also received a manga adaptation with art by Anko Yuzu, and it has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comp Ace magazine since July 2020, and it has been collected in six tankobon volumes. Yen Press published the manga in English with the title The Second-Chance Noble Daughter Sets Out to Conquer the Dragon Emperor.
