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I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons Anime Casts Ryōtarō Okiayu
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The official X (formerly Twitter) for the television anime of Izumi Sawano's I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons (Kisaki Kyōiku kara Nigetai Watashi) light novel series announced on Sunday that Ryōtarō Okiayu is joining the cast.
Ryōtarō Okiayu plays Neil (name spelling not finalized), a mysterious beauty who is seen around the castle from time to time.
The anime stars:
- Haruka Shiraishi as Leticia
- Jun Fukuyama as Clarke
- Wataru Hatano as Nadir
- Yuka Saitō as Brianna
Shinobu Tagashira (Diabolik Lovers, Junji Ito "Collection" director) is directing the anime at EMT Squared, and is also serving as the character designer. Tomoco Kanemaki (Kingdom Hearts novel author) is in charge of series scripts. Naoyuki Chikatani and Yuki Hayashi are composing the music.
J-Novel Club has licensed the novel series and the manga adaptation, and it describes the story:
Duchess Leticia Dorman has been betrothed to Crown Prince Clarke since age seven. She was once a rambunctious and free-spirited child, but the strict education she's receiving to make her a fit future princess has really put a cramp in her lifestyle. Her only hope is that the prince might someday take an interest in someone else—so when Clarke shows up to a royal ball with an unknown woman at his side, Lettie is overcome with delight, presuming her dream has come true and her engagement has been broken off!She wastes no time retreating to an easygoing countryside life, but her newfound peace is cut short when the prince shows up and claims she's still his fiancée! Clarke is determined to win Lettie over and marry her, while Lettie is determined to resist his charms and escape! Who will emerge victorious in this heart-pounding battle of wills?
Sawano debuted the novel series in August 2018 on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō (Let's Become Novelists) website. Shufu to Seikatsu Sha publishes the novels with illustrations by Miru Yumesaki. Uri Sugata launched a manga adaptation on Shufu to Seikatsu Sha's Comic PASH! manga website in March 2020.
The series has over 1.2 million copies in circulation.
Sources: I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons' X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie
