The Rakudai Kenja no Gakuin Musou: Nidome no Tensei, S-Rank Cheat Majutsushi Boukenroku (The Failed Sage’s Academy Domination) AnimeJapan 2026 stage event at the NBCUniversal booth revealed additional cast and a teaser promotional video on Sunday. The anime series adapting Arata Shiraishi and Kentarou’s fantasy adventure manga will begin airing on Tokyo MX, ABC TV, BS Fuji, WOWOW in July 2026.
Cast
Ephtal (Sage/Old Man): Hiroki Touchi (Sousou no Frieren)
Ephtal (Childhood): Ayaka Fukuhara (Kawaii dake ja Nai Shikimori-san)
Ilya: Emiri Katou (Overlord)
Fraser: Daisuke Hirakawa (Ore dake Level Up na Ken)
Hisashi Ishii (Yuusha, Yamemasu) is directing the anime at EMT Squared. Deko Akao (Saigo ni Hitotsu dake Onegai shitemo Yoroshii deshou ka) is handling the series composition, and Hideki Furukawa (Strike the Blood III) is designing the characters.
Shiraishi began writing the adventure fantasy story on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website in 2018. Kadokawa published the light novel with illustrations by Denim Uo under the Sneaker Bunko imprint in eight volumes from October 2019 to March 2022.
The manga adaptation by Kentarou began its serialization on the Manga UP! website in September 2019. Square Enix released the eighth volume in June 2025.
Square Enix publishes the manga in English on the Manga UP! and Comikey websites.
Teaser PV
Source: Comic Natalie
