Ascendance of a Bookworm (2019)

Original title: 本好きの下剋上司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません

Avid bookworm and college student Motosu Urano ends up dying in an unforeseen accident. This came right after the news that she would finally be able to work as a librarian as she had always dreamed of. When she regained consciousness, she was reborn as Main, the daughter of a poor soldier. She was in the town of Ehrenfest, which had a harsh class system. But as long as she had books, she didn't really need anything else. However, books were scarce and belonged only to the nobles. But that doesn't stop her, so she makes a decision... "If there aren't any books, I'll just create some."

Ascendance of a Bookworm

Watch Providers

Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll Amazon Channel

Casting arrow_drop_down

as Main (voice)

as Ferdinand (voice)

as Lutz (voice)

Takehito Koyasu

Takehito Koyasu

as Benno (voice)

Megumi Nakajima

Megumi Nakajima

as Tuuli (voice)

Tsuyoshi Koyama

Tsuyoshi Koyama

as Gunther (voice)

as Effa (voice)

as Otto (voice)

as Mark (voice)

as Frida (voice)

as Gustav (voice)

as Sylvester (voice)

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Toshiyuki Morikawa

as Karstedt (voice)

Yuuichirou Umehara

Yuuichirou Umehara

as Damuel (voice)

as Fran (voice)

as Delia (voice)

as Rosina (voice)

as Wilma (voice)

as Shikikoza (voice)

as Corinna (voice)

as Man (voice) as Gunther's Colleague (voice) as Egmont (voice) as Attendant (voice) as Ingo (voice) as Artisan (voice) as Receptionist (voice) as Zahm (voice) as Ancient Egyptian (voice) as Gray Priest (voice) as Blue Priest (voice) as Gilberta Company Employee (voice)

Mitsuaki Hoshino

Mitsuaki Hoshino

as High Priest (voice)

as Old Man (voice) as Ink Workshop Foreman (voice) as Artisan (voice) as Gilberta Company Employee (voice) as Bierce (voice) as Workshop Master (voice) as Attackers (voice) as Blue Priest (voice) as Gray Priest (voice) as Lothar (voice)

as Kamil (voice) as Zasha (voice) as Fey's Friend (voice) as Gray Priest Apprentice (voice) as Old Woman (voice) as People (voice)

as Deid (voice) as Gray Priest (voice) as Gatekeeper (voice) as Hugo (voice) as Ancient Mesopotamian (voice) as Man (voice) as Apprentice Merchant (voice)

as Sieg (voice) as Orphan (voice) as Gray Priest Apprentice (voice) as Apprentice Soldier (voice) as Yutte (voice) as Woman (voice)

as Arno (voice)

Hitomi Nabatame

Hitomi Nabatame

as Ralph (voice)

as Carla (voice)

as Woman (voice) as Orphan (voice) as Apprentice Soldier (voice)

as Woman (voice) as Gilberta Company Customer (voice) as Orphan (voice) as Apprentice Soldier (voice)

Kanako Miyamoto

Kanako Miyamoto

as Rico (voice)

as Jenni (voice)

Mayumi Yamaguchi

Mayumi Yamaguchi

as Ilse (voice)

Kouji Takahashi

Kouji Takahashi

as Johann (voice)

as Heidi (voice) as Dirk (voice)

Yumiri Hanamori

Yumiri Hanamori

as Orphan (voice)

Toshitsugu Takashina

Toshitsugu Takashina

as Wolf (voice)

Tomohito Takatsuka

Tomohito Takatsuka

as Josef (voice)

as Man (voice) as Darua (voice)

as Count Bindewald (voice)

Shunsuke Yamane

Shunsuke Yamane

as Person in the Market (voice) as Gilberta Company Customer (voice)

as Orphan (voice)

as Viscount Gerlach (voice)

Haruka Yanagisawa

Haruka Yanagisawa

as Person in the Market (voice)

as Person in the Market (voice)

as Person in the Market (voice)

as Person in the Market (voice)

Seina Nishiwaki

Seina Nishiwaki

as Person in the Market (voice)

as Person in the Market (voice)

Hiroyuki Takahashi

Hiroyuki Takahashi

as Person in the Market (voice)

Takuya Kuriyama

Takuya Kuriyama

as Person in the Market (voice)

Manabu Hokazono

Manabu Hokazono

as Person in the Market (voice)

as Apprentice Soldier (voice)

as Apprentice Soldier (voice)

Takayuki Nakatsukasa

Takayuki Nakatsukasa

as Lumber Dealer (voice)

Masahito Kawanago

Masahito Kawanago

as Artisan (voice)

as Child (voice)

as Orphan (voice)

as Urano's Mother (voice)

Atsuyoshi Miyazaki

Atsuyoshi Miyazaki

as Master (voice)

Nagisa Maruyama

Nagisa Maruyama

as Ella (voice)

as Viscountess Dahldolf (voice)

arrow_drop_up

Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Episodes season 0

0x1

Side story one: eustachius's incognito operation downtown
0x2

Side story two: visiting missus corinna
0x3

Recap 26.5: part 1
0x4

Recap 26.5: part 2
0x5

Episode 5
0x6

Episode 6

Episodes season 1

1x1

A world without books
1x2

Life improvements and slates
1x3

The events of winter
1x4

Forests and clay tablets
1x5

Baptisms and strange fevers
1x6

Meeting
1x7

Seeds of suspicion
1x8

Lutz's main
1x9

The guild master's granddaughter
1x10

To the second winter
1x11

Life-or-death choices and family meetings
1x12

Baptism and divine paradises
1x13

The choice to be an apprentice priestess
1x14

Conclusions
1x15

Apprentice priestess
1x16

Blue robes and uncommon sense
1x17

Needs
1x18

Orphanage reforms
1x19

Cleanups and star festivals
1x20

The path ahead of lutz
1x21

New retainers
1x22

Wilma and holy scriptures for kids
1x23

Harvest festivals and staying home
1x24

Knight orders and requests
1x25

Trombe and battles
1x26

Dreamlike world
1x27

The beginning of winter
1x28

The story about winter stays and the future
1x29

The dedication ceremony and spring arrives
1x30

Spring prayer
1x31

Gift from the blue-robed priest and going home
1x32

The abandoned child of the cathedral and making colors
1x33

Delia and dirk
1x34

Ominous developments
1x35

The black protective charm
1x36

Blessing

Recomendation Series

NextFilm 2025