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Production company Konami Digital Entertainment opened an official website for a television anime adaptation of Umikaze Minamino‘s Kyouran Reijou Nia Liston: Byoujaku Reijou ni Tensei shita Kamigoroshi no Bujin no Karei naru Musouroku (Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden) light novel on Wednesday, revealing the lead cast, main staff, a teaser visual (pictured), and teaser promotional video. The anime series will premiere in October 2026.
Voice actress Honoka Inoue (Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku) is starring as the lead character Nia Liston.
Staff
Director: Motoki Nakanishi (Isekai Shoukan wa Nidome desu)
Assistant Director: Nichita Seki (Kidou Senshi Gundam: GQuuuuuuX assistant episode director)
Series Composition: Gigaemon Ichikawa (Sozai Saishuka no Isekai Ryokouki)
Character Design: Yuuki Itou (Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi animation director), Kana Tosaoka (Hana wa Saku, Shura no Gotoku animation director)
Music: Naoki Endou (Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Doukoukai
Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta (Haikyuu!!)
Animation production: Konami animation
Minamino penned the fantasy novel on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website from May 2019 to January 2021. Hobby Japan began publishing the novel under its HJ Bunko imprint with illustrations by Jishaku in September 2022, Kanata Katana began drawing the illustrations for the novel in September 2023 and published the ninth volume on September 1, with the tenth volume scheduled to go on sale on January 30. Kyouran Reijou Nia Liston has a cumulative 1.8 million copies of its volumes in circulation.
Kodai Kabuto began serializing a manga adaptation on the Manga UP! platform in November 2022. Square Enix published the seventh volume on September 5, with the eighth volume is planned for a February 6 release.
J-Novel Club licensed the novel for digital release in English in November 2023 and published the eighth volume in December 2025. Square Enix began simulpublishing the manga in English on its Manga UP! platform in March 2024.
Synopsis
Lying on her deathbed with seemingly no chance at recovery, a young Nia Liston is soon to succumb to her illness. Unable to give up hope, her parents desperately search for a cure in even the most obscure places, leading to the appearance of a hooded man claiming he can help rid Nia of her condition. But rather than curing her, the hooded man transplants the soul of a deceased hero who was undefeated in battle into the girl’s frail body.
Given a second chance at life as Nia, the hero is determined to recover her new body’s strength by using a technique known as chi to target and eliminate the illness at its roots. With her enthusiastic hunger for combat having also been carried over, Nia is eager to return to exploring the world. However, the hero’s restless soul yearns to find a worthy opponent who can defeat her on the battlefield, sparking chaos wherever Nia may go. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Teaser PV
Official site: https://kyoranreijo-pr.com/
Official X: @kyoranreijo_pr
Source: PR Times
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