A Tale of the Secret Saint TV Anime Reveals Main Staff, 2026 Debut in Video
Aharen-san wa Hakarenai's Tomoe Makino directs anime at Felix Film
At the "Earth Star Novels 10th Anniversary Summer Festival" event on Saturday, it was announced that the staff behind the television anime adaptation of Touya and Chibi's light novel series "A Tale of the Secret Saint" (Tensei Shita Daiseijo wa, Seijo de Aru Koto wo Hitakakusu) would be revealed in a promotional video. This video also showed that the show will be making its debut in 2026.
Tomoe Makino ( Aharen-san wa Hakarenai both seasons, Woodpecker Detective's Office ) is directing the anime at Felix Film , and Naoki Murata (episode director for Planet With , Teasing Master Takagi-san , Sasaki and Miyano ) is the assistant director. Deko Akao ( Higehiro , Komi Can't Communicate , Flying Witch ) is overseeing the series scripts, Satomi Kurita ( Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start With Magical Tools , Princess Connect! Re:Dive ) is designing the characters, and Kenichiro Suehiro ( Golden Kamuy , Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- franchises) is composing the music. Ryōsuke Naya ( Spy Classroom , Summer Pockets ) is the sound director.
The anime will star:
- Shion Wakayama as Fia Ruud
- Shinnosuke Tokudome as Zavilia
- Yūichirō Umehara as Saviz Náv
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Cyril Sutherland
The company Seven Seas has announced that they will be launching both the English translation of the light novel series as well as the main manga adaptation of the story.
Fia always dreamed of becoming a knight. Born into a family of knights, she's the least talented among them, but she still clutches to her hope and trains with everything she has. When the day comes for her to slay a small demon and prove her worth, she ends up face to face with a dragon instead! A deadly injury makes her life flash before her eyes…and she suddenly remembers her former life, when she was a powerful Saint in a bygone era who defeated the Demon King. That life ended in pain because of who she was, making her fear ever becoming a Saint again. Now that the magic from her previous life has been rekindled, she may become a more powerful knight than she ever dreamed–if only she can survive long enough!
In January 2019, Touya released his new novel series on the website Shōsetsuka ni Narō (Let's Be Novelists). Earth Star Entertainment started printing the books in June 2019 with illustrations by chibi.
According to the Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel Is Amazing!) guidebook published in November 2025, two novels were ranked second in both the Tankōbon and Novel categories. These same two novels were also placed at the same position in both categories of the November 2024 edition of the guidebook, which was published in November 2023.
Mahito Aobe launched ( link ) the novels' manga adaptation in Comic Earth Star in November 2019.
Earth Star Entertainment has started publishing the prequel series for "A Tale of the Secret Saint Zero" in English in July 2022. Shiina launched this series in Japan in July 2022. ( link ) In October 2023, Earth Star Entertainment will release a manga version of their prequel novels on their Comic Earth Star website.
The book franchise has more than 3.5 million copies in circulation.
Sources: A Tale of the Secret Saint anime's website ( link ) , Earth Star Novels 10th Anniversary Summer Festival livestream ( link )
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