TV series
Ascendance of a Bookworm
2019–, Japanese, on Nippon TV & WOWOW Prime.
When a sickly young girl suddenly becomes obsessed with inventing new things, her family and friends are all puzzled. "What has gotten into Myne?" they wondered, never dreaming that the answer is not a "What" but a "Who": Urano Motosu, a book-loving apprentice librarian who died in an earthquake in Tokyo who somehow found herself in Myne's body! And since Myne's world is still in a medieval stage, where books can only be owned by the elite, the new Myne intends to do everything she can to bring her beloved books to the masses in the time she has left.
- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes
- 60
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Status
- Still running
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Where to watch Ascendance of a Bookworm
Ascendance of a Bookworm is streaming on Crunchyroll in India.
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Latest episode
S2 E24: Rescue
Aired 3 October 2026
Seasons 2
Cast & crew
- Yuka IguchiMain (voice) · 60 ep
- Show HayamiFerdinand (voice) · 60 ep
- Mutsumi TamuraLutz (voice) · 49 ep
- Megumi NakajimaTuuli (voice) · 38 ep
- Takehito KoyasuBenno (voice) · 37 ep
- Tsuyoshi KoyamaGunther (voice) · 35 ep
- Fumiko OrikasaEffa (voice) · 35 ep
- Sho KarinoFran (voice) · 32 ep
- Yuuichirou UmeharaDamuel (voice) · 28 ep
- Yuko SanpeiGil (voice) · 27 ep
- Katsunori OkaiNobleman (voice) · 22 ep
- Tomoaki MaenoMark (voice) · 20 ep
Details
- First aired
- 3 October 2019
- Network
- Nippon TV, WOWOW Prime, YTV, ABC TV, FBS, Chukyo TV, RNB, HTV, FCT, STV, KNB, KTK, RAB, TVI, MMT, ABS, JRT, TOS, YBC, UMK TV Miyazaki, TeNY, RNC, NIB, KKT, Daiichi-TV, FBC, RKC, KYT, KRY
- 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
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Type
- Scripted
- Rated
- TV-14
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News & fan talk
What Ascendance of a Bookworm is based on
Ascendance of a Bookworm is based on Ascendance of a Bookworm, a 2015 light novel series by Miya Kazuki.
Light novel series · 2015
Ascendance of a Bookworm
By Miya Kazuki
Source details from Wikidata and TMDB.
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Ascendance of a Bookworm: quick answers
Is Ascendance of a Bookworm worth watching?
Our verdict is Absolute Cinema: Drop everything and watch it. It scores 8.1/10 from 150 TMDB viewer ratings.
How many seasons of Ascendance of a Bookworm are there?
Ascendance of a Bookworm has 2 seasons and 60 episodes, about 24 minutes each.
Is Ascendance of a Bookworm finished?
Ascendance of a Bookworm is still listed as returning series; no new episode date is announced yet.
Which OTT platform is Ascendance of a Bookworm on?
Ascendance of a Bookworm is streaming on Crunchyroll in India. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
Ascendance of a Bookworm parents guide: is it suitable for kids?
Ascendance of a Bookworm is rated TV-14. Check the rating guidance before watching with young children.
What shows are like Ascendance of a Bookworm?
If you liked Ascendance of a Bookworm, try Fate/Apocrypha, Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles, Saga of Tanya the Evil.
What is Ascendance of a Bookworm based on?
Ascendance of a Bookworm is based on Ascendance of a Bookworm, a 2015 light novel series by Miya Kazuki.