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From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated!

From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated!

20257.51 Season12 EpisodesEndedTV-14

Overview

After being struck by a car, 52-year-old civil servant Kenzaburou Tondabayashi finds himself reincarnated as the villainess of his daughter’s favorite video game! Committed to his role as the haughty and arrogant Grace Auvergne, Kenzaburou plays out Grace’s part in the game’s story… Except his kind nature and elegant Japanese manners accidentally turn the unlikeable Grace into the most admired girl in school instead.

Created by Shingo Irie
Written by Shingo Irie, Michiro Ueyama
Produced by Shintaro Yoshitake, Hiroyuki Aoi, Takumi Kohama
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Top Cast

Kazuhiko Inoue

Kazuhiko Inoue

Kenzaburo Tondabayashi (voice)

Mao Ichimichi

Mao Ichimichi

Grace Auvergne (voice)

Akira Sekine

Akira Sekine

Anna Doll (voice)

Kaito Ishikawa

Kaito Ishikawa

Virgile Vierge (voice)

Ryota Suzuki

Ryota Suzuki

Auguste Lion (voice)

Yuuichirou Umehara

Yuuichirou Umehara

Richard Verseau (voice)

Takuma Nagatsuka

Takuma Nagatsuka

Pierre Gemeaux (voice)

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Themes & Keywords

magicreincarnationdaughterbased on comicparodybased on mangaanimeisekaiotakucivil servantotome game

About From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated!

From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated! is a animation, comedy, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2025 exploring themes of magic, reincarnation, daughter, based on comic, parody, based on manga. Created by Shingo Irie, it stars Kazuhiko Inoue, Mao Ichimichi, Akira Sekine. After being struck by a car, 52-year-old civil servant Kenzaburou Tondabayashi finds himself reincarnated as the villainess of his daughter’s favorite video game! Committed to his role as the haughty and arrogant Grace Auvergne, Kenzaburou plays out Grace’s part in the game’s story… Except his kind nature and elegant Japanese manners accidentally turn the unlikeable Grace into the most admired girl in school instead.

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