The previously announced My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom movie revealed a teaser trailer and a new visual along with a December 8 premiere date. Studio Silver Limk is animating and Maya Uchida is returning to voice the not-so-evil villainess, Catarina Claes.
The movie is an original story. Keisuke Inoue is directing and Megumi Shimizu and Megumu Sasano are writing the script. Shimizu is also in charge of the series composition. Mia Oshima will be doing character designs.
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! is based on a light novel by Satoru Yamaguchi, with Nami Hidaka’s illustrations. The light novel received a manga adaptation. J-Novel Club licensed the light novel and Seven Seas published the manga in English. The first season of the anime adaptation premiered in the Spring of the 2020 anime season. The sequel, titled My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X, was announced after the first season ended and aired in the summer of 2021. SILVER LINK animated both adaptations, with Keisuke Inoue as director. Crunchyroll is streaming both seasons and the I Met My Destined One… OVA that came out with the 7th volume of the manga.
The plot follows a wealthy heiress Katarina Claes, who loses her memories after an accident. She wakes up and realizes she now lives in an otome game she once used to play. However, she is now the villainess of the story who tries to ruin the romance prospects for the main character. There is no good ending in sight for a villainess, so Katarina has to fight to get her happy ending. The franchise is also known as Hamefura.
Source: Official Website
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