Staff

Director: Takayuki Inagaki (Re:Monster)

Series Composition: Hiroko Kanesugi (Mahoutsukai ni Narenakatta Onnanoko no Hanashi)

Character Design: Mariko Fujita (Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi Warui)

Studio: YANCHESTER

Kotobuki began penning the adventure fantasy novel on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website in February 2016. Kadokawa began publishing the novel under its MF Books imprint in September 2016, featuring illustrations by Johndee. The 20th volume was published in February 2025, with the 21st volume scheduled for an April 24 release. Around 40 Kenja no Isekai Seikatsu Nikki has a cumulative 4.15 million copies of its volumes in circulation.

A spin-off light novel titled Around 40 Kenja no Isekai Seikatsu Nikki Zero: Sword and Sorcery World began publishing under the same imprint in August 2023. The third volume was released in August 2025.

888 began drawing a manga adaptation on the ComicWalker website in April 2018. Kadokawa published the eighth volume in February 2025.

Maneki began serializing a second manga adaptation, titled Around 40 Kenja no Isekai Seikatsu Nikki: Kimama na Isekai Kyoushi Life, on the Manga UP! platform in October 2018. Square Enix published the 17th volume on January 7.

J-Novel Club licensed the light novel for digital release in English in September 2023 and published the ninth volume on March 11, with the tenth volume scheduled for a June 17 release.

Synopsis

Forty-year-old Satoshi Osako is a farmer in the Japanese countryside—and a hardcore player of Swords & Sorceries, an online VRRPG. The day he finally manages to defeat the game’s final boss, it curses him with its dying breath and kills him in real life! With a little help from a carefree goddess, Satoshi finds himself reincarnated into a mysterious new world as his in-game character, the incredibly powerful Great Sage known as Zelos Merlin. He accordingly decides to use his newfound powers to…continue living a quiet life on another farm! But first, he’ll have to fight his way out of the vast, dangerous forest he woke up in—thanks a lot, goddess—and it won’t be long before he’s running into bandits, getting roped into teaching a young noble girl magic, and more. Will the almighty Great Sage be able to conquer the toughest quest of all: getting some peace and quiet? (Source: J-Novel Club)

Official site: https://arafo-kenja.com/

Source: Press Release

Around 40 Kenja no Isekai Seikatsu Nikki on MAL

Voice actors Riko Akechi (Ponkotsu Fuuki Iin to Skirt-take ga Futekisetsu na JK no Hanashi) and Shunsuke Takeuchi (Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi) are starring as Shioriko Shinokawa and Daisuke Goura, respectively.

Staff

Director: Mamoru Kanbe (Shoushimin Series)

Assistant Director: Ayako Kurata (Granblue Fantasy The Animation anime series director)

Series Composition: Toshiya Oono (86)

Character Design, Chief Animation Director: Jun Nakai (NieR:Automata Ver1.1a)

Music: Takahiro Obata (Yakusoku no Neverland)

Studio: CloverWorks

Mikami began penning the mystery drama novel with illustrations by Hagu Koshijima under the Media Works Bunko label in March 2011. Kadokawa (formerly ASCII Media Works) published the 11th volume in March 2024, with the 12th volume planned for an April 24 release. The novel has a cumulative 8.5 million copies in circulation.

Nakano originally began a manga adaptation in Altima Ace in February 2012, which later moved to Monthly Asuka in December 2012 until it concluded in July 2014. Kadokawa published the sixth and final volume in September that year.

Ryou Kouda serialized a second manga adaptation in good! Afternoon from July 2012 to September 2013. Kodansha published the third and final volume in January 2014.

Haruki Niwa began a manga adaptation of the tenth novel volume, subtitled Tobirako to Utsuro na Yume, in Young Ace UP! in February 2024. Kadokawa published the third volume in November 2025.

A live-action drama adaptation aired on Fuji TV in 11 episodes from January to March 2013.

Synopsis

Hidden away in a corner of Kamakura is an unassuming secondhand bookstore, the Biblia Antiquarian Bookshop. Shinokawa Shioriko, the owner of the shop, is an overly shy young and beautiful woman who doesn’t fit the image of a used bookstore and often has trouble interacting with customers.

While customer service isn’t her strong point, she more than makes up for it in other ways. Using her exhaustive knowledge and unrivaled passion for literature, she unravels the secrets and mysteries of the antiquarian books that come into her shop.

This is a story of secrets and rare books. (Source: Nanodesu Translation)

Teaser PV

Official site: https://biblia-anime.com/

Official X: @biblia_pr

Source: PR Times

Cast

Queen Nakia: Aya Uchida (Tensei Kizoku no Isekai Boukenroku)

Zannanza Hattusili: Shouya Chiba (Dororo)

Ilbani: Tomoaki Maeno (Owari no Seraph)

Urhi Shalma: Kouji Yusa (Bleach)

Mattiwaza: Kousuke Toriumi (Black Clover)

Kousuke Kobayashi (Hyakuren no Haou to Seiyaku no Valkyria) is helming the anime at Tatsunoko Production. Yoriko Tomita (Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi) is handling the series composition and Kenji Fujisaki (Blood Lad) is designing the characters. Yoshihisa Hirano (Hunter x Hunter (2011)) is composing the music.

Shinohara serialized the manga in Sho-Comi from January 1995 to January 2002. Shogakukan published the 28th and final volume in July 2002. The manga has a cumulative 20 million copies of its volumes in circulation, including digital editions.

VIZ Media licensed the manga in English in February 2004 and published all 28 volumes from June 2004 to January 2010.

Source: Press Release