the publisher Kadokawa announced that the fantasy and romance light novel The Legend of Bureaucrat Matsurika (d)Matsurika Kanriden), of Rinne Ishida and Izumi, will have an anime adaptation. Along with this announcement, Kadokawa He presented a 30-second teaser video on his official YouTube channel.
Romance novel The Legend of Bureaucrat Matsurika will have an anime
But that is not all, since the opening of an official account in x/Twitter For the anime adaptation of the light novel by Rinne Ishida and Izumi. In these media, a series of illustrations created by Izumi (Illustrator of the original light novel) and Waka Takase (Illustrator of the manga adaptation of the light novel), which introduces us to the characters Kou Matsurika and Hakuyou.
New information on the anime adaptation of the light novel, such as a possible premiere month, production team, and other details will be released soon. We will be attentive to the official X/Twitter account of the series in case new anime updates are revealed.


Matsurika Kanriden, also known as The Legend of Bureaucrat Matsurika, it is one light novel of fantasy and romance written by Rinne Ishida and illustrated by Izumi. This novel began to be published in the press Bs Log Bunko from the publisher ENTERBRAIN Since July 2017. Currently, the work is still in serialization and has a total of 17 volumes.
A manga adaptation for the light novel began its serialization in the magazine Princess from the publisher Akita Shoten since August 2018. This version of The Legend of Bureaucrat Matsurika is illustrated by Waka Takase And it has a total of 11 compilation volumes released.
Synopsis of The Legend of Bureaucrat Matsurika:
Matsurika, a companion of the Imperial Palace, has a special talent: a prodigious memory. One day, she is asked to act as a practice partner for a concerted meeting of a nobleman, only to discover that her partner is none other than Emperor Hakuyou himself, who wanted to rehearse a meeting to find a partner.
Impressed by his ability, the emperor unexpectedly tells him: “First passes the imperial examination.” Thus begins the story of a young woman chosen by the emperor in this Chinese-style Cinderella story.
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