An official website and X (formerly Twitter) account opened today announced that a TV anime adaptation of the I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! isekai sci-fi series is in the works for an April 2025 broadcast. A teaser trailer and visual were also unveiled, along with main cast and staff details.
As previewed below, the series stars Natsuki Hanae (Okarun in DAN DA DAN) as Liam, Reina Ueda (Reze in Chainsaw Man) as Amagi and Takehito Koyasu (Roswaal in Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-) as Guide.
I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!Teaser Trailer
I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!Teaser Visual
Based on the light novels by Yomu Mishima and Nadare Takamine, Tetsuya Yanagisawa (Berserk of Gluttony) directs I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! at studio Quad, with series composition by Katsuhiko Takayama (The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash), character designs by Kazuya Morimae (Miss KUROITSU from the Monster Development Department) and music by Yusuke Ceo and Shun Narita.
The following staff members were also confirmed:
Chief Animation Directors: Kazuya Morimae, Masahiko Suzuki, Ayako Karatani, Keita Hagio
Mecha Designers: Rihiro Yamane, Tsukasa Kotobuki, Yasuhiro Moriki, Kazuma Akagi
Battleship Designer: Tetsuya Watanabe
Key Animator: Toru Yoshida
Art Director: Takuji Jizomoto
Art Designer: Makoto Shiraishi
Color Designer: Hitomi Ikeda
Director of Photography: Hideki Imaizumi
3DCG: Tetsuya Watanabe
Editor: Junichi Masunaga
Sound Director: Ryosuke Naya
Sound Effects: Kiyotaka Kawada
Seven Seas Entertainment publishes an official English version of the original light novels and describes the story:
In his last life, Liam lived as a moral, responsible person…but died deep in debt and betrayed by his wife. Reborn into the ruling family of a vast interstellar empire, Liam knows that life is divided between the downtrodden and the ones who do the stomping, so this time he’s going to take what he wants and live for himself. But somehow, things refuse to work out that way. Despite doing his best to become a tyrant, Liam’s decisions lead to nothing but peace and prosperity for the empire under his rule, and he just gets more and more popular!
Source: Comic Natalie
