The 20th volume of Miya Kazuki's "biblia fantasy" light novel Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame niwa Shudan wo Erande iraremasen (English edition title: Ascendance of a Bookworm) is set to be released in Japan on September 10, 2019, and its limited edition to come with a bonus DVD including the first episode of the novel's forthcoming TV anime adaptation prior to its TV premiere.

The length of the episode is about 20 minutes and the OP and ED movies will not be included in the disc. The price for the limited edition is 2,200 yen (before tax/20 US dollars) and that for the regular edition without the disc is 1,200 yen (10.9 US dollars). 

【商品情報????9月10日(火)発売予定】
原作小説最新刊「第四部 貴族院の自称図書委員Ⅷ DVD付き完全限定版」の発売が決定！！
なんとDVDにはTVアニメ第1話が収録！TV放送前に第1話を観ることが出来ますので、是非チェックして下さい✨
詳細はこちら➡︎ https://t.co/Y4eqcqttNS#本好きの下剋上 pic.twitter.com/dnMSIRdbqM

— TVアニメ「本好きの下剋上」公式 (@anime_booklove) 2019年5月20日

The novel was originally serialized on Japanese user-generated novel publishing website Shosetsuka ni

Narou for 677 chapters from September 2013 to March 2017. TO Books started publishing its print edition

in January 2015, and 19 volumes have been released so far (main series: 18/spin-off: 1). Its main series' 

latest 18th volume was released on March 9, 2019, and its next 19th volume expected to be released 

before September.

The novel's manga adaptation illustrated by Suzuka has been also published by TO Books and seven

volumes are currently available. The series' total print run in Japan has reached 1.2 million copies.

The TV anime adaptation project was revealed in March 2019 with a teaser PV introducing its two main

voice cast: Yuka Iguchi as its protagonist Maine and Sho Hayami as the chief priest Ferdinand. The anime's 

actual broadcast scehdule has not yet been announced. 

Main staff:

• Director: Mitsuru Hongo (Crayon Shin-chan, Outlaw Star) 
• Sub director: Yoshiki Kawasaki 
• Series composition: Mariko Kunisawa (Hatsukoi Limited, Magimoji Rurumo) 
• Character design: Yoshiaki Yanagida (Tribe Cool Crew), Toshihisa Kaiya (IGPX -Immortal Grand Prix-) 
• Anime production: Ajiado (Izetta: The Last Witch, How Not to Summon a Demon Lord)

TV anime teaser visual

Teaser PV

Under the English title Ascendance of a Bookworm, the manga adaptation's English edition has been

released by J-Novel Club. The publisher introduces its story as below:

A certain college girl who's loved books ever since she was a little girl dies in an accident and is reborn

in another world she knows nothing about. She is now Maine, the sickly five-year-old daughter of a poor

soldier. To make things worse, the world she's been reborn in has a very low literacy rate and books mostly

don't exist. She'd have to pay an enormous amounts of money to buy one. Maine resolves herself: If there

aren't any books, she'll just have to make them! Her goal is to become a librarian. This story begins with

her quest to make books so she can live surrounded by them! Dive into this biblio-fantasy written for book

lovers and bookworms!

Novel 1st and 18th volume covers

Source: Happinet Corporation press release

©Miya Kazuki, TO Books/"Ascendance of a Bookworm" Production Committee