The highly anticipated TV anime adaptation of the dark fantasy series, Roll Over and Die: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!, has unveiled its full cast, key staff, and a captivating teaser trailer, confirming a 2026 broadcast premiere. This announcement follows the initial reveal of the anime adaptation in April 2025.
Key Cast Members Revealed for Roll Over and Die
The newly released trailer provides a first listen to the voices bringing the grimdark tale to life, with a comprehensive list of voice actors now confirmed for the main characters.
- Ayaka Nanase takes on the leading role of Flum Apricot, the protagonist with seemingly zero stats and a unique “Reversal” attribute. Despite being chosen for the Hero’s Party, Flum is deemed useless and betrayed, leading her down a path of desperate survival.
- Miku Itō joins the cast as Milkit, a young girl whom Flum encounters after being sold into slavery.
- Miki Kariya will voice Cyrill Sweechka, a character possessing the rare “Hero” attribute and high stats.
- Makoto Yasumura is cast as Jean Inteige, the renowned sage who betrays Flum and can utilize four elemental magics.
- Misaki Kuno lends her voice to Eterna Rinebow, a water-element magic user knowledgeable in medicine.
- Takaya Kuroda is cast as Gadhio Lathcutt, an S-rank adventurer proficient in earth-element magic.
- Aya Endō will voice Maria Afenjuns, a nun of the Origin Church who wields light-element magic.
- Jin Ogasawara takes on the role of Linus Radiants, another S-rank adventurer specializing in wind-element magic.
Production Staff Bringing the Dark Fantasy to Life
The creative team behind the Roll Over and Die anime has also been announced, promising a faithful adaptation of Kiki’s original work.
- Nobuharu Kamanaka (known for his work on Detective Conan) is directing the anime at studio ACGT.
- Mariko Kunisawa (Ascendance of a Bookworm) is handling the series composition.
- Character design duties are shared by Miki Matsumoto (Summer Time Rendering), Fumio Matsumoto (Orient), Takashi Fukuyo, and Takafumi Furusawa (Berserk of Gluttony).
- Ryō Takahashi (Arifureta – From Commonplace to World’s Strongest) is composing the music.
- The original character designers for the light novel, Kinta and kodamazon, are credited for the anime as well.
The Grimdark Premise of Roll Over and Die
The Roll Over and Die series began as a web novel by Kiki on Shosetsuka ni Naro in January 2018, later picked up for physical publication by Micro Magazine under their GC Novels imprint. Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the light novels and Sunao Minakata’s manga adaptation in English.
The story centers on Flum Apricot, who, despite having “zero stats across the board and a power she can’t even use,” finds herself part of a hero’s party. Her life takes a dark turn when Jean Inteige, the party’s sage, decides she’s dead weight and sells her into slavery. Thrown to monsters for entertainment, Flum discovers her seemingly useless “Reversal” power is far more dangerous when she reaches for a cursed weapon, awakening something new within her. The series is described as a “grimdark tale about one woman’s blood-soaked quest to reclaim her life!”
