From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated

From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated (悪役令嬢転生おじさん, Akuyaku Reijō Tensei Oji-san) is a 2025 anime series based on the manga series with the same written and illustrated by Michiro Ueyama. It was serialized and published in Shōnen Gahōsha's Young King Ours GH magazine under their Young King Comics imprint on March 16, 2020.

The anime series was announced on January 3, 2024.^[1] It was animated by Ajiado, directed by Tetsuya Takeuchi, series composition by Shingo Irie, music composed by Natsumi Tabuchi, Misaki Tsuchida, Tsugumi Tanaka, Reiko Abe, & Kaho Sawada, and it premiered in Japan from January 10, 2025 to March 28, 2025, consisting of 12 episodes.

Sentai Filmworks licensed and produce an English Dub of the series, which is scheduled to premiere on HIDIVE's streaming service on April 16, 2025.^[2]^[3]

Synopsis

After being struck by a car, 52-year-old civil servant Kenzaburou Tondabayashi finds himself reborn as the villainess of his daughter’s favorite video game! Now trapped in the role of the haughty and arrogant Grace Auvergne, Kenzaburou commits himself to playing out Grace’s role in the game’s story…only his kind nature and elegant Japanese manners accidentally turn the unlikeable Grace into the most admired girl in.

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Kenzaburō Tondabayashi	Kazuhiko Inoue	James Belcher
	Kenzaburō Tondabayashi	Kazuhiko Inoue	Joe Daniels (young)
	Grace Auvergne	M.A.O.	Rachael Messer
	Grace Auvergne	M.A.O.	Alyssa Marek (young)
Secondary Characters
	Anna Doll	Akira Sekine	Cat Thomas
	Virgile Vierge	Kaito Ishikawa	Brandon Hearnsberger
	Hinako Tondabayashi	Tomoyo Kurosawa	Karlii Hoch
	Mitsuko Tondabayashi	Takako Honda	Joanne Bonasso
	Richard Verseau	Yūichirō Umehara	Alan Brincks
	Auguste Lion	Ryōta Suzuki	Michael Wronski
	Pierre Gemeaux	Takuma Nagatsuka	James Marler
	Lambert Balance	Seiichirō Yamashita	Dylan Godwin
	Lambert Balance	Seiichirō Yamashita	Annie Wild (young)
	Lucas Vierge	Aoi Koga	Clint Bickham
	Leopold Auvergne (Grace's Father)	Akio Ōtsuka	Josh Morrison
	Josette	Yū Sasahara	Brittney Karbowski
	Francette Mercure	Yūki Kuwahara	Donna Bella Litton
	Garnet	Yuna Kamakura	Monica Rial
Recurring Characters
	Principal	Hōchū Ōtsuka	John Swasey
	Tsucchii	Hiroyuki Endō	Andrew Love
	Orion	Mai Kanazawa	Brittney Karbowski
	Spica	TBA	Annie Wild
	Sirius	TBA	Carolyn Medrano
	Regulus	TBA	Elissa Cuellar
	Maron Chouette	Yuka Iwahashi	Elissa Cuellar
	Violet Corbeau	Mai Kanazawa	Ellen Evans
	Jaune Moineau	Juri Nagatsuma	Alyssa Marek
	Meister Walz	Kazuya Ichijō	Joe Daniels
	Sebastian	Nobuo Tobita	Ty Mahany
Narration
	Narrator	Kikuko Inoue	Brianna Roberts

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Butler	Kenta Zaima	TBA	1
Waiter	Ryūnosuke Watanuki	TBA
Chef	Hiroyuki Endō	TBA
Employees	Kenta Zaima	TBA	2
Employees	Ryūnosuke Watanuki	TBA	2
Doctor	Shinya Takahashi	TBA	4
Student	Kenta Zaima	TBA	4, 12
Delivery Man	Kenta Zaima	TBA	5
Maid	Tamari Sakai	TBA	7
Students	Ryūnosuke Watanuki	TBA
Students	Hiroyuki Endō	TBA
Mathilde	Mikoi Sasaki	Heidi Hinkel	8
Mathilde	Mikoi Sasaki	Shanae'a Moore (young)
Olive	Hōko Kuwashima	Chaney Moore
Boys	Juri Nagatsuma	TBA	10
Boys	Mai Kanazawa	TBA
Girl	Yuka Iwahashi	TBA
Sister	Noriko Sakura	TBA
Men	Hiroyuki Endō	TBA
	Ryūnosuke Watanuki	TBA
	Kenta Zaima	TBA
Woman	Rika Kinugawa	TBA
Anna's Mother	Risa Hayamizu	Luci Christian	10, 12
Alan Jupiter	Yūki Inoue	Gabriel Regojo	11
Corrupt Merchant	Ryūnosuke Watanuki	TBA	11
Jacqueline Auvergne	Kikuko Inoue	Brianna Roberts	12