I Shall Survive Using Potions! is a 2023 anime series based on the lighbt novel with the same name written by FUNA and illustrated by Sukima. It was published by Kodansha under their Kodansha Ranobe Books imprint on June 1, 2017. The original web novel of the series was published by Shōsetsuka ni Narō on November 3, 2015. The manga version of the series was illustrated by Hibiki Kokonoe, and was serialized in Kodansha's Suiyōbi no Sirius magazine from June 7, 2017 to November 15, 2021, with a total of 9 volumes. The sequel manga of the series titled I Shall Survive Using Potions! Continuation was illustrated by Futsū Onshin, and was serialized in Kodansha's Suiyōbi no Sirius magazine on August 1, 2022.
The anime series was announced on February 24, 2023.[1] It was animated by Jumondou, directed by Nobuaki Nakanish, series composition by Takayo Ikami, composed by Hiroaki Tsutsumi, and it premiered in Japan from October 8, 2023 to December 24, 2023, consisting of 12 episodes. Crunchyroll licensed and produced an English Dub of the series, which premiered on their streaming service on October 21, 2023.[2][3]
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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| Main Characters | |||
| Kaoru Nagase | Rin Kusumi | Katie Wetch | |
| Secondary Characters | |||
| Francette | Tomoyo Takayanagi | Marianne Bray | |
| Emile | Moeka Koizumi | Erica Muse | |
| Belle | Haruki Iwata | Leo Matthews | |
| Layette | Natsuki Kitagawa | Morgan Lea | |
| Celestine | Nao Tōyama | Monét Tatianna Lerner | |
| Fernand Brancott | Ryūichi Kijima | Branden Loera | |
| Allan | Takeo Ōtsuka | Ethan Gallardo | |
| Fabio | Masaya Wada | Dallas Reid | |
| Administrator of Earth | Takuya Satō | Aaron Dismuke | |
| Recurring Characters | |||
| Roland | Taito Ban | Blake McNamara | |
| Hector | Makoto Koichi | Ezra Vervin | |
| Eunice | Eri Yukimura | Kara Edwards | |
| Renié | ¿? | Michael Stimac | |
| Hans | ¿? | Jamie Snowden | |
| Rische | ¿? | Dylan Mobley | |
| Eme | Saya Aizawa | ¿? | |
| Agathe | Hiyori Kōno | ¿? | |
| King Serge | Takahiro Yoshino | Matt Holmes | |
| Carlos | Naoyuki Shimozuru | ¿? | |
| Abili | Shinya Takahashi | ¿? | |
| Ed | Marcus D. Stimac | ||
| Wally | Nao Ojika | ¿? | |
| Gum | Natsu Yorita | ¿? | |
| Eike | Rika Abe | ¿? | |
| A | Miyumi Shuri | ¿? | |
| Brian | Seiji Maeda | Douglas Gill | |
| Alban | Kōsuke Tanabe | Ben Stegmair | |
| Lucy | Hime Sawada | Lisette Monique Diaz | |
| Lolotte | Aika Wakuno | Francine Gonzalez | |
| Asil | Gakuto Kajiwara | Dakota Jaymes | |
| Marine | Himari Mochida | Phebe Fabacher | |
| Colonel Nevas von Vonsas | Makoto Yasumura | Sean Letourneau | |
| Bee | Ruka Yashiro | ¿? | |
| Mole | Mizuki Minamori | ¿? | |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s). |
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| Gilda | Sayaka Kitahara | Sara Ragsdale | 1 | |
| Runier | Takehiro Hasu | ¿? | ||
| Reiko Kuon | Saima Nakano | Abigail Blythe | ||
| Kyōko Nishizono | Ruriko Aoki | Monica Flatley | ||
| Kaoru's Father | Yūji Kameyama | ¿? | ||
| Kaoru's Mother | Marie Ōi | Robin Clayton | ||
| Kōichi Nagase | Tomohiro Ōno | ¿? | ||
| Yuki Nagase | Emiri Suyama | Kayla Parker | ||
| Gunther | Shinya Takahashi | Cory Phillips | ||
| Karl | Masaya Fukunishi | Spencer Liles | ||
| Charles | Tomomi Tanaka | Dusty Feeney | 2 | |
| Bowman | Tomohiro Ōno | Zac Loera | ||
| Viscount Aleman | Yū Wakabayashi | Drew Breedlove | 2-3 | |
| Count Adan | Itaru Yamamoto | James Larabee | 2, 5 | |
| Aria | Kaede Yuasa | ¿? | 3 | |
| Kosha | Fūka Izumi | Uku Leili | ||
| Mother of Kosha | Hana Satō | ¿? | ||
| Queen | Aino Shimada | ¿? | ||
| Bardot | Akihiro Mine | Aaron Campbell | 3, 5 | |
| Cedric | Tomohiro Ōno | ¿? | 4 | |
| Calvin | Takaaki Torashima | ¿? | ||
| Viscount Lyotard | Yū Kitada | ¿? | ||
| Sarrazin | Takashi Narumi | ¿? | ||
| Sheila | Aki Sugawa | ¿? | ||
| Cardinal | Takashi Narumi | ¿? | 5 | |
| Aunt | Aki Sugawa | ¿? | ||
| Pope | Hiroyuki Honda | ¿? | 5, 7 | |
| Prime Minister | Ryōsuke Higa | ¿? | ||
| Tapani | Manatsu Murakami | Kelsey Poppen | 6 | |
| General Menneth | Volcano Ōta | Tom Cullum | ||
| Commander | Fumitake Ishiguro | ¿? | ||
| Priest | Masafumi Kobatake | ¿? | ||
| General | Hiroshi Nakamura | ¿? | 6-7 | |
| Royal Guards | Kakeru Hatano | ¿? | ||
| Tomohiro Ōno | ¿? | |||
| Yūji Murai | ¿? | |||
| Commander | Shunichi Maki | ¿? | 8 | |
| Domain Lord | Masaaki Ihara | Carl G. Brooks | ||
| Salle | Noriko Shibasaki | ¿? | ||
| Salle's Mother | Nodoka Hasegawa | Veronica Laux | ||
| Literisa | Reo Osanai | |||
| Literisa's Mother | Nozomi Tamaki | ¿? | ||
| Kidnapper Leader | Shōya Ishige | ¿? | ||
| Kidnappers | Shūichi Uchida | ¿? | ||
| Tomohiro Ōno | ¿? | |||
| Yūma Nanba | ¿? | |||
| Village Chief | Ken Uo | Jim Jorgensen | 9 | |
| Boys | Keitarō Tanaka | ¿? | ||
| Masaya Miyazaki | ¿? | |||
| Villagers | Michitake Kikuchi | ¿? | ||
| Yūga Satō | ¿? | |||
| Shinnosuke Musashi | ¿? | |||
| Bandit Leader | Junichi Yanagita | Brent Mukai | ||
| Bandits | Toshiki Iwasawa | ¿? | ||
| Tomohiro Ōno | ¿? | |||
| Takahide Ishii | ¿? | |||
| Ayato Morinaga | ¿? | |||
| Count Olma | Yōji Ueda | Tyson Rinehart | 10 | |
| Colonel Nevas | Toshiki Iwasawa | ¿? | ||
| The Realtor | Masaki Saitō | ¿? | ||
| Soldiers | Tomohiro Ōno | ¿? | ||
| Rikuya Yasuda | ¿? | |||
| Augustin | Naoya Miyase | ¿? | 11 | |
| Clerks | Reigo Yamaguchi | ¿? | ||
| Kōichi Kuroda | ¿? | |||
| Viscount Sevos von Larsrick | Tarusuke Shingaki | Landon McDonald | 11-12 | |
| Clovis | Tatsumaru Tachibana | ¿? | ||
| Marquis | Masayuki Ohshita | ¿? | 12 | |
| Royal Palace Official | You Tokinaga | ¿? | ||
| Temple Priest | Takeshi Hirabayashi | ¿? |
Additional Voices[]
Multimedia[]
Cast Reveal[]
_(I_Shall_Survive_Using_Potions!)_(Cast_Reveal).jpg "Katie Wetch (Kaoru Nagase) (I Shall Survive Using Potions!) (Cast Reveal).jpg (166 KB)")
Note(s)[]
- This is Hunter Reynolds's debut anime role.
Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date | Category | Format | Classification | Content | Country | ||
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October 21, 2023 | Anime | Digital | TV-14 | Season 1 | 12 Eps. | United States | 
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References[]
External Links[]
- I Shall Survive Using Potions! at the Internet Movie Database.
- I Shall Survive Using Potions! (anime) on the Anime News Network’s encyclopedia.