The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior

The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior (悲劇の元凶となる最強外道ラスボス女王は民の為に尽くします。, Higeki no Genkyō to naru Saikyō Gedō Last Boss Joō wa Min no tame ni Tsukushimasu) is a 2023 anime series based on the light novel with the same name written by Tenichi and illustrated by Suzunosuke. It was published by Ichijinsha under their Iris NEO imprint June 4, 2019. The original web novel version of the series was published by Shōsetsuka ni Narō on April 19, 2018. The manga version of the series was illustrated by Bunko Matsuura, and was serialized in Ichijinsha's Zero-Sum Online magazine from March 19, 2020 to March 18, 2022, with it being cancelled after a total of 3 volumes. A new manga adpatation of the series was illustrated by Akiko Kawano , and was serialized in Ichijinsha's Monthly Comic Zero Sum magazine on June 28, 2023.

The anime series was announced on October 28, 2022.^[1] It was animated by OLM from their Team Yoshioka division, directed by Norio Nitta, series composition by Deko Akao, music composed by Hanae Nakamura, Tatsuhiko Saiki, Kanade Sakuma, & Junko Nakajima, and it premiered in Japan from July 7, 2023 to September 22, 2023, consisting of 12 episodes.

Sentai Filmworks licensed and produced an English Dub of the series, which premiered on HIDIVE's streaming service on April 10, 2024.^[2] The Blu-ray of the series was released on October 22, 2024.

Synopsis

Pride Royal Ivy is only eight years old when she realizes that she's been reincarnated, destined to become the future wicked queen and final boss of an otome game. She's got it all in this new life: razor-sharp wit, boss-tier powers, and influence over the kingdom as crown princess. Determined to sow despair and destruction across the land, she... Wait, what kind of a rotten future is that?! Princess Pride decides to drop the maniacal villainess plan and protect the male love interests instead, cheating her way to saving everyone she can! Will this final boss end up earning the adoration of her kingdom?

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Pride Royal Ivy	Fairouz Ai	Karlii Hoch
	Stale Royal Ivy	Maaya Uchida	James Marler
	Tiara Royal Ivy	Haruka Tomatsu	Brittney Karbowski
	Arthur Beresford	Junya Enoki	Adam Gibbs
	Arthur Beresford	¿?	Shannon Emerick (young)
Secondary Characters
	Rosa Royal Ivy	Kikuko Inoue	Shelley Calene-Black
	Albert Royal Ivy	Toshiyuki Morikawa	Brandon Hearnsberger
	Gilbert Butler	Kōji Yusa	Jay Hickman
	Gilbert Butler	¿?	Shannon Emerick (young)
	Roderick Beresford	Hiroki Yasumoto	Luis Galindo
	Clark Darwin	Toshihiko Seki	Joe Daniels
	Callum Bordeaux	Daisuke Ono	Courtland Johnson
	Eric Gilchrist	Takuma Nagatsuka	Blake Weir
	Val	Junichi Suwabe	Jeremy Gee
	Sefec	Mao Ichimichi	Brianna Roberts
	Kemet	Shizuka Ishigami	Chelsea Ryan McCurdy
Recurring Characters
	Alan Berners	Hiro Shimono	¿?
	Jacques	Yūya Hirose	Nathan Wilson
	Marie	Ayaka Shimizu	Elissa Cuellar

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Guards	Homare Yoshida	¿?	1
Guards	Keito Okuyama	¿?	1
Lotte	Emiri Suyama	Annie Wild	1, 7
Stale's Mother	Saima Nakano	Olivia Swasey	2
Noble	Tomohiro Moriyama	¿?
Noble	Homare Yoshida	¿?
Guard	Tomohiro Ōmachi	¿?
Attendee	Karin Oda	¿?
	Miyuu Takatsuki	¿?
	Rina Tsukishiro	¿?
	Sayako Tōjō	¿?
Carl	Akinori Egoshi	John Gremillion	3
Hannes	Tomohiro Ōmachi	Joshua Swasey	3
Knights	Homare Yoshida	¿?	3-4, 11
	Hiroki Ichinomiya	¿?	4
	Takaya Kiyosato	¿?
	Yoshinori Nakayama	¿?
	Yūki Maruyama	¿?
	Yūya Yamamoto	¿?
	Tomohiro Ōmachi	¿?	4, 9, 11
Clarissa Beresford	Yoshino Nanjō	Annie Wild	5
Marianne Edwards	Reina Ueda	Alyssa Marek	7
Vail	Kazuki Kyan	¿?	7
Men	Tomohiro Ōmachi	¿?	7, 10
Men	Homare Yoshida	¿?	7, 10
Coachman	Homare Yoshida	¿?	9
Men	Jun Inoue	¿?	10
Men	Keito Okuyama	¿?	10
Giant Man	Yūsuke Shirooka	Rob Mungle	10-11
Powell	Yūma Uchida	Jack Stansbury	10, 12
Adam	Nobuhiko Okamoto	Scott Gibbs	11
Signal Soldier	Jun Inoue	¿?	11