A TV anime adaptation of the I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! (Ore wa Seikan Kokka no Akutoku Ryoushu) light novels will begin airing in April 2025.
The Quad production is directed by Tetsuya Yanagisawa (Berserk of Gluttony) with Katsuhiko Takayama (The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash) as series composer and scriptwriter, Kazuya Morimae (Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department) as character designer, and Tetsuya Watanabe (Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion 3DCG director) as battleship designer.
I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!‘s main cast includes Natsuki Hanae as Liam, Reina Ueda as Amagi, and Takehito Koyasu as Guide.
The Overlap Bunko light novels started in July 2020 and will see the release of the ninth volume on October 25, 2024 JST. Author Yomu Mishima first wrote the story as a web novel, which debuted on Shousetsuka ni Narou in 2018. Nadare Takamine illustrates the light novel series.
Seven Seas Entertainment describes the plot as:
In his last life, Liam lived as a moral, responsible person…but died deep in debt and betrayed by his wife. Reborn into the ruling family of a vast interstellar empire, Liam knows that life is divided between the downtrodden and the ones who do the stomping, so this time he’s going to take what he wants and live for himself. But somehow, things refuse to work out that way. Despite doing his best to become a tyrant, Liam’s decisions lead to nothing but peace and prosperity for the empire under his rule, and he just gets more and more popular!
There is a manga by Kai Nadashima.
Source: @akutoku_ryoushu
