The TV anime adaptation of A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires has received a teaser trailer, teaser visual, and a July 2026 premiere window. Details about the main staff and the protagonist’s casting were also announced.
Naoyuki Kuzuya (Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time, This Monster Wants to Eat Me chief director) is directing the anime at studio COMET with Mitsutaka Hirota (Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time, Days with My Stepsister) as series composer and Sayaka Anezaki (Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time) as character designer. Voicing main heroine Elizabeth Leiston, or Ellie Leis, is Saori Onishi.
A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even (Buchigire Reijo wa Hofuku o Chikaimashita. ~Madosho no Chikara de Sokoku o Tatakitsubushimasu~/The Furious Princess Decided to Take Revenge) is based on the HJ Novels-published light novel series written by Metabo Hagure and illustrated by Masami. The synopsis reads:
“You betrayed me. Now it’s your turn to pay.”
After being publicly dumped by the crown prince at a national celebration and thrown in prison, Elizabeth—once the pride of her kingdom—is left with nothing but rage and powerful grimoires.
Betrayed by the country she gave everything to, she escapes across the border and reinvents herself as Ellie Leis, a savvy noble with a thirst for payback. Armed with the Seven Grimoires, Elizabeth builds a network of influence, wealth, and military might to bring her traitorous homeland to its knees.
Get ready for a high-stakes revenge fantasy where brains, magic, and elegance collide!
The series began in 2022 and has seven volumes as of August 2025. The story began as a Shosetsuka ni Naro web novel in 2020 and was one of the award recipients in the HJ Shosetsu Taisho 2021’s Shosetsuka ni Naro category.
A manga debuted at the same time as the light novel series. J-Novel Club publishes both in English.
Source: Press release
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