The anime adaptation of the light novel series Roll Over and Die: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!written by kiki and illustrated by Kintahas revealed its second promotional teaser along with a new batch of voices and details about its production. The series is scheduled to premiere sometime in 2026.
A protagonist marked by tragedy
The story follows Flum Apricota young woman destined to fail from the beginning: with no useful skills and zero statistics, she ends up being betrayed and sold into slavery by her own teammates. However, as she wields a cursed sword in a desperate attempt to survive, something dark awakens within her. Thus begins a bloody quest to regain his freedom and dignity.
Voices that will give life to a dark world
The new confirmed cast includes:
- Ayaka Nanase as Flum Apricotthe protagonist trapped between destiny and darkness.
- Miku Itō as Milkitan enslaved young woman who crosses Flum's path.
- Miki Kariya as Cyrill Sweechkaa heroine with outstanding statistics.
- Makoto Yasumura as Jean Inteigethe wise man of the original group and responsible for Flum's downfall.
- Misaki Kuno as Eternal Rinebowa water magic user with medicinal knowledge.
- Takaya Kuroda as Gadhio Lathcuttan S-rank adventurer who is proficient in earth magic.
- Aya Endo as Maria Afenjunsa nun of the Church of Origin who uses light magic.
- Jin Ogasawara as Linus Radiantsan S-rank adventurer who wields wind magic.
A production with big names
The series will be directed by Nobuharu Kamanaka (Detective Conan) in the studio ACGT. The script is in the hands of Mariko Kunisawa (Ascendance of a Bookworm), while the character design will be carried out by a team made up of Miki Matsumoto (Summer Time Rendering), Fumio Matsumoto (Orient), Takashi Fukuyo and Takafumi Furusawa (Berserk of Gluttony). The music will be provided by Ryō Takahashi (Arifureta).
From light novel to multimedia franchise
The original work was first published in 2018 under the seal of Micro Magazineand currently has more than 415,000 copies in circulation adding both novels and their manga adaptation, both also available in English. The fifth novel introduced kodamazon as new official illustrator. In addition, the story has been adapted into an audiobook, with narration by Emily Bauer.
Roll Over and Die It promises to be one of the rawest and most shocking proposals in recent anime, ideal for those looking for dark stories with strong female protagonists and survival plots. 2026 will be the year Flum Apricot rises… or dies trying.
