My Next Life as a Villainess (Season 1)

Season 1 is the first season of the My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom anime that has a total of twelve episodes. It covers the story of Katarina Claes regaining memories of her past life, and her struggle to avoid her impending doom in the world of Fortune Lover. It aired from April 4, 2020 and concluded on June 20, 2020. A second season of the anime was confirmed during the final episode of season one.

It is later succeeded by Season 2, which premiered on July 3, 2021.

Summary
Wealthy heiress Katarina Claes is hit in the head with a rock and recovers the memories of her past life. It turns out the world she lives in is the world of the game Fortune Lover, an otome game she was obsessed with in her past life... but she's been cast as the villain character who tries to foil the protagonist's romances! The best ending the game has for Katarina is exiled, and the worst, death! She'll have to find a way to avoid triggering the flags of doom and make her own happy future! The misunderstanding-based screwball love comedy now begins!

Adaption
The first season of the anime covers the first 35 chapters of the web novel, Volume 1 and 2 of the light novels and Volumes 1-5 of the manga.

Staff

 * Original Creator: Satoru Yamaguchi
 * Original Illustrations: Nami Hidaka
 * Animation Studio: Silver Link
 * Director: Keisuke Inoue
 * Series Composition and Script: Megumi Shimizu
 * Music: Natsumi Tabuchi, Hanae Nakamura, Tatsuhiko Saiki, Miki Sakurai, Shu Kanematsu
 * Character Design: Miwa Oshima

Japanese

 * Katarina Claes: Maaya Uchida
 * Geordo Stuart: Shouta Aoi (Adult), Asami Seto (Child)
 * Keith Claes: Tetsuya Kakihara (Adult), Sora Amamiya (child)
 * Alan Stuart: Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Adult), Mutsumi Tamura (child)
 * Nicol Ascart: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Adult), M.A.O (Child)
 * Mary Hunt: Miho Okasaki
 * Sophia Ascart: Inori Minase
 * Maria Campbell: Saori Hayami
 * Sirius Deek: Toshiki Masuda
 * Anne Shelley: Azumi Waki

English

 * Katarina Claes: Jeannie Tirado
 * Geordo Stuart: Griffin Burns (Adult & Child)
 * Keith Claes: Griffins Puatu (Adult & Child)
 * Alan Stuart: Bryce Papenbrook (Adult & Child)
 * Nicol Ascart: Nicolas Roye (Adult & Child)
 * Mary Hunt: Colleen O'Shaughnessey
 * Sophia Ascart: Kira Buckland
 * Maria Campbell: Melissa Fahn
 * Sirius Deek: Chris Hackney
 * Anne Shelley: Cherami Leigh

Episodes
"Main article: Episode List"

Bluray/DVD Releases
"Main Article: List of Blu-ray/DVD Releases"

Opening Theme
The opening theme is the song「Otome no Route wa Hitotsu Janai!」 performed by angela.

Ending Theme
The ending theme is the song「BAD END」 performed by Aoi Shouta.

Insert Song
The insert song「Your Shadow, Orange Sky」performed by angela was played in Season 1 Episode 11.

Trivia

 * In May 2020, during the run of the first season, seven of the 10 spots of a "weekly favorite couple poll" by Anime Trending featured Katarina paired with most of the characters.