An anime adaptation of The Water Magician (Mizu Zokusei no Mahoutsukai) light novels has been announced with a July 2025 premiere window and a trailer. The latter previews its main cast (minus the voice-acting) and ends with a cut of water animation.
Delicious in Dungeon assistant director Hideyuki Satake is directing the series, which is a Typhoon Graphics and Wonderland co-production. Jun Kumagai (TEPPEN! Laughing ’til You Cry – Comedy) is handling the series composition, while Yuka Kozutsumi (Love Live! Superstar!! Season 3 Episode 8 and 12 co-animation director, Episode 10 dance part co-animation director) is the character designer.
Ayumu Murase is voicing the main protagonist Ryo. Also announced were Kazuki Ura as Abel and Kaede Hondo as Sera. The series started in 2021, after the 2020 debut of the original Shousetsuka ni Narou web novel. Nokito was the illustrator at the start, with the role later going to Mebaru for a time. The current illustrator is Hana Amano. Part 2 Volume 5 of the series will be released on January 15, 2025.
Synopsis:
Ryo is delighted to be reincarnated into the fantastical world of Phi, where he thinks he’ll get to live a quiet life learning to use his newfound water magic. Going with the flow here, however, means something very different. Ryo is immediately pitted against the wild lands he winds up in and the slew of deadly monsters that call the remote subcontinent home. You’d think he’d forget about taking it easy when he’s stuck fighting for his life, but lucky for Ryo, he’s naturally optimistic, clever, and blessed with the hidden “Eternal Youth” trait. Twenty years pass in the blink of an eye, and each encounter along the way pushes him one step closer to the pinnacle of human magic. Little does he realize that’s only the opening chapter of his tale. A fateful meeting soon thrusts Ryo to the forefront of history, forever changing the course of his life… Thus begins the adventures of the strongest water magician the world has ever seen—who also likes to do things at his own pace!
