I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World TV Special Announces 3 New Cast Members and Premiere Dates & more related news here

Three new voice cast members and premiere dates have been announced for the upcoming I gained a cheating skill in another world and also became unmatched in the real world Anime television special.

The TV special will air a day early on Fuji on Demand and the FOD channel for Prime Video in Japan on March 29, 2026. It will then air on Japanese television on March 30, 2026.

Additionally, the TV special’s three new cast members include Kenta Miyake like Gilbert, Shigeru Chiba like Oma, and Marina Inoue as an unrevealed character listed as “??.”

Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast stars Yoshitsugu Matsuoka like Yuya Tenjo, Akari Kito like Kaori Hojo, and Kaori Maeda like Lexia

Shin-Itagaki (I have a knack for cheating on the Other World series’ chief director and composer, So I’m a Spider, So What? director) directs the television special in Millepenseewith Hiromi Kimura (repeating) as a character designer.

A television anime series was released from April to June 2023, and was streamed by Crunchyroll in select countries and territories around the world. A “new anime project” was announced that same year, and the special television format was announced in March 2025.

I have a knack for cheating in another world is based on the Fantasia Bunko light novel series, written by miku and illustrated by Rein Kuwashima. It was first published under KADOKAWA’s Fantasia Bunko imprint on December 20, 2018. Nineteen volumes have been published in Japan as of October 2025, with the twentieth volume set to be released on March 19, 2026. The series began as a web novel about Kakuyomu in 2017.

The light novels have inspired a manga adaptation and several spin-off titles.

Yen Press licensed the light novels and manga for release in English. Describe the main synopsis of the first as:

A mysterious door stands open, inviting a boy who has been brutally bullied his entire life to take a brave step into the unknown. On the other hand, he finds a treasure trove of priceless artifacts and a world as full of magic as it is monsters. The most shocking revelation, however, is that he can bring whatever he wants with him when he returns to Earth. It won’t be long before this double life changes him forever…

Sources: I Have a Cheating Skill in Another World Official Twitter (2) (3) (4), Anime News Network