The anime series The Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools (Madougushi Dairya wa Utsumukanai: Kyou kara Jiyuu na Shokunin Raifu) has announced that it will premiere in July 2024. The new trailer introduces the theme song Nako Misako's opening “Chiisana Tsubomi” was also released. The ending theme song “Glitter” is performed by Marina Horiuchi.
Yousuke Kubo will make his anime television series directorial debut with Dahlia in Bloom while Yuichiro Higashide (16bit Sensation: Another Layer) is responsible for series composition. Satomi Kurita (Peach Boy Riverside) is in charge of character design and Kou Ootani (Another) is composing the music. Studios Typhoon Graphics (Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke's Villa) and Imagica Infos (series debut) are handling animation production.
A new key visual along with additional characters and cast have also been revealed. The main image features Dahlia, Volfreas, and a young Dahlia surrounded by flowers and magical tools. Joining Saori Oonishi and Atsushi Tamaru, who voice Dahlia and Volfred, are:
- Riho Iida (Rin Hosizora – Love Live!) as Iruma Nuvolari
- Kenichirou Matsuda (Thors – Vinland Saga) as Marcella Nuvolari
- Fuuka Izumi (Rin Rindou – Gushing Over Magical Girls) as Lucia Fano
- Hiroki Takahashi (Takato Saijou – DAKAICHI) as Ivano Badoer
- Yuryko Yamaguchi (Nico Robin – One Piece) as Gabriella Jeddah
- Tomohiro Ono (Makoto Shibe – Tomodachi Games) as Tobias Orlando
Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools is a light novel series written by Hisaya Amagishi and illustrated by Kei. Kodansha's Media Factory began publishing the series in October 2018 and has since sold 3.2 million copies, both physical and digital. It currently has nine volumes. The series has inspired two manga adaptations and a spin-off light novel series.
J-Novel Club licensed and published the first eight volumes of the light novel series in English. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed and published the manga adaptation in English. J-Novel Club summarized the series as follows: Dahlia is reincarnated into a world filled with magic after dying from overwork. She was raised by a master magic tool maker and developed a passion for making magic tools. She was engaged to her father's apprentice, but before her father could see her married, he suddenly died. Not only that, the day before the wedding, her fiancé announced that he was in love with another woman! Dahlia realizes that she needs to live for herself and vows to become her own woman. She devoted herself to her craft of magical toolmaking, not expecting to have a life that wasn't what she expected! From a chance meeting with a knight to starting her own company, Dahlia is facing many challenges. She is Dahlia and she is ready to bloom!
Source: Press release©︎Amagishi Hisaya/MF Books/DB PROJECT