Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou!: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Shingo Ichinomiya was a young, single salaryman when he fell asleep one night at his dinner table. When he awakens, he's at a different dinner table during a wedding ceremony and in the body of a 5-year-old boy, whom he later learns is Wendelin von Benno Baumeister. Although he initially has the impression that he's part of a well-off noble family, he soon discovers that it was all for show; his family is actually poor and illiterate and lives in a thinly-populated area on the outskirts of civilization. Further, he's the youngest of eight sons, which doesn't bode well for his prospects. However, he also discovers that he can read the local writing, which leads to him discovering that he has a rare aptitude for wind magic. When he encounters Alfred Rainford, a former court wizard who also specializes in wind magic, his prospects start looking up.

Series details

• Title: Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou!
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Action, Adventure, Anime, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2020-04-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 2020-06-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: AT-X
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 47013
• IMDb ID: tt11886172
• TVDB ID: 374787

Cast and credited roles

• Asuka Nishi — Elize
• Junya Enoki — Wendelin
• Daisuke Namikawa — Alfred
• Hiro Shimono — Erwin von Alnim
• M・A・O — Wilma
• Masashi Yamane — Klimt Kristoff von Armstrong
• Mikako Komatsu — Iina
• Shizuka Ishigami — Wendelin (Young)
• Tomohito Takatsuka — Roderich
• Tomokazu Sugita — Kurt
• Yukana — Amalie
• Yūsaku Yara — Brantack Lyngstad

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-04-02; final listed air date 2020-06-18; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.