It's no secret that many modern anime started as light novels—but a new short anime project is pulling the two mediums closer together than ever! Light-novel Anime will present new stories in five-minute episodes, penned by big names from the world of light novels. Four brand-new titles are currently connected to the project: Shoshin Time Leap Story/Series Composition/Script: nigozyu ( The Detective Is Already Dead ) Character Design: tanu Director: Tomoyasu Murata Cast: Tomoyo Takayanagi, Shogo Sakata, Miyari Nemoto, Reiji Kawashima After being rejected by her classmate on the last Christmas of high school, a girl finds herself transported six months back in time. Femme Fatale Ikusei Keikaku Story/Series Composition: Natsu Hyuga ( The Apothecary Diaries ) Script: Ogyo Kawagishi Character Design: Kamoku Okeno Director: Kazuya Shiraishi, Masayuki Kitamura Cast: Daiki Yamashita, Yuya Hirose, Yusuke Shirai, Saho Shirasu, Satsumi Matsuda, Reina Kondo, Sayumi Suzushiro, Tatsumaru Tachibana When a girl's heart is broken by her ex-boyfriend, her cousin hatches a plan: he'll become a gorgeous femme fatale, seduce the ex, then dump him! RELATED: The Beginning After the End Season 2 Premieres in 2026 Jack the Reaper Story: Tappei Nagatsuki ( Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- ) Series Composition/Script: Usagi Usaki Character Design: Minori Chigusa Director: Daisuke Nakano Cast: Kaito Ishikawa, Kaede Hondo, Kento Hama, Hinata Tadokoro, Nanako Mori A man with no memories finds himself in an interrogation room with a young policewoman. When she storms out after an unproductive conversation, he's stabbed by an intruder… and everything starts over. Marie Antoinette ni Tensei Shita node, Zenryoku de Guillotine wo Kaihi Shimasu Story/Series Composition/Script: Shoko Amano Character Design: Takuya Fujima Director: Kaoruko Murakami Cast: Fairouz Ai, Toshiki Masuda, Takeo Otsuka, Shunichi Toki, Masumi Tazawa A modern-day otaku girl wakes up in the body of Marie Antoinette. Knowing her life is on the line, she decides to user her fangirl knowledge to win over the people of France—by turning the gentleman of Versailles into history's first idol group! All four series will air on the Light-novel Anime YouTube channel . The episodes will also be produced in landscape format and aired as "Weekly Light Novel Anime" starting July 12. Source: Comic Natalie
