The Greatest Magicmaster's Retirement Plan Anime Casts Yui Ogura as Loki Leevahl
The casting announcement is the second major reveal for the anime after its adaptation announcement earlier this year, and the accompanying prequel manga expansion shows the franchise is being built out in multiple directions ahead of the 2027 premiere.
Key Facts
- Yui Ogura voices Loki Leevahl, a high-ranking Magicmaster who transfers to the magical institute as Alus' partner.
- The anime is scheduled to premiere in 2027.
- Yuto Uemura stars as protagonist Alus Reigin.
- The prequel manga The Greatest Magicmaster's Retirement Plan Zero: The Secret History of the Beginning launches this winter.
- Hobby Japan published the 20th novel volume in December 2025.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
The staff of the television anime adaptation of Izushiro and Ruria Miyuki's light novel series The Greatest Magicmaster's Retirement Plan announced on Wednesday that Yui Ogura will voice the character Loki Leevahl. Loki is described as a high-ranking Magicmaster who transfers to the magical institute as a partner to the protagonist Alus Reigin. The announcement included a character visual for Loki. The anime is scheduled to premiere in 2027. Yuto Uemura stars as Alus Reigin, the nation's top Magicmaster out of more than 100,000, who requests retirement from military service at age 16 but instead ends up as a student at a special magical institute, hiding his identity while training successors and secretly defeating Fiends. Yusuke Suzuki is directing the anime at studio HOTLINE, with series scripts by Gigaemon Ichikawa, character designs by Yuki Kitajima, and sound direction by Takatoshi Hamano. A prequel manga, The Greatest Magicmaster's Retirement Plan Zero: The Secret History of the Beginning, is scheduled to launch this winter, depicting Alus' life before he enrolled in the magic academy. J-Novel Club publishes the novels in English.
- Loki Leevahl is a high-ranking Magicmaster who transfers to the magical institute as Alus' partner. The character visual shows her in a white and gold uniform.
- Yui Ogura is a voice actress known for roles including Hinata in Blend S and Chitoge in Nisekoi. She also performs as a singer under the solo project YuiKaori.
- Director Yusuke Suzuki previously worked on This Monster Wants to Eat Me and Duel Masters Win.
- Series composer Gigaemon Ichikawa's prior credits include Himitsu no AiPri and A Galaxy Next Door.
- Character designer Yuki Kitajima worked as a key animator on One Piece episodes and designed characters for The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You and Kakegurui.
- Sound director Takatoshi Hamano has credits on IDOLiSH7, Chainsmoker Cat, and Ishura.
- The prequel manga, The Greatest Magicmaster's Retirement Plan Zero: The Secret History of the Beginning, is drawn by Yoneshiro and will launch this winter on Comic Fire. It depicts Alus' life before entering the Second Magic Academy and connects to the main story.
- Yoneshiro's earlier manga adaptation, The Greatest Magicmaster's Retirement Plan: The Alternative, ran in Square Enix's Manga UP! app from 2020 and ended with its 10th compiled volume in January 2024. Comikey publishes it in English digitally.
- Yoneshiro's manga is the second manga adaptation. Yū Uonuma's earlier version ran for two volumes on Hobby Japan's website.
- Izushiro began publishing the novels on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in 2015. Hobby Japan released the 20th novel volume in December 2025 under its HJ Bunko label.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.