With the trailer that you can see above, it was announced that the anime series adaptation of the novel I May Be a Guild Receptionist, But I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time (Guild no Uketsuke Jō Desu ga, Zangyō wa Iyananode Boss o Solo Tōbatsu Shiyou to Omoimasu) by Mato Kousaka will premiere in January 2025 (Winter anime season). Below you can see a new promotional image for this anime that was initially scheduled to premiere in 2024.
The animation is from the studio Cloverworks (The Promised Neverland, Wonder Egg Priority), directed by Tsuyoshi Nagasawa (Clockwork Planet, Nyaruko: Crawling with Love!), the plot is by Misuzu Chiba (Aikatsu! Planet, Chi’s Sweet Adventure) and the character design is by Yoshihiro Nagata (Shine Post) and Shinichi Machida (To Me, The One Who Loved You).
In the cast we have:
- Rie Takahashi will play the protagonist Alina Clover
- Kentarō Kumagai as Jade Scrade
I May Be a Guild Receptionist, But I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time began to be published in March 2021 and the Dengeki Bunko published the seventh volume in June 2023. Suzu Yuki launched the manga adaptation in the magazine Monthly Comic Dengeki Maoh in August 2021 and the Dengeki Comic Next published its 4th volume in February 2024.
Synopsis for I May Be a Guild Receptionist, But I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time
Alina Clover signed up to be a receptionist at the Adventurer’s Guild, thinking it would be her ticket to success. Unfortunately, her dream job quickly turns into a nightmare of overtime whenever adventurers get trapped in a dungeon. To get rid of all the paperwork, Alina starts defeating monsters to solve the problem! However, she must keep her activities a secret…