HIDIVE Sets November 18 Launch for Nia Liston English Dub, Lists November Departures
The adaptation of Umikaze Minamino’s light novels will release new dubbed episodes every Wednesday.
HIDIVE will launch the English dub of Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden on November 18. The service also announced November departure dates for 10 titles.
HIDIVE announced Tuesday that its English dub of the television anime Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden (Kyōran Reijō Nia Liston: Byōjaku Reijō ni Tenseishita Kami-goroshi no Bujin no Kareinaru Musō Roku), adapted from Umikaze Minamino’s light novels, will debut on November 18. Further dubbed episodes will arrive on Wednesdays.
The service also identified the following titles as leaving its catalog in November:
- Blue Drop — November 16
- Chihayafuru Season 3 — November 22
- Tears to Tiara — November 23
- Amagami SS and SS+ — November 30
- Heavy Metal L-Gaim — November 30
- Kill Me Baby — November 30
- Panzer World Galient — November 30
- Aragne: Sign of Vermillion — November 30
- Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA – The vow in the snow — November 30
- Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Prisma-Phantasm — November 30
J-Novel Club publishes the novels digitally. Its synopsis follows an undefeated hero who reaches her deathbed disappointed that she never encountered an opponent capable of defeating her. Having expected to die in combat, she longs for a different end as she faces a peaceful death. She then awakens in the body of Nia Liston, a frail young girl whose poor health leaves her far from ready to fight. Given another life, she resolves to pursue her wishes and devote both her life and her eventual death to battle, becoming the Merciless Maiden.
The anime began airing October 6 on Tokyo MX, BS NTV, and MBS, with a run spanning two consecutive cours, or quarters of a year. Episodes also streamed on ABEMA, d Anime Store, and U-NEXT following their television broadcasts. HIDIVE is carrying the series as it airs.
Minamino began posting the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in 2019 and concluded its run there in 2021. Hobby Japan began releasing the light novels in September 2022 with artwork by Jishaku. Katana Canata took over the illustrations starting with the third volume in 2023. Both artists receive original character design credits on the anime. The novels’ 12th volume was released by Hobby Japan on October 1.
Kabuto Kodai began a manga adaptation on Square Enix’s Manga UP! service in 2022. Square Enix released its first collected volume in May 2023, followed by the ninth volume on October 7. The manga is available in English through Square Enix’s Manga UP! Global service.
Source: HIDIVE
