Where to Watch Ascendance of a Bookworm in New Zealand

Ascendance of a Bookworm has built a reputation that precedes it, and right now it's all available in Australia on Crunchyroll and Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, and in the US on Crunchyroll and Crunchyroll Amazon Channel. Yuka Iguchi leads a cast that brings something genuine to every episode.

The world-building is meticulous, but it's the characters who carry Ascendance of a Bookworm through the more ambitious episodes. When a sickly young girl suddenly becomes obsessed with inventing new things, her family and friends are all puzzled. "What has gotten into Myne?" they wondered, never dreaming that the answer is not a "What" but a "Who": Urano Motosu, a book-loving apprentice librarian who died in an earthquake in Tokyo who somehow found herself in Myne's body! And since Myne's world is still in a medieval stage, where books can only be owned by the elite, the new Myne intends to do everything she can to bring her beloved books to the masses in the time she has left. Yuka Iguchi and Show Hayami lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. The series ran for 2 seasons (2019–2026), building a story that gave its audience time to invest properly.

Sci-fi fans who want ideas alongside the spectacle will find Ascendance of a Bookworm genuinely rewarding — it shares something with Buffy the Vampire Slayer but carves out its own territory entirely. The kind of genre television that makes you think as well as watch.