Series synopsis
The Eminence in Shadow, also known as 陰の実力者になりたくて！ is a Japanese animation comedy sci-fi & fantasy action & adventure television series that premiered on AT-X on October 5, 2022. It ended on December 20, 2023. It stars Asami Seto, Kana Hanazawa, Fairouz Ai and Saya Aizawa.
Shadowbrokers are those who go unnoticed, posing as unremarkable people, when in truth, they control everything from behind the scenes. Sid wants to be someone just like that more than anything, and something as insignificant as boring reality isn’t going to get in his way! He trains in secret every single night, preparing for his eventual rise to power—only to be denied his destiny by a run-of-the-mill (yet deadly) traffic accident. But when he wakes up in a another world and suddenly finds him ...
Premise
Shadowbrokers are those who go unnoticed, posing as unremarkable people, when in truth, they control everything from behind the scenes. Sid wants to be someone just like that more than anything, and something as insignificant as boring reality isn’t going to get in his way! He trains in secret every single night, preparing for his eventual rise to power—only to be denied his destiny by a run-of-the-mill (yet deadly) traffic accident. But when he wakes up in a another world and suddenly finds himself at the head of an actual secret organization doing battle with evil in the shadows, he’ll finally get a chance to act out all of his delusional fantasies!
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Asami Seto as Alpha (voice)
- Kana Hanazawa as Alexia Midgar (voice)
- Fairouz Ai as Delta (voice)
- Saya Aizawa as Sherry Barnett (voice)
- Hisako Kanemoto as Epsilon (voice)
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Skel Etal (voice)
- Ayaka Asai as Zeta (voice)
- Shin Matsushige as Po Tato (voice)
Supporting cast
- Reina Kondo as Eta (voice)
- Yoko Hikasa as Iris Midgar (voice)
- Rina Hidaka as Claire Kagenou (voice)
Guest cast
- Seiichiro Yamashita as Cid Kagenou / Shadow (voice)
- Inori Minase as Beta (voice)
- Suzuko Mimori as Gamma (voice)
- Haruka Shiraishi as Rose Oriana (voice)
- Yui Horie as Akane Nishino (voice)
- Chikahiro Kobayashi as Kidnapper (voice)
- Makoto Furukawa as Kidnapper (voice)
- Eri Yukimura as Girl (voice)
- Aiko Okubo as Homeroom Teacher (voice)
- Masaya Matsukaze as Zenon (voice)
- Arisa Sakuraba as Female Student (voice)
- Anzu Haruno as Female Student (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 62 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 30 | October 27, 2022 | December 20, 2023 |
| Season 1 | 20 | October 5, 2022 | February 15, 2023 |
| Season 2 | 12 | October 4, 2023 | December 20, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Em-Shade! Operation 1: The Seven Shadows Want Their Mission to Succeed! Even when Shadow-sama isn't around, The Seven Shadows are working hard. |
October 27, 2022 |
| 2 |
Em-Shade! Operation 2: The Seven Shadows Want the War Chronicles to Be Perfect! Beta seems to be in trouble. |
November 3, 2022 |
| 3 |
Em-Shade! Operation 3: The Seven Shadows Want to Make Delicious Chocolate! The brains behind Shadow Garden have developed a groundbreaking new chocolate. |
November 10, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Hated Classmate Akane copes with her trauma by being popular and working hard to make people like her, but one boy in her class doesn’t care about her at all. That bothers her to no end. |
October 5, 2022 |
| 2 |
Shadow Garden Is Born Reincarnated as the son of Baron Kagenou, Cid bides his time as Background Character A while preparing for the day he can finally become the Eminence in Shadow! |
October 12, 2022 |
| 3 |
Fencer Ordinaire The princess is supposed to reject the background character’s confession, not accept it — since when did Cid become a rom-com protagonist? |
October 19, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Lawless City Cid and his sister Claire venture to the huge slum known as the “Lawless City.” There, Cid gets caught up in the commotion caused by the Red Moon. |
October 4, 2023 |
| 2 |
The Haven The moon is red. The frenzy has begun. Shadow is introduced to power players in Lawless City. Meanwhile, Mary and Claire run into Juggernaut. |
October 11, 2023 |
| 3 |
The Hour of Awakening The night the red moon rises, the Blood Queen Elisabeth makes her return. |
October 18, 2023 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | AT-X |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 5, 2022 |
| Last aired | December 20, 2023 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 23:30:00 |