Crunchyroll has unveiled the English dub cast, crew, and release schedule for the spring 2026 villainess rom-com An Observation Log of My Fiancee Who Calls Herself a Villainess.
Crunchyroll has revealed the English dub cast and release schedule for An Observation Log of My Fiancee Who Calls Herself a Villainess, the spring 2026 rom-com adaptation of Shinori Kouwa's light novel series. The dub began streaming this week on Crunchyroll, with new dubbed episodes dropping Mondays alongside the ongoing subtitled simulcast.
Francine Gonzalez voices the female lead Bertia, the noble daughter who has decided she is destined to be the story's villainess and throws herself into the role with unhinged enthusiasm. Blake McNamara plays her long-suffering fiance Cecil, the prince who sees through every one of her schemes yet finds himself falling for her anyway. Donna Xia voices a younger version of Cecil in flashback scenes that establish how the pair first met.
Rounding out the announced supporting cast are Aaron Roberts, Alex Hom, and Alex Hanback in additional roles tied to the royal court and Bertia's household staff. The dub leans into the comedic mismatch between Bertia's theatrical villainess act and the increasingly baffled reactions of everyone around her, which has been the anime's biggest selling point since its April premiere.
New dubbed episodes release Mondays at 6:00 a.m. PT / 9:00 a.m. ET on Crunchyroll, trailing the Japanese broadcast by roughly two weeks. Subtitled episodes continue to simulcast weekly, meaning the platform now carries both versions in parallel for the remainder of the cour. The series is a single-cour production running through the spring 2026 season.
The anime adapts the light novel series originally published by Kadokawa's Kadokawa Books imprint, with Shinori Kouwa's novels illustrated by Akoru Maitake. The show joins an increasingly crowded villainess subgenre that has become a reliable pillar of seasonal rom-com programming, though Observation Log's twist is that the heroine is actively trying to be the villain rather than escape the role.
Crunchyroll India carries both the Japanese subtitled version and the new English dub as part of the platform's standard spring 2026 simulcast lineup, available across Mega Fan and Ultimate Fan tiers. The series is not currently listed on Netflix India or Prime Video India, making Crunchyroll the sole legal streaming home for Indian viewers on release day.
With the dub now rolling out weekly, attention turns to whether the series can maintain the momentum it built during its first few subtitled episodes, which drew positive early buzz for Gonzalez's Japanese counterpart's performance and the show's willingness to lean fully into its absurd premise. A second cour has not been announced, and any sequel decision will likely hinge on disc sales and light novel momentum in Japan rather than overseas dub reception.
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