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An animated music video for \u201cShooting Star\u201d (\u201cHokiboshi\u201d), the ending theme song for the Summer 2026 anime Though I Am an Inept Villainess<\/em>, has been released on the Rokudenashi<\/strong> music project\u2019s YouTube channel.<\/span><\/p>\n The animation follows an artist as she struggles with a painting, with a translucent figure born from a shooting star playing a role in the story. Havtza<\/strong>, whose past credits include eve\u2019s \u201cIolite\u201d\u00a0 music video,\u00a0Keina Suda\u2019s \u201cMellow\u201d music video, and YOASOBI\u2019s \u201cNew Me\u201d music video, was in charge of the direction, storyboards, and character designs.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Some of the other staff include background art director Aster<\/strong> and compositor and editor Toshitaka Kanda (Sore o Ai to Yobu dake<\/em><\/a> music video). Studio Harutonari<\/strong> handled the animation production.<\/span><\/p>\n Though I Am an Inept Villainess\u00a0<\/em>began airing on July 12, with the Ninzin<\/strong>-performed \u201cShooting Star\u201d being released digitally on July 15. The TV anime is an adaptation of the light novel series written by Satsuki Nakamura<\/strong>\u00a0and illustrated by\u00a0Kana Yuki<\/strong>, with Crunchyroll\u2019s synopsis for the show being:<\/span><\/p>\n In the Kingdom of Ei, five clans put forth their maidens as imperial consorts\u2014but only one will be crowned empress. Just when frail and beautiful \u201ccourt butterfly\u201d Kou Reirin seems poised to marry the crown prince, jealous \u201ccourt rat\u201d Shu Keigetsu steals her body! Reirin wakes up in the dungeons as the conspirator, and things look dire\u2026or do they? 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<\/strong>\u2022 Assistant director: Sumie Noro<\/strong> <\/span>
\u2022 Series composer: Yoshiko Nakamura<\/strong>\u00a0(RPG Real Estate<\/em>) <\/span>
\u2022 Character designer: Ai Kikuchi<\/strong>\u00a0(Shikimori\u2019s Not Just A Cutie<\/em>)\u00a0<\/span>
\u2022 Animation production; Doga Kobo<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
\u2022 Natsumi Kawaida<\/strong> as Shu Keigetsu<\/span><\/p>\n