| The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt (Hey, How About Treason?) | |
| Ja Kanji: | 天才王子の赤字国家再生術〜そうだ、売国しよう〜 |
| Ja Romaji: | Tensai Ōji no Akaji Kokka Saisei Jutsu ~Sō da, Baikoku Shiyō~ |
| Genre: | Fantasy comedy |
| Type: | light novel |
| Author: | Toru Toba |
| Illustrator: | fal_maro |
| Publisher: | SB Creative |
| Demographic: | Male |
| Imprint: | GA Bunko |
| First: | May 12, 2018 |
| Volumes: | 12 |
| Type: | manga |
| Author: | Toru Toba |
| Illustrator: | Emuda |
| Publisher: | Square Enix |
| Demographic: | Shōnen |
| Magazine: | Manga Up! |
| First: | October 2019 |
| Volumes: | 11 |
| Type: | TV series |
| Director: | Masato Tamagawa |
| Music: | Toshihiko Sahashi |
| Studio: | Yokohama Animation Laboratory |
| Network: | Tokyo MX, BS NTV, AT-X |
| First: | January 11, 2022 |
| Last: | March 29, 2022 |
| Episodes: | 12 |
is a Japanese light novel series, written by Toru Toba and illustrated by fal_maro. SB Creative has released the light novel series since May 2018 under their GA Bunko label. The light novel is licensed in North America by Yen Press. A manga adaptation with art by Emuda has been serialized online since October 2019 via Square Enix's online manga magazine Manga Up!. An anime television series adaptation by Yokohama Animation Laboratory aired from January to March 2022.
In the far north of the continent of Varno lies the small country of the Kingdom of Natra. Ever since King Owen collapsed from illness, the job of running the country falls to Owen's extremely competent son, Crown Prince, now Prince Regent, Wein Salema Arbalest. Alongside his beautiful and capable aide, Ninym Ralei, Wein upholds the image of a genius prince that leads the nation with an iron hand. However, behind the scenes, Wein constantly bemoans the fate that has been shoved upon him, quietly hoping for an opportunity to commit treason by selling off his home country and escaping from his duties.
The light novel is written by Toru Toba and illustrated by fal_maro. SB Creative has released eleven volumes since May 2018 under their GA Bunko label. The light novel is licensed in North America by Yen Press, and the first volume was released digitally on September 3, 2019.
A manga adaptation with art by Emuda has been serialized online since October 2019 via Square Enix's online manga magazine Manga Up!. It has been collected in eleven tankōbon volumes.
An anime television series adaptation by was announced during a livestream for the "GA Fes 2021" event on January 31, 2021.[3] The series is produced by NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan[4] and animated by Yokohama Animation Laboratory, with Makoto Tamagawa serving as director, Xin Ya Cai serving as assistant director, Deko Akao handling series composition, Ryūnosuke Ōji designing characters, and Toshihiko Sahashi composing the music.[5] The opening theme song, "Level", is performed by Nagi Yanagi in collaboration with The Sixth Lie, while the ending theme song, "Hitori to Kimi to" (Alone and With You), is performed by Yoshino Nanjō. The series aired from January 11 to March 29, 2022, on Tokyo MX, BS NTV, and AT-X.[6] [7]
Funimation licensed the series outside of Asia,[8] and the license eventually transferred to Crunchyroll after Sony's acquisition of the company. On March 7, 2022, Funimation announced that the series would receive an English dub, which premiered the following day.[9] Muse Communication licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia;[10] [11] and is available to watch on Muse Asia's YouTube channel and its regional variants, iQIYI, Bilibili in Southeast Asia, Catchplay in Indonesia and Singapore, meWATCH in Singapore, TrueId in Thailand, as well as Genflix and Sushiroll in Indonesia.
NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan released the series in Japan across 4 Blu-ray volumes, each volume containing 3 episodes. The first volume was released on March 30, 2022, with subsequent volumes releasing monthly until June 29, 2022.[12] Crunchyroll released the complete series on Blu-ray in North America on January 17, 2023.[13]