Publisher Earth Star Entertainment has confirmed that author Yasuaki Mikami's fantasy adventure light novel series Maid nara Touzen desu. Nureginu wo Kiserareta Bannou Maid-san wa Tabi ni Deru Koto ni shimashita (published in English as Looks Like a Job for a Maid! The Tales of a Dismissed Supermaid) is officially receiving a television anime adaptation.
From Web Novel to Television Screen
Mikami initially began serializing the story on the user-generated web novel platform Shousetsuka ni Narou in September 2021. Earth Star Entertainment subsequently acquired the property, publishing the light novels under its Earth Star Novel imprint beginning in July 2022 with illustrations provided by Kinta. The literary branch reached its eighth volume in November 2025, alongside an active manga adaptation illustrated by Ayahito Kumagai on the Comic Earth☆Star digital imprint since October 2022.
For plain little Nina, working as a maid in the house of Count Mirkwood is her whole world—until a false accusation has her swept out on the streets. Jobless and with nowhere left to turn, Nina decides to set out on her very first solo journey. But Nina isn't just any maid—she's a supermaid! Her talents quickly prove indispensable to the people she meets during her travels. There's Emily, a mage who can't use magic; Astrid, a brilliant inventor whose experiments never quite work; and Tien, an orphan who can't seem to keep a meal down. Meanwhile, back at the Mirkwood household, things go awry in Nina's absence... None of them realize it yet, but Nina might just be the answer they've all been searching for. Because when this supermaid is on the job, no mess can stand in her way!
J-Novel Club
North American publisher J-Novel Club oversees the digital English distribution for both the original light novel series and its manga counterpart, providing international readers immediate access to Nina's itinerant domestic journey ahead of the broadcast premiere.
