The production team behind the TV anime adaptation of Scum of the Brave — the manga by writer Rocket Shokai and artist Nakashima723 — released its new major trailer and new key visual on Saturday.
The new video reveals two additional cast members along with the opening and ending theme songs for the anime’s second cour, which is scheduled to begin airing on April 11.
The new opening theme song “Revive” is performed by the duo ClariS, while the rock band w.o.d. handles the new ending theme song “Non-Fiction.”
Check out the key visual below:
New cast members include:
- Tomokazu Sugita as Father Ayashima
- Ayumu Murase as Lord Hazeru Seito
Scum of the Brave is a Japanese light novel series written by Rocket Shokai and illustrated by Yūya Kusaka. It first appeared as a web novel on Kadokawa’s Kakuyomu platform from February to March 2016. A single volume was later released in print under Fujimi Shobo’s Kadokawa Books imprint in December 2016.
A manga adaptation illustrated by Nakashima723 launched as an independent comic in June 2018 and began official serialization on Leed Publishing’s Comic Border website in February 2022. In January 2026, Shueisha started publishing a new edition of the light novel series with fresh illustrations by toi8 under their Dash X Bunko imprint. An anime television series adaptation produced by OLM premiered in January 2026.
Plot Summary
In mid-21st-century Tokyo, the criminal underworld is ruled by powerful Demon Lords — gang leaders who have obtained immense strength through ether enhancement and the forbidden Demon King Transformation Surgery. To oppose these threats, the government officially recognizes “Heroes”: bounty hunters who boost their own ether powers using the drug E3 and are granted legal authority to kill.
The story centers on Yashiro, a solitary Hero nicknamed the Reaper. He lives a reckless, aimless life and strongly prefers working alone. His routine is shattered when Jōgamine, a strong-willed high school girl, forcefully declares herself his apprentice and forces her way into his operations. Before long, other determined high school students aspiring to become Heroes approach him as well. Yashiro reluctantly agrees to train them — but only in exchange for money.
As he grows increasingly involved with his unlikely students, Yashiro finds himself pulled deeper into violent clashes with Demon Lords, rival Heroes, and powerful criminal syndicates, thrusting him into the heart of ever more dangerous and chaotic battles across Tokyo’s underworld.
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