Sentenced to Be a Hero anime’s official website unveiled the preview and synopsis for the series’ upcoming 9th episode.
Watch the preview below:
Synopsis for the episode is as following:
“Xylo and the others cut off the enemy’s reinforcement routes while taking down adventurers and escalating the chaos. They are caught off guard by a suddenly appearing grotesque fairy troll, but then Teoritta and the others arrive to join them. However, the crucial target, Lideo, manages to escape…!?”
Cast includes:
- Shōya Chiba as Jayce Partiract
- Yōko Hikasa as Neely
Stars of the anime include:
- Yōhei Azakami as Xylo Forbartz
- Mayu Iizuka as Teoritta
- Shizuka Ishigami as Patausche Kivia
- Shun Horie as Dotta Luzulas
- Shunichi Toki as Venetim Leopool
- Yōji Ueda as Noragalle Senridge
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Tatsuya
- Jun Fukushima as Tsav
Sentenced to be a Hero anime premiered on January 3, 2026.
Staff of the anime include:
- Hiroyuki Takashima as Director
- Animation Studio: Studio KAI
- Yoshitake Nakakōji as Assistant Director, and Creature Designer
- Kenta Ihara as Script Supervisor, and Writer
- Takeshi Noda as Character Designer
- Shunsuke Takizawa as Music Composer
- Nobutaka Ike is credited for Wordbuilding
- Kouta Sugawa as Prop Designer
Crafted by writer Rocket Shokai and brought to life with illustrations by Mephisto, Sentenced to Be a Hero: The Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004 is a gripping Japanese light novel series. It first emerged as a web novel on Kakuyomu in October 2020, captivating readers with its unique premise. The series transitioned into a published light novel under ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki no Shin Bungei imprint starting in September 2021. A manga adaptation, expanding the story’s reach, began serialization in ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki Comic Regulus web magazine in March 2022.
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