Sugimoto, Miki appear in 7th episode on Thursday
The staff of the television
anime
of
Rocket Shokai
‘s
Sentenced to Be a Hero: The Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004
(
Yūsha-kei ni Shosu: Chōbatsu Yūsha 9004-tai Keimu Kiroku
) light novel series revealed the cast for two new characters that appeared in the anime’s seventh episode on Thursday.
Yū Sugimoto
as Shiji Bau
Image courtesy of Kadokawa
©2024 Rocket Shokai/KADOKAWA/Project Sentenced to Be a Hero
Shinichirō Miki
as Būjamu
Image courtesy of Kadokawa
©2024 Rocket Shokai/KADOKAWA/Project Sentenced to Be a Hero
Image courtesy of Kadokawa
©2024 Rocket Shokai/KADOKAWA/Project Sentenced to Be a Hero
The anime debuted on January 3 at 10:00 p.m. on
Tokyo MX
, with a first episode 60-minute special. The second episode aired on January 15, with subsequent episodes airing on Thursdays. The anime airs on 28 channels across Japan.
Amazon Prime Video
in Japan started streaming the series on January 3, and other sites started on January 6.
Crunchyroll
streams
the series as it airs, and also
streams
a same-day English
dub
.
The anime was originally scheduled to
premiere
in October, but was
delayed
.
The anime stars:
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
Shōya Chiba
as Jayce Partiract
Yōko Hikasa
as Neely
Yūichi Nakamura
as Rhyno
Saori Ōnishi
as Frenci Mastibolt
Hiroyuki Takashima
(
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
episode director,
The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls U149
OVA
assistant director) is directing the anime at
Studio KAI
.
Yoshitake Nakakōji
is the assistant director, and is also credited as creature designer.
Kenta Ihara
(
Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-
,
Ishura
,
Nukitashi the Animation
) is writing and supervising the series’ scripts.
Takeshi Noda
(
DAN DA DAN
sub-character designs) is designing the characters.
Shunsuke Takizawa
is composing the music.
Nobutaka Ike
is credited for worldbuilding.
Kouta Sugawa
is the prop designer.
SPYAIR
performs the theme song “Kill the Noise.”
Yen Press
is
releasing
the novel series in English, and it describes the story:
Heroism—a punishment for only the worst criminals. Those sentenced to the fate of a hero are forced to fight at the front lines against the demon king’s army—and if they die, they can expect to be revived and continue the battle. But when their leader, convicted of killing a goddess, meets another goddess himself, the contract they forge may be enough to change the world…
Shokai launched the light novel series on
Kadokawa
‘s Kakuyomu site in October 2020, and
Kadokawa
began publishing the series in print in September 2021 with illustrations by
Mephisto
.
Kadokawa
released the eighth volume on January 17.
Natsumi Inoue
launched the novel’s manga adaptation on
Kadokawa
‘s
Dengeki Comic Regulus
website in March 2022.
Kadokawa
published the manga’s second compiled book volume in April 2024.
BookWalker
Global is
releasing
the manga digitally in English.
Yen Press
will
release
the manga in English starting in June 2026.
Source: Press release
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