Sentenced to Be a Hero anime revealed the opening scene of Episode 1 and three new voice cast members during a special program attended by the main cast on July 26. The anime was recently delayed to January 2026, with its first episode confirmed as a 60-minute special. The series was originally scheduled to begin airing in October 2025.
he reason behind the delay was to allow additional time for improving the show’s overall quality in order to deliver a better final product to the fans.Studio KAI is in charge of the animation.
To provide updates ahead of the rescheduled premiere, a special livestream event was held today via the KADOKAWA Anime Channel on YouTube. Cast members which appeared include:
- Shunichi Toki : as Venetim Leopool
- Yohei Azakami : as Xylo Forbat
- Mayu Iizuka : as Teoritta
- Shizuka Ishigami : as Patausche Kivia
- Shun Horie : as Dotta Luzulas
Sentenced to Be a Hero (Yusha-kei ni Shosu: Chobatsu Yuusha 9004-tai Keimu Kiroku) is a light novel series by Rocket Shokai, and it began in October 2020 on the self-publishing website kakuyomu.jp. By September 2021, it received an official release with illustrations by MEPHISTO in Kadokawa’s Dengeki no Shin Bungei Imprint.
It has won several accolades, including first place in the User Recommendations category in the 2020 Kakuyomu Awards and second place overall in the Tsugirano Awards for up-and-coming light novel series. Yen Press licensed the novel in English.
