The production team of the anime My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's, based on the light novels by Matsuri Akai, presented a new trailer on Sunday on the occasion of Black Cat Day. The video is dedicated to Yoru, the mysterious cat that accompanies the protagonist.
The series
is scheduled to premiere in October 2025 on TV Tokyo,
BS Fuji, Animax and other Japanese channels. In parallel, Crunchyroll confirmed
that it will broadcast the anime simultaneously for the entire world, with the
exception of Asia.
Main voice cast
- Takeo
Ōtsuka as Akira Oda
- Saku
Mizuno as Amelia Rosequartz
- Junichi
Suwabe as Saran Mithray
- Konomi
Tamura as Lia Lagoon
- Sanae
Kobayashi as Yoru
Production team behind the project
The anime
is directed by Nobuyoshi Habara (Fafner, Space
Battleship Yamato 2202) under the Sunrise production. The
scripts are in charge of Kunihiko Okada, while Hirona Okada and Kaori
Saito are in charge of the character design. In addition, Masahiro
Yamane designs the monsters, Mitsuru Ishihara serves
as the main animator and Satoshi Igarashi composes the
soundtrack.
The opening theme, titled "Issen" (Flash of Light), will be performed by the virtual duo VESPERBELL.
A story
of revenge in a fantasy world
The plot
follows Akira Oda, a reserved student who, along with his class, is
transported to a fantasy world. While his teammates are given heroic roles, he
gains the assassin class, which grants him skills and stats
far above average. With the help of the elven medium Amelia, Akira
will uncover dark secrets of the kingdom and confront the very king who
summoned him, thus unleashing a story of revenge and resistance.
Going
from web novel to animated adaptation
Matsuri
Akai began
publishing the work in 2017 on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō platform.
Later, the publisher OVERLAP released the first physical
volume with illustrations by Tōzai in November of that same
year, reaching the fourth volume in February 2021.
The manga
adaptation, by Hiroyuki Aigamo, debuted in 2018 in Comic
Gardo. After a hiatus in 2020 due to the author's health, serialization
resumed in 2022. Currently, publisher Seven Seas Entertainment publishes
both the light novel and the manga in the West, and plans to release the sixth
compilation volume on November 25.
