New Anime Trailer and Cast Revealed for Hero Party Ousted Poor Scholar

The staff for the television anime of storywriter Itsuki Togami and illustrator Yuri Kisaragi‘s Yūsha Party o Oidasareta Kiyō Binbō (The Jack of All Trades Was Kicked Out of the Hero’s Party) light novel series revealed on Wednesday the anime’s main promotional video, key visual, and additional cast members.

The video previews the opening theme song “Sylve” by hololive VTuber Tokoyami Towa:

The newly announced cast members include (name romanizations are not confirmed):

Yō Taichi as Logan Hayward

Manaka Iwami as Caroline Inglaud

Yoshiki Nakajima as Oliver Kadiff

Masumi Tazawa as Luna Flockheart

Sayumi Watabe as Annery Wiles

Kō Bonkobara as Derrick Mosely

Rumi Ōkubo as Filly Carpenter

The anime will debut in January 2026.

The anime will star:

Hiroyuki Kanbe (Oreimo, Viper’s Creed) is directing the anime at “animation studio42.” Masashi Suzuki (Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King, Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried Fox) is overseeing the series scripts and Naoto Nakamura (Date A Live IV, Date A Live V, Date A Bullet) is designing the characters. Tsubasa Handa (Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer!) is composing the music.

The fantasy story centers on Orn, a swordsman who changed to a mage class for the sake of the “Hero’s Party” that he belonged to. He even developed a unique style of magic to support the party. But Oliver, Orn’s childhood friend and the leader of the party, kicked Orn out of the party due to a lack of ability. His party members mocked him for being a “jack of all trades but master of none” and the party already found his successor. Disappointed, he parts ways with the party and begins solo activities as an explorer. Orn’s fate changes dramatically with new encounters, and in order to protect those who have become important to him, he aims to take his “jack of all trades” skills to become the “ultimate all-rounder.”

Togami launched the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in February 2021, and the story is ongoing. Kodansha publishes the novels in print and released the eighth volume in December 2024.

Yonezou launched the manga on Kodansha‘s Suiyōbi no Sirius website in October 2021. Kodansha published the manga’s 16th compiled book volume on September 9.

The franchise has more than 4.5 million copies in circulation.

Source: Press release

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