The staff of the From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman anime announced that it will stream exclusively on Prime Video worldwide starting April 6 at 12:00 a.m. JST / April 5 at 11:00 a.m. EST. Two new cast members and a new key visual were also revealed.
The first two episodes of the anime will receive a premiere screening on March 30 at the Kabukicho Tower Stage at Kabukicho Cine City Square in Tokyo. One week later, the anime will premiere on April 5 on TV Asahi affiliate channels and BS Asahi.
The cast of the anime series includes:
- Hiroaki Hirata as Beryl Gardinant
- Nao Tōyama as Allucia Citrus
- Hitomi Ueda as Surena Lysandra
- Yūki Hirose as Curuni Crueciel
- Hinaki Yano as Ficelle Harbeller
- Chiwa Saitō as Lucy Diamond
- Kaito Ishikawa as Henblitz Drout
- Arisa Nakada as Myui Flare (new)
- Ryōta Ōsaka as Spur (new)
Akio Kazumi directs the anime at Passione and Hayabusa Film. Kunihiko Okada is in charge of series scripts. Moreover, Satsuki Hayasaka is the character designer and chief animation director. Yasaharu Takanashi is composing the anime’s music. Prolific rock band FLOW performs the anime’s ending theme song “Alright!!!.”
Shigeru Sagazaki launched the From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman light novel series in November 20 on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website. Square Enix publishes the series, and it will release the ninth volume on March 27.
Here’s an overview of the series via J-Novel Club:
Beryl Gardinant, a self-proclaimed “humble old man,” is a sword instructor at his dojo in a rural, backwater village. In his younger years, he dreamed of glory as a master swordsman, but those days are long behind him. Out of the blue, he receives a visit from a famous former pupil who brings him world-shattering news—he’s been appointed as special instructor for the knights of the Liberion Order! With his life now turned upside down, Beryl travels to the capital and reunites with some of his former students: elite knights, an ace wizard, and even an adventurer who’s attained the highest guild rank possible. But why do they all want his tutelage?! As far as he’s concerned, they clearly don’t need him anymore.
Can Beryl live up to his new position? And will he ever get a moment’s peace away from his adoring students?!
