A new promotional video for the TV anime adaptation of Matsuri Akai’s My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s light novel series was released to celebrate Black Cat Appreciation Day. Specifically, the video highlights the black cat Yoru from My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s.
The My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s anime premieres in October 2025 on TV Tokyo, BS Fuji, Animax, and other channels in Japan. VESPERBELL performs the opening theme song “Issen (Flash of Light).”
The cast includes:
- Takeo Ōtsuka as Akira Oda
- Saku Mizuno as Amelia Rosequartz
- Sanae Kobayashi as Yoru
- Konomi Tamura as Lia Lagoon
- Junichi Suwabe as Saran Mithray
Nobuyoshi Habara directs the anime at Sunrise, while Kunihiko Okada handles the series scripts. Hirona Okada and Kaori Saito handle the character design, while Satoshi Igarashi composes the music. Masahiro Yamane is the main animator for the series and will also handle the monster design.
Additional staff members include:
- Sub-Character Design: Yu Chen Jiang
- Prop Design: Kazutaka Ema
- 3D CG: Kanemori Yasuda
- Art Director: Akira Suzuki
- Color Design: Yūki Mori
- Compositing Director of Photography: Akihiro Takahashi
- Editing: Emi Onodera
- Sound Director: Hiroto Morishita
- Sound Production: Kanon
Lastly, Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the light novel series in English and describes it as follows:
When Akira’s class is magically summoned to another world, he and his classmates are awarded fantastical powers–but while one of them is lucky enough to become a true Hero, Akira becomes a mere Assassin. However, against all odds, the Assassin just might be the most powerful role of all! Harboring doubts about the king’s intentions, Akira uses his newfound strength as a master of the shadows to uncover the secrets and conspiracies of the crown.
