The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Rocket Shokai and Nakashima723’s Scum of the Brave (Yūsha no Kuzu) manga series revealed a new promotional video and the anime’s second teaser visual. The promotional video confirms that Ryōta Suzuki will play the role of “Shinigami” Yashiro in the Scum of the Brave anime, which premieres in January 2026 on NTV and affiliate channels.
Shinji Ushiro is directing the anime at OLM. Yoichi Kato is writing and overseeing the series scripts, Rika Murakami is the character designer, and Kenichiro Suehiro is the music composer.
Additional staff members include:
- Color Key Artist: Naoto Kondō
- Art Director: Kazuhiro Inoue
- Director of Photography: Tsunetaka Ema
- Editing: Naoki Watanabe
- Sound Director: Takahiro Enomoto
Sentenced to Be a Hero: The Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004 writer Rocket Shokai launched the story on the Kakuyomu website in February 2016, and the series is being republished into a revised novel format with illustrations by toi8. The manga adaptation launched in 2018 on LEED Publishing’s Comic Border service.
Manga Planet is publishing the manga in English digitally. Here’s a description of the manga’s story, via Manga Planet:
In an alternate 21st century, rich mafia members can turn into “Demon Kings” through increasingly popular ether-enhancement surgery, and the bounty hunters called “Braves” are the ones called upon to take them down. Yashiro only wants the simple pleasures in life – pizza, beer, and card games. When three young Braves offer him a majestic sum to be their private tutor, he agrees solely for the money – but is it worth what he’s getting himself into?
