The staff of TV anime adaptation of Alto and Yuunagi’s The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest light novel series revealed the anime’s second key visual and promotional video, along with three new cast members.
The new cast members for The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest include:
- Yōko Hikasa as Olivia
- Kishō Taniyama as Gloria
- Shōgo Sakata as Melea Dial
The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest premiered on October 4 at 11:30 p.m. in TV Asahi’s “IMAnimation” programming block. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime worldwide, excluding Asia, with an English dub.
Kiro Akiyama performs the opening theme song “Quest,” and Aruma performs the ending theme song “Kakera” (Fragment).
The previously announced cast includes:
- Shūichirō Umeda as Alec Ygret
- Yurika Kubo as Yorha Eisenz
- Masumi Tazawa as Krasia Annerose
- Masaaki Mizunaka as Ornest Rain
- Atsushi Abe as Regulus Caldana
- Hikaru Midorikawa as Eldas Mikayla
- Sakura Tange as Rosa Alhatia
- Akira Ishida as Loki Silveria
- Naoya Uchida as Leviel Stantz
Ken Takahashi directs the anime at Gekkō with Masamune Hirata as assistant director. Kazuyuki Fudeyasu is handling the series scripts, and Yōko Satō is handling the character design with Nobuhide Hayashi as the sub-character designer. Diosta inc. and High Speed Boy inc. are composing the music.
Alto serialized the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website from October 2020 to September 2022. Kodansha published the first volume of the print version with illustrations by Yuunagi in August 2021.
Lastly, here’s a synopsis, via Crunchyroll:
Once a loyal court magician supporting the crown prince from behind the scenes, Alec Ygret is cast aside and exiled for only knowing support magic. But just as he hits rock bottom, he reunites with Yorha Eisentz, a former comrade from the legendary party Lasting Period. Invited to rejoin the team that once made history, Alec returns to dungeon exploration—and begins a new chapter in his life!
