The staff for the upcoming anime adaptation of the Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None light novel series by Itsuki Togami and illustrator Yuri Kisaragi revealed that the anime will have its streaming debut on January 1. Crunchyroll will stream the anime, and more cast members were revealed.
The newly announced cast members include:
- Seria Fukagawa as Rain Hagwell
- Tsumugi Okura as Lucrecia Otis
- Kento Hama as Wilkes Severley
- Akane Fujita as Shion Nasturtium
Previously announced cast members include:
- Takeo Ōtsuka as Orn Dura
- Hina Tachibana as Sophia Claude
- Saori Ōnishi as Selma Claude
- 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
Hiroyuki Kanbe is directing the anime at Studio42. Masashi Suzuki is overseeing the series scripts, and Naoto Nakamura is designing the characters. Tsubasa Handa is composing the music. hololive VTuber Tokoyami Towa performs the opening theme song “Sylve.”
Togami launched Jack-of-All-Trades Party of None on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in February 2021, and the series received illustrations by Kisaragi that same year. The series is still ongoing, and Kodansha will release the eighth volume in print on December 2. A manga adaptation by Yonezou released in October 2021, and Kodansha has published 16 volumes of the manga thus far.
The story follows adventurer Orun Dura, who was expelled from the Hero’s adventuring party by childhood friend and leader Oliver. Oliver mocks Orun for lacking skill and being a “jack-of-all-trades, master of none,” despite Orun switching from a Swordsman to an Enchanter to help the party. As a result, Orun leaves to prove himself as a solo adventurer and the strongest “jack-of-all-trades.”
