Crunchyroll has revealed the English dub cast and crew of the TV anime adaptation of Rocket Shokai’s Sentenced to Be a Hero: The Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004 light novel series. The English dub for the Sentenced to Be a Hero anime will premiere on January 3 on Crunchyroll alongside the Japanese release.
Sentenced to Be a Hero English Dub Cast
- David Matranga as Xylo
- Emi Lo as Teoritta
- Joshua Waters as Dotta
- Dawn M. Bennett as Kivia
- Jessie James Grelle as Venetim
- Nicholas Huber as Rajit
- Jim Foronda as Priest
- Naya Moreno as Siena
- Ethan Gallardo as Zofflec
- Additional Voices: Abigail Blythe, Kelly Greenshield, Peyton Howard, Joshua Hires, Tom Aglio, Mauricio Ortiz-Segura, Alex Hanback, Brandon Acosta, Eli Farmer, Abi Kumar, Conner Allison, Seth Magill
English Dub Crew
- Voice Director: Shawn Gann
- Producer: Susie Nixon
- Adaptation: Audrey Drake Rigg, Matthew Greenbaum
- Mixer: William Dewell
- Engineer: Victor Acosta
The Sentenced to Be a Hero anime will premiere with a one-hour special on January 3 at 10:00 p.m. JST on Tokyo MX and Amazon Prime Video. The second episode will air on January 15 across 28 channels in Japan.
SPYAIR performs the theme song “Kill the Noise.”
The Japanese cast and staff for the anime include:
Japanese Cast
- Yōhei Azakami as Xylo Forbartz
- Mayu Iizuka as Teoritta
- Shizuka Ishigami as Patausche Kivia
- Shun Horie as Dotta Luzulas
- Shunichi Toki as Venetim Leopool
- Yōji Ueda as Noragalle Senridge
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Tatsuya
- Jun Fukushima as Tsav
- Shōya Chiba as Jayce
- Yōko Hikasa as Neely
- Yūichi Nakamura as Rhyno
- Saori Ōnishi as Frenci Mastibolt
Staff
- Director: Hiroyuki Takashima
- Studio: Studio KAI
- Assistant Director: Yoshitake Nakakōji
- Scriptwriter: Kenta Ihara
- Character Designer: Takeshi Noda
- Music Composer: Shunsuke Takizawa
- Worldbuilding: Nobutaka Ike
- Prop Designer: Kouta Sugawa
Rocket Shokai’s hit novel series debuted in October 2020 on Kadokawa’s Kakuyomu site. Since then, Kadokawa publishes the series with illustrations by Mephisto.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the novel series, via publisher Yen Press:
Heroism—a punishment for only the worst criminals. Those sentenced to the fate of a hero are forced to fight at the front lines against the demon king’s army—and if they die, they can expect to be revived and continue the battle. But when their leader, convicted of killing a goddess, meets another goddess himself, the contract they forge may be enough to change the world…
