Anime production company Studio KAI has announced a net loss of 565 million yen, or about $3.54 million, in fiscal year ended December 2025 and faces insolvency. By entering insolvency, Studio KAI has essentially declared that it is unable to pay debts.
Studio KAI has worked on many anime titles over the years with some recent examples including Sentenced to Be a Hero: The Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004, Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy, The Ramparts of Ice, and Uma Musume Pretty Derby. It’s currently unclear what insolvency could entail for Sentenced to Be a Hero Season 2, which was recently announced at AnimeJapan 2026 in March.
The Sentenced to Be a Hero anime is streaming on Crunchyroll.
The Japanese cast and staff members for Sentenced to Be a Hero 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. Yen Press publishes the series in English.
