Sentenced to Be a Hero Anime Unveils 3 New Cast Members
Kadokawa revealed three new cast members for the television anime of Rocket Shokai's Sentenced to Be a Hero: The Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004 (Yūsha-kei ni Shosu: Chōbatsu Yūsha 9004-tai Keimu Kiroku) light novel series on Wednesday. The anime will have a special stage at the AnimeJapan 2025 event on March 23.The previously announced cast members are Yōhei Azakami as Xylo Forbartz, and Mayu Iizuka as Teoritta.Studio KAI is producing the anime.The anime will premiere this year.Shokai launched the light novel series on Kadokawa's Kakuyomu site in October 2020, and Kadokawa began publishing the series in print in September 2021 with illustrations by Mephisto. Kadokawa released the seventh volume on January 17.Natsumi Inoue launched the novel's manga adaptation on Kadokawa's Dengeki Comic Regulus website in March 2022. Kadokawa published the manga's second compiled book volume in April 2024. BookWalker Global is releasing the manga digitally in English. Source: Press release
