NBCUniversal Japan has released a “special action video” and unveiled four additional voice cast members for the second anime season adapting Shigeru Sagazaki’s light novel series Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru (From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman).
Newly Announced Cast
- Takashi Kondō as Hanoy Cressa
- Hiromu Mineta as Kuriu Rybark
- Mami Uchida as Prim
- Hiroshi Yanaka as Morris Pasyushka
The staff also revealed the character White Maiden, though her voice actor has yet to be announced.
Returning Main Cast
- Hiroaki Hirata as Beryl Gardinant (the anime’s website spells the surname as Gardenant)
- Nao Tōyama as Allucia Citrus
- Hitomi Ueda as Surena Lysandra
- Yūki Hirose as Curuni Crueciel
- Hinaki Yano as Ficelle Harbeller
- Chiwa Saitō as Lucy Diamond
- Kaito Ishikawa as Henblitz Drout
- Arisa Nakada as Myui Flare
- Ryōta Ōsaka as Spur
- Ai Kayano as Rose Marblehart
- Hidenobu Kiuchi as Gatoga Lazorne
Staff
The core production team returns from the first season. Akio Kazumi is again directing at Passione and Hayabusa Film, with Kunihiko Okada handling series scripts, Satsuki Hayasaka returning as character designer and chief animation director, and Yasuharu Takanashi composing the score.
- Assistant Directors: Nozomu Koga, Masaru Kawashima
- Conceptual Design: Suzume Shima, Ley Yumeno
- Color Key Artist: Sakie Suzuki
- Art Director: Taiki Yamashita
- Compositing Director of Photography: Kenichi Ikeda
- 3D Animation Production: YAMATO WORKS
- Editing: Ayako Tan
- Sound Director: Hisayoshi Hirasawa
Theme Songs
Rock band Unicorn performs the opening theme “Kurenai no Ha” (Crimson Leaf), while BLUE ENCOUNT handles the ending theme “Mikansei” (Unfinished).
About the Series
The first anime season premiered in April 2025 and streams exclusively on Amazon Prime Video worldwide. Sagazaki launched the original light novel on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in November 2020; Square Enix publishes the volumes with illustrations by Tetsuhiro Nabeshima, and J-Novel Club holds the English license.
The story follows Beryl Gardinant, a self-described “humble old man” who runs a small sword dojo in a rural backwater. His quiet life is upended when a renowned former student arrives with stunning news: Beryl has been appointed special instructor to the knights of the Liberion Order. Heading to the capital, he reunites with former pupils who have become elite knights, a top-ranked wizard, and a max-rank adventurer — yet they all still seek his guidance, much to his bewilderment.
A manga adaptation by Kazuki Satō has been running in Akita Shoten’s Dokodemo Young Champion magazine since August 2021, with Yen Press releasing it in English. Two spinoff manga are also in publication: Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru Gaiden: Hajimari no Mahō Kenshi, drawn by Megumu Soramichi on Square Enix’s Manga UP! service (launched November 2024), and Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru Gaiden: Ryūsōken no Kiseki, drawn by Sasami Hazama in Square Enix’s Young Gangan magazine (launched February 2025), which follows Surena Lysandra on her path to becoming a Black Rank adventurer.
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