Happinet revealed a new cast member and the first promotional video for the anime of Sora Suigetsu and DeeCHA’s Yūsha Party o Tsuihō Sareta Shiro Madōshi, S-Rank Bōkensha ni Hirowareru: Kono Shiro Madōshi ga Kikakugai Sugiru (The White Mage Who was Banished From the Hero’s Party is Picked Up by an S-Rank Adventurer: This White Mage is Too Out of the Ordinary!) novels on Thursday. The video reveals and previews the opening song “Junjō de Are” (Be of Pure Heart) by Gakuto Kajiwara, who voices the series’ protagonist Lloyd.
Marina Inoue will voice Merlin, Lloyd’s foster parent.
© 水月穹・椋野わさび／双葉社・追放された白魔導師の製作委員会
© 水月穹・椋野わさび／双葉社・追放された白魔導師の製作委員会
The series will premiere in July on the Tokyo MX, Sun TV, and BS Fuji channels, and will stream on the d Anime Store streaming service.
The series stars:
Hiroshi Tamada (episode director for Bakusō Kyōdai Let’s & Go!!, Glass Fleet, The Heroic Legend of Arslan OVA) is directing the anime at Felix Film. Akihiko Inari (Chōyū Sekai: Being the Reality, Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement) is in charge of the series scripts. Yūta Itō (sub-character design for Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement) is designing the characters.
Additional staff members include:
The fantasy story follows Lloyd, a white mage who has been banished from the hero’s party. Afterwards, he happens to accompany an S-rank party on a quest. Lloyd believes he is a normal adventurer, but he is unmatched. At that time, no one knew that the hero’s party would collapse and Lloyd would gain fame… yet. This is the story of an extraordinary support magic user who thinks he is normal and becomes an adventurer, while he is unaware of how he eventually becomes peerless.
Suigetsu debuted the web novel on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō (Let’s Become Novelists) website in March 2020. Futabasha began publishing the light novels with illustrations by DeeCHA in November 2020, and it will release the eighth volume on June 30.
Wasabi Mukuno launched a manga adaptation on Futabasha’s Gaugau Monster website in January 2021. Futabasha will publish the manga’s ninth compiled book volume on May 30.
Source: Press release
