The first episode of Sentenced to Be a Hero: The Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004 will be screened at Anime Frontier in Texas on December 12, from 3:30 PM to 5 PM CT. The 60-minute episode was previously shown at Lucca Comics & Games 2025 in October.
The series, originally slated to premiere in October, has been rescheduled to January 2026.
Key Visual:
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
Yoji Ueda as Norgalle Senridge
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Tatsuya
Jun Fukushima as Tsav
Shoya Chiba as Jayce Partiract
Yoko Hikasa as Neely
STAFF:
Director: Hiroyuki Takashima
Series Composition / Script: Kenta Ihara
Assistant Director / Creature Design: Yoshitake Nakakoji
Character Design: Takeru Noda
Music: Shunsuke Takizawa
Animation Production: Studio KAI
The light novel series Sentenced to Be a Hero debuted in 2021 and has since amassed five volumes as of August 2023. Published by KADOKAWA under the Dengeki no Shibungei label, the series features illustrations by MEPHISTO.
Here’s the synopsis provided by Yen Press:
Heroism—a punishment for only the worst criminals. Those sentenced to the fate of a hero are forced to fight on the front lines against deadly centers of contagion that rot the land and turn its creatures into roving armies of violent beasts. And if a hero dies, their only reward is being brought back to life so they can continue the never-ending battle. But when Xylo Forbartz, a member of Penal Hero Unit 9004 and a convicted goddess killer, comes face-to-face with a new goddess, the pact they forge might just be enough to change the world…
Source: Press release
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