The TV anime From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman will return for a second season, set to premiere in Japan in July 2026. The first season originally aired during the Spring 2025 anime season.
Official announcment:
Key Visual:
CAST:
Hiroaki Hirata as Beryl Gardenant
Nao Toyama as Allucia Citrus
Hitomi Ueda as Surena Lysandra
Yuki Hirose as Curuni Crueciel
Hinaki Yano as Ficelle Harbeller
Chiwa Saito as Lucy Diamond
Kaito Ishikawa as Henblits Drout
Arisa Nakada as Myui Flare
Ryōta Ōsaka as Spur
STAFF:
Director: Akio Kazumi
Series Composition: Kunihiko Okada
Character Designs and Chief Animation Director: Satsuki Hayasaki
Music: Yasuharu Takanashi
Animation Production: Passione x Hayabusa Film
J-Novel Club offers an official English version of the light novels and summarizes the story as follows:
Beryl Gardinant, a self-proclaimed “humble old man,” is a sword instructor at his dojo in a rural, backwater village. In his younger years, he dreamed of glory as a master swordsman, but those days are long behind him. Out of the blue, he receives a visit from a famous former pupil who brings him world-shattering news—he’s been appointed as a special instructor for the knights of the Liberion Order! With his life now turned upside down, Beryl travels to the capital and reunites with some of his former students: elite knights, an ace wizard, and even an adventurer who’s attained the highest guild rank possible. But why do they all want his tutelage?! As far as he’s concerned, they clearly don’t need him anymore. Can Beryl live up to his new position? And will he ever get a moment’s peace away from his adoring students?!
Source: Comic Natalie
© Shigeru Sagazaki,Tetsuhiro Nabeshima/SQUARE ENIX, From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Project
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