The upcoming anime The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System has unveiled a new U.S. key visual along with its second main promotional video ahead of its July 2, 2026 premiere. The series will be streamed on Crunchyroll and is confirmed to run for two consecutive cours.
The ending theme song has been announced as “Lv.1 Class: Human” by ReoNa, while the opening theme, titled “Awake”, will be performed by SPYAIR.
New Trailer:
Exclusive US Key Visual:
CAST:
Elymas Edvaughn: Takeo Otsuka
Ruche Luvis: Shion Wakayama
Malice Edvaughn: Natsuko Abe
STAFF:
Original Work: Nekoko, BroccoLee, Jaian, The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System (serialized in Kodansha’s YOUNG MAGAZINE)
General Director: Shingo Suzuki
Director: Katsumasa Yokomine
Character Design: Keiji Tani, Takayuki Uchida
Chief Animation Director: Keiji Tani, Makoto Furuta
Chief Director: Tetsuichi Yamagishi
Main Animator: Hiroshi Okubo
Sound Production: Glovision Inc.
Sound Director: Enji Nakajima, Tetsuya Gunji
Music: Ludvig Forssell
Animation Production: GoHands
Production Lead: SHOCHIKU anime
Based on the popular manga serialized in Kodansha’s Young Magazine, The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System has surpassed 3 million copies in circulation.
INTRODUCTION:
The “Heavy Knight” is a defense-specialized class that draws enemy attacks to protect allies. But even among defensive classes, its abilities lack versatility, and its offensive power is too low to level up properly. For this reason, it was branded not merely a “disadvantaged” class but an outright “defective” one.
Born into House Edvaughn, a lineage of Master Swordsmen for generations, Elymas manifested the “defective” Heavy Knight class during the Baptisma—a crucial ceremony for the heir—and was stripped of his position as next head of the house and unjustly exiled.
However, in that moment he recovered the memories of his past life and realized that this world was identical to Magic World, the VR online game he had played obsessively before his death.
And Elymas knew. That the Heavy Knight was the strongest class of all!
Exiled from the Count’s household and now a lone adventurer, Elymas leverages his past-life knowledge to the fullest, beginning his efficient conquest of this world.
Source: Press Release
© Nekoko, BroccoLee, Jaian, KODANSHA/“The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System” Production Committee.
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