The anime adaptation of Hero Classroom will begin airing in Japan this July. A trailer and key visual previewing its main characters have been released.
It was also announced that Kaede Higuchi (of Nijisanji) is performing the opening song of the fantasy comedy while Akane Kumada is performing its ending theme.
Hero Classroom is based on the Shueisha-published light novel series written by Shin Araki and illustrated by Haruyuki Morisawa, which began in 2015 and has 13 volumes as of July 2022. The books are published under the Dash X Bunko label.
A Square Enix-published manga adaptation by Koara Kishida began in 2016. Comikey describes the manga as:
Blade is a carefree transfer student whose only goal is to make friends with his classmates at Rosewood Academy, a school for heroes-in-training. On the surface, Blade seems like an ordinary boy, but he is hiding a miserable secret with seeds that start long ago, with the defeat of the Demon King at the hands of the Great Hero. Join this new class of friends as they unravel the mystery surrounding Blade, and journey toward becoming full-fledged Heroes!
The cast of the Hero Classroom anime includes Reiji Kawashima as Blade, Misuzu Yamada as Arnest Flaming, Nao Touyama as Sophi, and Hina Kino as Cú Chulainn. ACTAS is the animation production company.
Meanwhile, the staff includes:
• Director: Keiichirou Kawaguchi (Spy Classroom)
• Series composer and scriptwriter: Naoko Hayashi (Higurashi: When They Cry – Sotsu)
• Character designer and chief animation director: Kousuke Kawamura (Remake Our Life)
• Assistant director: Hideaki Nakano (Servamp: Alice in the Garden director)
• Monster and mechanical designers: Yasuhiro Moriki (Date A Live IV co-mechanical designer) and Miki Matsuda (Healer Girl mechanical animation director)
• Music composer: Koutarou Nakagawa (Fuuto PI co-composer)
Source: @eiyu_anime
