The second season of Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside, which begins airing in Japan next January, has received a key visual and a few new cast announcements.
Yumiri Hanamori, Ai Kakuma, Satoshi Mikami, and Aya Uchida are the names who are joining the show. Their respective characters are the hero Van, his companions Lavender (a fairy) and Cardinal Ljubo, and the mercenary Esta. All four characters feature in the new visual, with the sky on their side of the illustration bathed in a foreboding and sickly purple.
Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside 2nd and its 2021 predecessor are based on the light novel series written by Zappon and illustrated by Yasumo, which is published under the KADOKAWA Sneaker Bunko label. Yen Press describes the books’ premise as:
Red was once a member of the Hero’s party, a powerful group destined to save the world from the evil forces of Taraxon, the Raging Demon Lord. That is, until one of his comrades kicked him out. Hoping to live the easy life on the frontier, Red’s new goal is to open an apothecary. However, keeping the secret of his former life may not be as simple as he thinks. Especially when the beautiful Rit, an adventurer from his past, shows up and asks to move in with him!
The light novel series began in 2018 and has 12 volumes as of April 2023 (discounting a prequel volume). The story was originally a web novel that began serialization on Shousetsuka ni Narou in 2017. The light novels have inspired a manga adaptation by Masahiro Ikeno.
Staff
• Chief director: Makoto Hoshino (Season 1 director)
• Director: Satoru Takafuji (Season 1 ending animation and Episode 9 storyboard artist and director)
• Series composer: Megumi Shimizu (returning)
• Main character designer: Ruriko Watanabe (returning)
• Animation production: Studio Flad (Season 1 was a co-production with Wolfsbane)
Cast
• Ryouta Suzuki as Red
• Kanon Takao as Rit
• Naomi Oozora as Ruti
• Rie Kugimiya as Tise
• Sora Amamiya as Yarandrala
Source: @shinnonakama_tv
