{"id":109799,"date":"2025-01-14T01:21:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T09:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=109799"},"modified":"2025-02-19T01:31:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T09:31:56","slug":"a-hero-makes-a-stand-in-sentenced-to-be-a-heros-new-teaser-visual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/01\/14\/a-hero-makes-a-stand-in-sentenced-to-be-a-heros-new-teaser-visual\/","title":{"rendered":"A Hero Makes a Stand in Sentenced to Be a Hero’s New Teaser Visual"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A second teaser visual for the Sentenced to Be a Hero: The Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004 <\/i>anime adaptation has been released, depicting its protagonist confronting an imposing monster with a small blade amidst a burning landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aside from the new promotional illustration, it was announced that the anime is set for a 2025 premiere, and that Yohei Azakami<\/strong> and Mayu Izuka<\/strong> are starring in it as protagonist Xylo Forbartz and the “Goddess” of swords Teoritta.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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\u00a92024 Rocket Shokai\/KADOKAWA\/Project Sentenced to Be a Hero<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

There are also plans to release behind-the-scenes material and staff interviews, as well as to explain the story’s in-universe terminology.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sentenced to Be a Hero <\/i>is based on the light novels by Rocket Shoukai<\/b>, which began in 2021 and will release its seventh volume on January 17, 2025 JST. MEPHISTO <\/strong>illustrates the series, which is published by KADOKAWA under the Dengeki no Shinbungei label. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yen Press describes the light novels’ premise as:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Heroism\u2014a 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\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a92024 Rocket Shokai\/KADOKAWA\/Project Sentenced to Be a Hero<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u00a92024 Rocket Shokai\/KADOKAWA\/Project Sentenced to Be a Hero<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sentenced to Be a Hero <\/i>was originally a Kakuyomu web novel, debuting on the website in 2020. It has a manga adaptation by Natsumi Inoue<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The anime was announced last March with a promising teaser trailer<\/a>. Studio KAI<\/strong> is producing.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source:<\/strong> Press release<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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