{"id":144431,"date":"2026-01-09T09:33:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=144431"},"modified":"2026-01-09T09:33:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:33:31","slug":"scum-of-the-brave-highlights-opening-theme-in-2nd-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/01\/09\/scum-of-the-brave-highlights-opening-theme-in-2nd-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Scum of the Brave Highlights Opening Theme in 2nd Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A second trailer has been revealed for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/12\/19\/scum-of-the-brave-sentenced-to-be-a-hero-receive-special-collaboration-video-illustration\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scum of the Brave<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TV anime series, which highlights the main opening theme song. The anime began broadcasting in Japan on January 10, 2026 and will run for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/12\/06\/scum-of-the-brave-to-have-2-cours-reveals-trailer-and-january-10-premiere\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">two consecutive cours<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">The opening theme previewed in the new trailer is &#8220;GUN POWDER&#8221; by\u00a0<strong>TOOBOE<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300e\u52c7\u8005\u306e\u30af\u30ba\u300fPV\u7b2c2\u5f3e \/ 1\u670810\u65e5(\u571f)\u6bce\u9031\u571f\u66dc24:55\u301c\u3088\u308a\u65e5\u672c\u30c6\u30ec\u30d3\u7cfb\u306b\u3066\u9023\u7d9a2\u30af\u30fc\u30eb\u3067\u9806\u6b21\u5168\u56fd\u653e\u9001\u958b\u59cb\uff01\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lh-0y-O7GIg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A new illustration from <\/span><b>toi8<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was also released to celebrate the anime\u2019s broadcast debut.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_144436\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144436\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"144436\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/01\/09\/scum-of-the-brave-highlights-opening-theme-in-2nd-trailer\/scum-of-the-brave-toi8-illustration\/\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/scum-of-the-brave-toi8-illustration.jpg?resize=768%2C1086&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/scum-of-the-brave-toi8-illustration.jpg?resize=696%2C984&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/scum-of-the-brave-toi8-illustration.jpg?resize=297%2C420&amp;ssl=1 297w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/scum-of-the-brave-toi8-illustration.jpg?w=848&amp;ssl=1 848w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-144436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">\u00a9\u30ca\u30ab\u30b7\u30de723\uff0f\u30ed\u30b1\u30c3\u30c8\u5546\u4f1a\uff0f\u30ea\u30a4\u30c9\u793e\u30fb\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a\u306e\u30af\u30ba<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Shinji Ushiro<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don\u2019t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) is directing the anime series, with <\/span><b>Yoichi Kato<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as series composer and scriptwriter, and <\/span><b>Rika Murakami <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as character designer. <\/span><b>OLM<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is in charge of the animation production.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Meanwhile, the anime\u2019s main voice cast stars:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Ryota Suzuki <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Shinigami Yashiro<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Akari Kito<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Aki Jogamine<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Momo Harumi <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Yukine Indo<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Yumiri Hanamori<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Saera Kashiwagi Pendragon\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The original light novel series is written by <\/span><b>Rocket Shokai <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and illustrated by <\/span><b>Yuya Kusaka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and was first published under the KADOKAWA Books imprint on December 24, 2016. A new version with revisions and illustrations from toi8 was announced by Shueisha for release this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The series began as a Kakuyomu web novel in 2016. The light novel also inspired a manga adaptation by <\/span><b>Nakashima723<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in 2018, which has been published digitally in English on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mangaplanet.com\/comic\/5ec78a3dada3b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Manga Planet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_141547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141547\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"141547\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/12\/06\/scum-of-the-brave-to-have-2-cours-reveals-trailer-and-january-10-premiere\/scum-of-the-brave-main-visual\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Scum-of-the-Brave-main-visual.png?fit=1086%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1086,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Scum of the Brave main visual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Scum-of-the-Brave-main-visual.png?fit=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Scum-of-the-Brave-main-visual.png?fit=696%2C984&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-141547\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Scum-of-the-Brave-main-visual.png?resize=350%2C495&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Scum of the Brave main visual\" width=\"350\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Scum-of-the-Brave-main-visual.png?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Scum-of-the-Brave-main-visual.png?resize=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 724w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Scum-of-the-Brave-main-visual.png?resize=768%2C1086&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Scum-of-the-Brave-main-visual.png?resize=696%2C984&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Scum-of-the-Brave-main-visual.png?resize=1068%2C1511&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Scum-of-the-Brave-main-visual.png?resize=297%2C420&amp;ssl=1 297w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Scum-of-the-Brave-main-visual.png?w=1086&amp;ssl=1 1086w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-141547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">\u00a9\u30ca\u30ab\u30b7\u30de723\uff0f\u30ed\u30b1\u30c3\u30c8\u5546\u4f1a\uff0f\u30ea\u30a4\u30c9\u793e\u30fb\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a\u306e\u30af\u30ba<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/01\/06\/crunchyroll-adds-champignon-witch-scum-of-the-brave-more-titles-for-winter-2026\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Crunchyroll<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is streaming <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scum of the Brave<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in select countries and territories worldwide. It describes the main premise as:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the mid-21st century, Tokyo&#8217;s mafia can turn into ether-enhanced Demon Lords, and Braves hunt them down. Yashiro, the Grim Reaper, reluctantly takes a new apprentice named Aki Jogamine, a high school girl training to become a Brave. He soon finds himself dragged into one troublesome case after another. The supernatural story of a scumbag master and his self-proclaimed apprentice begins!<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Sources<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yushanokuzu\/status\/2009561923961172000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scum of the Brave Official Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yushanokuzu\/status\/2009551216607670289\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">), <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2026-01-09\/scum-of-the-brave-tv-anime-previews-opening-theme-in-2nd-promo-video\/.232899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anime News Network<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A second trailer has been revealed for the Scum of the Brave TV anime series, which highlights the main opening theme song.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":144438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[14,78,12082,3056,11024,1638],"class_list":["post-144431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-anime","tag-crunchyroll","tag-manga-planet","tag-olm","tag-scum-of-the-brave","tag-shueisha"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/scum-of-the-brave-second-trailer-feature-image.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-Bzx","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144431"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144431"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144437,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144431\/revisions\/144437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}