{"id":145909,"date":"2026-01-28T08:32:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=145909"},"modified":"2026-01-28T08:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:32:08","slug":"from-old-country-bumpkin-to-master-swordsman-season-2-reveals-teaser-visual-1st-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/01\/28\/from-old-country-bumpkin-to-master-swordsman-season-2-reveals-teaser-visual-1st-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Season 2 Reveals Teaser Visual &amp; 1st Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A teaser visual and first trailer have been revealed for the upcoming second season of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/06\/21\/from-old-country-bumpkin-to-master-swordsman-season-2-premieres-in-2026\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Season two is scheduled to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/12\/17\/from-old-country-bumpkin-to-master-swordsman-season-2-begins-airing-in-july-2026\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">begin broadcasting in Japan in July 2026<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145913\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145913\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"145913\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/01\/28\/from-old-country-bumpkin-to-master-swordsman-season-2-reveals-teaser-visual-1st-trailer\/from-old-country-bumpkin-to-master-swordsman-season-2-teaser-visual\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/from-old-country-bumpkin-to-master-swordsman-season-2-teaser-visual.jpg?fit=708%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"708,1000\" 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=\"from old country bumpkin to master swordsman season 2 teaser visual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;\u00a9\u4f50\u8cc0\u5d0e\u3057\u3052\u308b\u30fb\u934b\u5cf6\u30c6\u30c4\u30d2\u30ed\uff0fSQUARE ENIX\u30fb\u300c\u7247\u7530\u820e\u306e\u304a\u3063\u3055\u3093\u3001\u5263\u8056\u306b\u306a\u308b\u2161\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/from-old-country-bumpkin-to-master-swordsman-season-2-teaser-visual.jpg?fit=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/from-old-country-bumpkin-to-master-swordsman-season-2-teaser-visual.jpg?fit=696%2C983&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-145913\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/from-old-country-bumpkin-to-master-swordsman-season-2-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=350%2C494&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"from old country bumpkin to master swordsman season 2 teaser visual\" width=\"350\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/from-old-country-bumpkin-to-master-swordsman-season-2-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/from-old-country-bumpkin-to-master-swordsman-season-2-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=696%2C983&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/from-old-country-bumpkin-to-master-swordsman-season-2-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=297%2C420&amp;ssl=1 297w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/from-old-country-bumpkin-to-master-swordsman-season-2-teaser-visual.jpg?w=708&amp;ssl=1 708w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">\u00a9\u4f50\u8cc0\u5d0e\u3057\u3052\u308b\u30fb\u934b\u5cf6\u30c6\u30c4\u30d2\u30ed\uff0fSQUARE ENIX\u30fb\u300c\u7247\u7530\u820e\u306e\u304a\u3063\u3055\u3093\u3001\u5263\u8056\u306b\u306a\u308b\u2161\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300c\u7247\u7530\u820e\u306e\u304a\u3063\u3055\u3093\u3001\u5263\u8056\u306b\u306a\u308bII\u300dPV\u7b2c\u4e00\u5f3e | 2026.7 ON AIR!!\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5MGaHXMlHJI?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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/05\/15\/from-old-country-bumpkin-to-master-swordsman-director-beryl-va-hiroaki-hirata-share-about-series-behind-the-scene\/\"><b>Akio Kazumi<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fist of the Blue Sky Re: Genesis<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) is once again directing the second season, returning alongside <\/span><b>Kunihiko Okada <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as series composer, and <\/span><b>Satsuki Hayasaka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">co-character designer) as character designer and chief animation director. <\/span><b>YAMATOWORKS <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is credited with the 3D production on the series. <\/span><b>Passione <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span><b>Hayabusa Film<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are in charge of the animation production.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/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 Hiroaki Hirata <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Beryl Gardinant<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Nao Toyama<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Allusia<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Hitomi Ueda<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Selna Lysandra<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Yuki Hirose <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Curuni Crueciel<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Hinaki Yano <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Ficelle Harbeller\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Chiwa Saito<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Lucy Diamond<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Kaito Ishikawa <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Henblitz<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">The first season of the anime premiered on April 6, 2025 and aired for a total of 12 episodes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The fantasy light novel series is written by <\/span><b>Shigeru Sagazaki <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and illustrated by <\/span><b>Tetsuhiro Nabeshima<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. It was first published by Square Enix\u2019s SQUEX Novel label on April 7, 2021, with 10 volumes having been released in Japan as of December 2025. The series began as a Shosetsuka ni Naro web novel on November 17, 2020.\u00a0 J-Novel Club licensed the light novels for English digital release.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A manga adaptation by <\/span><b>Kazuki Sato<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was launched in Akita Shoten\u2019s web magazine Dokodemo Young Champion on August 24, 2021. Eight tankobon volumes have been released in Japan as of December 2025. Yen Press releases the manga in English for North America. WEBTOON <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/05\/05\/from-old-country-bumpkin-to-master-swordsman-manga-adaptation-now-available-on-webtoon\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">released its own version of the manga<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> last May.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Two manga spinoff series have also been released in November 2024 and February 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_113407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113407\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"113407\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/02\/26\/from-old-country-bumpkin-to-master-swordsman-reveals-prime-video-streaming-plans-premiere-date-new-visual\/from-old-country-bumpkin-to-master-swordsman-key-visual-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/From-Old-Country-Bumpkin-to-Master-Swordsman-key-visual-2.png?fit=1448%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1448,2048\" 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=\"From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman key visual 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/From-Old-Country-Bumpkin-to-Master-Swordsman-key-visual-2.png?fit=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/From-Old-Country-Bumpkin-to-Master-Swordsman-key-visual-2.png?fit=696%2C984&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-113407\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/From-Old-Country-Bumpkin-to-Master-Swordsman-key-visual-2.png?resize=350%2C495&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman key visual 2\" width=\"350\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/From-Old-Country-Bumpkin-to-Master-Swordsman-key-visual-2.png?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/From-Old-Country-Bumpkin-to-Master-Swordsman-key-visual-2.png?resize=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 724w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/From-Old-Country-Bumpkin-to-Master-Swordsman-key-visual-2.png?resize=768%2C1086&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/From-Old-Country-Bumpkin-to-Master-Swordsman-key-visual-2.png?resize=1086%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1086w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/From-Old-Country-Bumpkin-to-Master-Swordsman-key-visual-2.png?resize=696%2C984&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/From-Old-Country-Bumpkin-to-Master-Swordsman-key-visual-2.png?resize=1068%2C1511&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/From-Old-Country-Bumpkin-to-Master-Swordsman-key-visual-2.png?resize=297%2C420&amp;ssl=1 297w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/From-Old-Country-Bumpkin-to-Master-Swordsman-key-visual-2.png?w=1448&amp;ssl=1 1448w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/From-Old-Country-Bumpkin-to-Master-Swordsman-key-visual-2.png?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">\u00a9\u4f50\u8cc0\u5d0e\u3057\u3052\u308b\u30fb\u934b\u5cf6\u30c6\u30c4\u30d2\u30ed\uff0fSQUARE ENIX\u30fb\u300c\u7247\u7530\u820e\u306e\u304a\u3063\u3055\u3093\u3001\u5263\u8056\u306b\u306a\u308b\u2161\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amazon Prime Video is exclusively streaming the first season of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">worldwide. It describes the series 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\">Beryl Gardenant, a middle-aged swordsman running a dojo in the backwaters, lives a quiet life, until Allucia, former student and Commander of the Royal Order of Knights, appears! Beryl\u2019s life is about to change dramatically! City life. Old students. New friends and formidable foes. It\u2019s all too much. But after years of training, he has mad skills, and he\u2019s been dubbed \u201cthe backwater swordmaster.\u201d<\/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\/ossan_kensei\/status\/2016428533078462464\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From Old Country Bumpkin Official Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ossan_kensei\/status\/2016429287583449353\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">), <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2026-01-28\/from-old-country-bumpkin-to-master-swordsman-season-2-streams-1st-video\/.233565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anime News Network<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A teaser visual and first trailer have been revealed for the upcoming second season of From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":145918,"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":[9785,14,9963,4216,4276,2652,2870],"class_list":["post-145909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-amazon-prime-video","tag-anime","tag-from-old-country-bumpkin-to-master-swordsman","tag-hayabusa-film","tag-j-novel-club","tag-passione","tag-square-enix"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/from-old-country-bumpkin-to-master-swordsman-season-2-teaser-visual-1-e1769617755458.jpg?fit=708%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-BXn","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145909"}],"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=145909"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145919,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145909\/revisions\/145919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}