From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Gets Third Season
The renewal continues a pattern for the franchise: the second season was also announced right after the first season ended, and each season has been greenlit on the day its predecessor finished airing.
Key Facts
- The third season of From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman was announced on Wednesday, the same day the second season's final episode aired.
- The second season premiered on July 8 in the IMAnimation W programming block on TV Asahi and its affiliates.
- Amazon Prime Video began streaming the second season worldwide on July 9.
- Akio Kazumi directed the second season at Passione and Hayabusa Film.
- The light novel series by Shigeru Sagazaki launched on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in November 2020.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
The official website for From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman announced on Wednesday that the anime is getting a third season. The announcement came the same day the second season's 12th and final episode aired. The site shared a new visual and a video message from Hiroaki Hirata, who voices protagonist Beryl Gardenant. The second season premiered on July 8 in the IMAnimation W programming block on TV Asahi and its affiliates, and also airs on AT-X and BS Asahi. Amazon Prime Video began streaming it worldwide on July 9. Akio Kazumi directed the second season at Passione and Hayabusa Film, with Kunihiko Okada on series scripts, Satsuki Hayasaka as character designer and chief animation director, and Yasuharu Takanashi composing the music. Unicorn performed the opening theme and BLUE ENCOUNT the ending theme. The first season premiered in April 2025.
The third season was confirmed alongside a new visual and a video message from Hiroaki Hirata, the voice of Beryl Gardenant. The second season's finale aired on Wednesday, bringing its 12-episode run to a close. Two outlets frame the renewal as arriving the same way the previous one did: immediately after a season ended.
The second season kept its production team from the first. Akio Kazumi returned to direct at Passione and Hayabusa Film, Kunihiko Okada handled series scripts, Satsuki Hayasaka returned as character designer and chief animation director, and Yasuharu Takanashi composed the music. Unicorn performed the opening theme "Kurenai no Ha" and BLUE ENCOUNT the ending theme "Mikansei."
The source material began as a Shigeru Sagazaki light novel series on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in November 2020 and is published by Square Enix with illustrations by Tetsuhiro Nabeshima. J-Novel Club handles the novels in English, and Yen Press releases Kazuki Satō's manga adaptation, which runs in Akita Shoten's Dokodemo Young Champion.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.