True Saint Anime Sets January 2027 Debut, Names Staff
The teaser moves a Shosetsuka ni Narou light novel with an ongoing Kodansha manga run into a dated television slot, with the studio and core staff now on record.
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Bandai Namco Filmworks released a teaser video on Saturday for the television anime of Shikiso Utsuzawa's Because I, the True Saint, was Banished, that Country is Done For! The video gives the premiere as January 2027 and names Kanako Hara as music composer. Masumi Tazawa and Taku Yashiro lead the cast as Elian and Nigel, with Tsukasa Sakurai directing at Tsumugi Akita Anime Lab.
The teaser names Tsukasa Sakurai as director, working at Tsumugi Akita Anime Lab. Naoki Tozuka handles series scripts and Naru Nishikori designs the characters, both credited on I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince and Meiji Gekken: 1874.
The source novels began on the Shosetsuka ni Narou website in June 2020, with Kodansha publishing the print editions from January 2021 and the seventh volume out in Japan in December 2024. Mokuba Matsu's manga adaptation launched in Kodansha's Palcy app in April 2021, and Kodansha USA Publishing has released it in English digitally since 2024, with K MANGA also carrying it.
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