Shin Kouduki's Dekisokonai to Yobareta Moto Eiyū wa, Jikka Kara Tsuihōsareta node Suki Katte ni Ikiru Koto ni Shita (The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases) fantasy light novel series is getting an anime adaptation, and its official X (formerly Twitter) account has revealed the anime's 2024 premiere date and its music composer. Kei Haneoka (Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life, Owarimonogatari, Kaguya-sama: Love is War) has been tapped to compose the music for the anime adaptation.
A new visual for The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases was revealed along with the announcement:
The anime will be directed by Kazuomi Koga (Rent-a-Girlfriend) at Studio DEEN and Marvy Jack. Rintarou Ikeda (Insomniacs After School, The Seven Deadly Sins: Imperial Wrath of The Gods) is in charge of the scripts of the series, and Yoshiki Ōkusa (Hakyū Hōshin Engi, Farewell, My Dear Cramer) is penning the scripts. Saori Hosoda (Phantom of the Idol) is in charge of the character designs. Shōta Aoi (Gerald in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!) will voice the protagonist Allen.
Kouduki started the light novel series on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō (Let's Become Novelists) website in January 2018. The first volume of the series was published by TO Books, and it was illustrated by Chocoan in October 2018. Volume 6 was published on November 1. A manga adaptation of the series was published on the Nico Nico Seiga website in 2019, and the eighth volume was released on November 1.
What is The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases about?
The story of The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases is set in a world where powerful "blessings and gifts from the gods" are bestowed to those who have reached adulthood, and the "gifts" an individual receives will determine his life. However, Allen was not able to acquire any power, so he gets ridiculed, and eventually exiled from his home. Allen decides to live peacefully in a remote island, but what unbeknownst to people, he has memories (and powers) of his past life as a hero.
Broadcast details for the anime have yet to be announced.
