Nekoko's The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System (Tsuihousareta Tensei Juu Kishi wa Game Chishiki de Musou Suru) light novel series is officially getting a TV anime adaptation from studio GoHands. A teaser trailer has been released for the upcoming isekai epic fantasy about a Heavy Knight who's from Sword Saint lineage, being exiled and losing his succession rights due to the prejudice against the Heavy Knight class in his world. However, the protagonist is aware that the world is actually a game that he used to play a lot before, and that the strongest class is the Heavy Knight.
While details about the anime's cast and staff will be announced at a later date, you can now watch the first teaser trailer for The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System anime below:
A majestic teaser visual for The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System was also revealed along with the announcement:
What is The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System about?
The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System anime is based on the isekai light novel series of the same title, written by Nekoko and illustrated by Jyaian. It initially started serialization on the Shosetsuka ni Naro website in April 2021, and Kodansha acquired the series and started publishing it in June 2022. The series also received a manga adaptation with illustrations by Lee Brocco, and it began publication on Kodansha's YanMaga Web website and app in February 2022, and it was transferred to Weekly Young Magazine this month.
You can read the synopsis for The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System from K-Manga here:
During the〈Divine Blessing Ceremony〉of the 15-year-old Elma who came from a lineage of Sword Saints, he had manifested a commonly deemed defective class known as the Heavy Knight. He had been deprived of his position as the next head of the Edvan Household and was then exiled. The Heavy Knight class had an unbalanced status and useless skills, to top it off, it was even said to be a class cowardly and indolent people have. But, Elma knew better—that this world was the world of the game he had used to play before—and that the Heavy Knight class was the strongest class to exist. Elma made full use of the knowledge he had in his previous life and began his efficient walkthrough of the world he was reincarnated into.
For more information about the upcoming isekai anime, check out the official website of The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System.
