Sentenced to Be a Hero anime to air in January

Photo credit: ©2024 Rocket Shokai/KADOKAWA/Project Sentenced to Be a Hero

Forthcoming anime series Sentenced to Be a Hero will premiere next month.

The series will debut on Saturday, January 3 via Crunchyroll. A new trailer for the show, which can be seen here, features the first listen of the show’s theme song “Kill The Noise” by Spyair. The J-rock band said this about the new song:

We created this song with a fast-paced beat that shines during the battle scenes, a deep solid sound that resonates with the feelings of those burdened by their crimes, and the theme of “crime and punishment”, including lyrics that aligned with the anime’s world view.

Despite it being a heavy and serious song, it’s become a track that’s uniquely ours, one that encourages its listeners by giving them a push forward.

The title carries the meaning of severing the “interference” from one’s surroundings, as well as the “doubts” that arise from within oneself.

Combined with the high-quality visuals, “Kill the Noise” is cooler than ever, so please look forward to it!

A synopsis for Sentenced to Be a Hero reads:

"Hero" is the worst punishment in the world.

For those convicted of heinous crimes, they are sentenced to become a “Hero" and forced to enter the mandatory military service in the war against the Demon Lords.

These convicts are not even allowed to die—if killed, they will be resurrected to fight another day.

Hero Xylo Forbartz, former head of the Order of the Holy Knights, leads a penal unit of deplorables fighting on the front lines. It’s in these direst of circumstances that he meets Teoritta, one of the world’s the strongest weapons.

"When every last enemy has been defeated, you are to shower me with praise and pat my head."

In order to survive and to take revenge on those who wronged him, he makes a pact with the goddess and launches headfirst into a maelstrom of war and intrigue.

The anime series is an adaptation of Rocket Shokai’s novel series of the same name. The novel series is available via Yen Press here. Studio Kai (Uma Musume Pretty Derby, The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup) produced the forthcoming show.