Kanata Yanagino’s “The Faraway Paladin” (最果てのパラディン) light novel series was confirmed to inspire a TV anime this October during the Overlap Bunko Imprint’s News Announcement live stream on April 17. A visual, 1st PV, main cast and staff were also revealed.
▼ Celebration illustration by the novel’s illustrator Kususaga Rin
▍1st PV
▍Character Design
■ Will (William) – CV: Maki Kawase
■ Blood – CV: Katsuyuki Konishi
■ Mary – CV: Yui Horie
■ Gus – CV: Nobuo Tobita
■ Menel – CV: Ayumu Murase
■ Gracefeel
▍Synopsis
In a city of the dead, long since ruined and far from human civilization, lives a single human child. His name is Will, and he’s being raised by three undead: the hearty skeletal warrior, Blood; the graceful mummified priestess, Mary; and the crotchety spectral sorcerer, Gus. The three pour love into the boy, and teach him all they know. But one day, Will starts to wonder: “Who am I?”
Will must unravel the mysteries of this faraway dead man’s land, and unearth the secret pasts of the undead. He must learn the love and mercy of the good gods, and the bigotry and madness of the bad. And when he knows it all, the boy will take his first step on the path to becoming a Paladin.
“I promised you. It’s gonna take a while, but I’ll tell you everything. This is the story of the deaths of many heroes. It’s the story of how we died, and it’s the reason you grew up here.”
▍Staff and Production
Original Work: Kanata Yanagino [Overlap Bungo]
Original Character Design: Kususaga Rin
Director: Yuu Nobuta
Series Composition: Tatsuya Takahashi
Character Design: Koji Haneda
Animation: Children’s Playground Entertainment
▍Cast
■ Will (William) – CV: Maki Kawase
■ Blood – CV: Katsuyuki Konishi
■ Mary – CV: Yui Horie
■ Gus – CV: Nobuo Tobita
■ Menel – CV: Ayumu Murase