NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan has revealed a second new PV trailer and ending theme song for the upcoming From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman TV anime series. The anime is scheduled to premiere in Japan in April 2025. The newly released second PV showcases daily interactions between Beryl and his former disciples. It also previews the anime’s main ending theme “Alright!!!” by Japanese rock band FLOW.
Akio Kazumi (Fist of the Blue Sky Re: Genesis) is directing the anime series, with Kunihiko Okada (The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy) as series screenwriter, and Satsuki Hayasaka (The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy co-character designer) as character designer and chief animation director. Passione and Hayabusa Film are handling the animation production.
The light novel series is written by Shigeru Sagazaki and illustrated by Tetsuhiro Nabeshima, and was first published by Square Enix’s SQUEX Novel label on April 7, 2021. Eight volumes have been released as of August 2024. The series originally began as a Shosetsuka ni Naro web novel on November 17, 2020. The series has also inspired a manga adaptation by Kazuki Sato on August 24, 2021. Yen Press releases the manga series in English for North America.
Synopsis:
Beryl Gardinant, a self-proclaimed “humble old man,” is a sword instructor at his dojo in a rural, backwater village. In his younger years, he dreamed of glory as a master swordsman, but those days are long behind him. Out of the blue, he receives a visit from a famous former pupil who brings him world-shattering news he’s been appointed as a special instructor for the knights of the Liberion Order!
With his life now turned upside down, Beryl travels to the capital and reunites with some of his former students: elite knights, an ace wizard, and even an adventurer who’s attained the highest guild rank possible. But why do they all want his tutelage?! As far as he’s concerned, they clearly don’t need him anymore. Can Beryl live up to his new position? And will he ever get a moment’s peace away from his adoring students?!
