The GoHands-produced The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System anime has received a second teaser trailer and a 2026 premiere date. The new trailer previews the show’s primary voice cast and also features more scenes with hyperactive camera movement.The main cast members are Takeo Otsuka as Elma Edvan, Shion Wakayama as Luce Rubis, and Natsuko Abe as Maris Edvan.
The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System is based on Lee Brocco‘s manga adaptation of the light novel series by Nekoko. The premise involves the titular Heavy Knight, who is from a Sword Saint lineage, being exiled and losing his succession rights due to the prejudice against the Heavy Knight class in his world. Fortunately for the protagonist, he is aware that this world is actually a game that he used to play heavily, and that the Heavy Knight is the strongest class.
The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System was originally a web novel that debuted on Shousetsuka ni Narou in 2021. The manga is serialized in Kodansha’s Young Magazine. K Manga has it in English.
