From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Season 2 Anime Reveals New Promo Video, More Cast
The second season of the anime adaptation of Shigeru Sagazaki's light novel series "From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman" has unveiled a new promotional video and additional cast members. The season will debut on July 8 at 11:45 p.m. (10:45 a.m. EDT) on TV Asahi and its affiliated channels throughout Japan. It will also air on AT-X and BS Asahi. Amazon Prime Video will start exclusively streaming the anime worldwide on July 9 at 12:15 a.m. (July 8 at 11:15 a.m. EDT).
The new cast members include:
- Kenshō Ono as Warren Flumvelk
- Sumire Uesaka as Shueste Flumvelk
- Takashi Kondō as Hanoy Cressa
- Hiromu Mineta as Kuriu Rybark
- Mami Uchida as Prim
- Hiroshi Yanaka as Morris Pasyushka
The returning staff includes:
- Akio Kazumi as director, working with Passione and Hayabusa Film.
- Kunihiko Okada as series scripts.
- Satsuki Hayasaka as character designer and chief animation director.
- Yasuharu Takanashi as music composer.
Rock band Unicorn performs the opening theme song "Kurenai no Ha" (Crimson Leaf), while BLUE ENCOUNT performs the ending theme song "Mikansei" (Unfinished).
The first season of the anime premiered in April 2025 and is streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime Video worldwide. Sagazaki launched the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in November 2020. Square Enix is publishing the novel volumes with illustration by Tetsuhiro Nabeshima. J-Novel Club licensed the novel series and describes the story as follows:
"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 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?!"
The franchise also has two spinoff manga, and the manga adaptation launched in Akita Shoten's Dokodemo Young Champion magazine in August 2021. Yen Press releases the manga in English.
