With a premiere scheduled for January 7, 2024, you can see above a trailer for the first episode of the second season of the anime series adaptation of the novel Banished From The Heroes’ Party (Shin no Nakama janai to Yūsha no Party o Oidasareta node, Henkyō from Slow Life Suru Koto ni Shimashita) by Zappon It is Yasumo.
This second season is titled Banished From the Heroes’ Party 2nd (Shin no Nakama janai to Yūsha no Party o Oidasareta node, Henkyō from Slow Life Suru Koto ni Shimashita 2nd).
The animation is from the studios Wolfsbane (Peter Grill to Kenja no Jikan) and Studio Flad (Dame×Prince Anime Caravan), directed by Makoto Hoshino (DamePri Anime Caravan, KING’S RAID: Successors of the Will), the script is by Megumi Shimizu (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, KING’S RAID: Successors of the Will) and the character designs are by Ruriko Watanabe (KutsuDaru., DamePri Anime Caravan).
In the cast we have:
- Ryouta Suzuki like Red.
- Kanon Takao like Ritto.
- Naomi Oozora like Ruuti.
- Sora Amamiya as Yaland Lara.
- Taku Yashiro like Ares.
A Yen Press is publishing the work in English and on its website we can read:
Red was once a member of the Hero’s party, a powerful group destined to save the world from the evil forces of Taraxon, the Raging Demon Lord. That is, until one of his comrades kicked him out. Hoping to live an easy life on the frontier, Red’s new goal is to open an apothecary. However, keeping the secret of his previous life may not be as simple as he thinks. Especially when the beautiful Rit, an adventurer from the past, appears and asks to live with him!
The novel began to be published in October 2017 online in “Shōsetsuka ni Nārō”. In English the Yen Press published the 1st volume on September 22, 2020.
A manga adaptation by Masahiro Ikeno began to be released in Monthly Shōnen Ace in May 2018. The franchise already has more than 1 million copies in circulation.
