Sentenced to Be a Hero Anime Confirms TV Format in Teaser Video

Kadokawa revealed on Friday that the anime of Rocket Shokai’s Sentenced to Be a Hero: The Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004 (Yūsha-kei ni Shosu: Chōbatsu Yūsha 9004-tai Keimu Kiroku) light novel series will air on television.

The company also revealed a teaser promo video and teaser visual for the anime.

Shokai launched the light novel series on Kadokawa’s Kakuyomu site in October 2020, and Kadokawa began publishing the series in print in September 2021 with illustrations by Mephisto.