The team behind the TV anime by writer Rocket Shokai and artist Nakashima723 for Scum of the Brave (Yūsha no Kuzu) has just released its fourth promotional video and unveiled a third key visual on Wednesday. The clip gives a glimpse of the climactic showdown between Shinigami Yashiro and Lord Storm Coffin.
Manga Planet is handling the English digital release of the manga, which is described as follows:
In an alternate 21st‑century world, wealthy mafia figures can become “Demon Kings” via a popular ether‑enhancement surgery, and the bounty hunters known as “Braves” are tasked with bringing them down. Yashiro only cares about simple pleasures—pizza, beer, and card games. When three young Braves offer him a hefty sum to be their private tutor, he accepts for the money—though he may soon wonder whether it’s worth the trouble.
The anime’s main cast includes:
- Ryōta Suzuki as Shinigami Yashiro
- Akari Kitō as Aki Jogamine
- Momo Harumi as Yukine Indō
- Yumiri Hanamori as Sara Kashiwagi Pendragon
- Hinata Tadokoro as Salt Joe
- Daisuke Hirakawa as Ongakuya Ishinō
- Yasuhiro Takato as Moguri no Maruta
- Yūichirō Umehara as Lord “Wedge of Both Hands”
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Arthur Pendragon
- Tomokazu Sugita as Father Ayashima
- Ayumu Murase as Lord Hazeru Seito
Direction is handled by Shinji Ushiro at OLM. Yoichi Kato serves as series‑script overseer, Rika Murakami is the character designer, and Kenichiro Suehiro composes the score.
Additional staff members include:
- Color Key Artist: Naoto Kondō
- Art Director: Kazuhiro Inoue
- Compositing Director of Photography: Tsunetaka Ema
- Editor: Naoki Watanabe
- Sound Director: Takahiro Enomoto
The opening theme “Revive” is performed by the trio ClariS, while the ending theme “Non‑Fiction” comes from the rock band w.o.d.
The series premiered on NTV and its network affiliates on January 10 at 24:55 (effectively January 11 at 00:55). It streams first on D‑Anime and Hulu, followed by other platforms, and also airs on the AT‑X channel. The show runs for two uninterrupted cours (roughly six months). Crunchyroll streams the series concurrently with its Japanese broadcast.
The manga, which debuted in 2018, is available digitally via LEED Publishing’s Comic Border service. Its eighth volume was released on December 18.
Creator Rocket Shokai (known for Sentenced to Be a Hero: The Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004) originally launched the story on Kakuyomu in February 2016. The series is now being re‑released as a revised novel edition, featuring illustrations by toi8. The second volume of this edition shipped on February 20.
Sources: the official Scum of the Brave anime website and Comic Natalie.
