The official website of the Saihate no Paladin (The Faraway Paladin) television anime revealed additional cast members, the second promotional video, and a key visual (pictured) for the second season on Friday. The anime is set to premiere on October 7 at 10:00 p.m. on Tokyo MX, followed by BS Nippon Television.

Gou Shinomiya (Bokura wa Minna Kawai-sou) and Kenichirou Matsuda (Vinland Saga) are joining the cast as Lou and Gelrays, respectively.

Akira Iwanaga (Kingdom 2nd Season) is helming the television anime at OLM and Sunrise Beyond. Tatsuya Takahashi (Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san) is in charge of the series composition. Tatsuya Arai (King's Raid: Ishi wo Tsugumono-tachi) is designing the characters. Ryuuichi Takada (Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song) and Keigo Hoashi (Summertime Render) are composing the music.

yanaginagi (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru) is performing the opening theme "Meika" and KOTOKO (Accel World) will perform the ending theme "Puzzle." Both songs are previewed in the promotional video below.

The anime adapts Kanata Yanagino's adventure fantasy light novel, which they launched on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website in May 2015. Overlap began publishing the novel with illustrations by Kususaga Rin the following March and released the fourth and latest volume in September 2017.

Mutsumi Okuhashi (Hai to Gensou no Grimgar) began drawing a manga adaptation on the Comic Gardo web manga portal in September 2017. Overlap shipped the 11th volume on April 25.

J-Novel Club licensed both the light novel and the manga adaptation in English in 2016 and 2019, respectively. The fourth novel volume went on sale in April 2018. The ninth manga volume shipped on February 8.

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Source: Comic Natalie

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